InsideADRIFT

The newsletter of the ADRIFT community edited by Duncan Bowsman. Previously edited by Ken Franklin, Mystery, Woodfish, David Whyld, and Lumin. The newsletter features news, various articles and comments as well as a forum digest. Starting with issue 31, the InsideADRIFT newsletter also includes reviews of Interactive Fiction and ADRIFT games, incorporating the now discontinued Reviews Exchange.

History

The first two issues, under the name Drifters Monthly, were edited by Woodfish. Issue one, produced as a plain text file, can probably be seen as a high point of the newsletter as it was the culmination of a lot of speculation over such a project. Additionally the number of contributors was never to be reached again, a favourite of mine is the Let’s talk interactive fiction discussion between En Kerklaar and a camel.

Mystery took up the editor’s quill with issue three, and went for a web based format with an additional PDF version available. In many ways she set down the format that has continued through to this issue. Issue three had the catchy title of ADRIFT Newsletter, as a competition on the forum was deciding the new name. Issue four, with the winning title of InsideADRIFT appeared. The June issue seven was Mystery’s last as editor, due to family responsibilities over the summer holiday.

This was where Ken Franklin took over the editorship with the July 2003 issue. Changes were largely to stylistic matters, except for a new logo, and that pattern has been followed ever since.

The InsideADRIFT newsletter now has the insideadrift.org.uk domain name registered as well as its own ISSN (1743-0577).

The newsletter has been out of publication for a long time, due to lack of activity. However, a new issue 39 was released in October 2009.

Issues

Collections

• Issues 1 to 40, collected into one zip file.

Edited by Woodfish

• Drifters Monthly Issue 1. August 2002. View PDF.
• Drifters Monthly Issue 2. October 2002. View PDF.

Edited by Mystery

• ADRIFT Issue 3. February 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 4. March 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 5. April 2003. View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 6. May 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 7. June 2003. View HTML, View PDF.

Edited by Ken Franklin

• InsideADRIFT Issue 8. July 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 9. August 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 10. September/October 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 11. November 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 12. December 2003. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Review of the Year 2003. December 2003 Special. View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 13. January/February 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 14. March 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 15. April 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 16. May/June 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 17. July 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 18. August 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 19. September/October 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 20. November/December 2004. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 21. January/February 2005. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 22. March/April 2005. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 23. May/June 2005. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 24. July/August 2005. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 25. September/October 2005. View HTML, View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 26. November/December 2005. View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 27. January/February 2006. View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 28. March/April 2006. View PDF.

Edited by David Whyld

• InsideADRIFT Issue 29. May/June 2006. View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 30. July/August 2006. View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 31. September/October 2006. View PDF, Download page.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 32. November/December 2006. View PDF, taf Version.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 33. January/February 2007. View PDF, taf Version.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 34. March/April 2007. View PDF, taf Version.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 35. May/June 2007. View PDF, taf Version.

Edited by Lumin

• InsideADRIFT Issue 36. September 2007. View HTML.

Edited by Ken Franklin

• InsideADRIFT Issue 37. April 2008. View PDF.
• InsideADRIFT Issue 38. July 2008. View PDF.

Edited by Duncan Bowsman

• InsideADRIFT Issue 39. October 2009. Download (zip file with .taf and .doc versions).
• InsideADRIFT Issue 40. December 2009. Download (zip file with .doc, .taf, and .pdf versions).
• InsideADRIFT Issue 41. February 2012. Download (zip file with a .pdf and 8 ADRIFT games).

Links

• InsideADRIFT site, also home of Adrift competitions.