The Chronicles of Muse

Ever wonder what Muse was up to before you discovered it? Check out our complete lists of everything the magazine has published since Day One, and who wrote it. You can also find archived articles on the Web (details below).

We're also compiling a list of Web links mentioned in the magazine. (Needs updating—we'll get to it, honest.)

Muse’s official Web pages

The Muse site at www.musemag.com is packed with good stuff (the Muses, for one thing). This easy-to-use site map will take you right to everything that's there.

• The official Home Page
• Meet Our Muses: introducing Koko and the gang
• Interview with Larry Gonick, the man behind the Muses
• Kokopelli & Company: a whole page of monthly Musedom, with archives
• Winners of the latest Muse Contest and announcement of the new contest
• Muse Mail and a form to send e-mail to Muse
• An Elvish phrase book from the November/December 2003 "Magic of Middle-earth" issue

There's also a sample article about the Moon-hoax hoax, originally published in April 2002, and a sample Q&A column and Math Page column, both from the November/December 2002 "dog issue."

Meanwhile, a smaller Muse site run by the Cobblestone Magazine Group includes a handy description of the magazine, a preview of coming attractions, and a list of all of Muse's sister magazines.

Muse Mail

• Things readers want to see in the magazine
• What they are reading apart from Muse
• Suggestions for new Muses
• Katelin's list of Elvish names for the Muses
• Exotic places where readers have been spotted with the magazine

To send e-mail to Muse, click here. (The e-mail form will open in a new window; close it to return to this page.)

Math Page columns

Veteran mathematics reporter Ivars Peterson of Science News has been writing Muse's Math Page since January 1999. You can read all of his Muse columns online.

Q&A columns

Robert Coontz launched Muse's question-and-answer column in November 1999 and has shared it with his science-writing pal Rosanne Spector since May/June 2001. We are gradually uploading classic columns and adding updates and comments.

Articles of yesteryear

Robert has also posted articles he's written for the magazine. No pictures, but every original word is there, with updates and story-behind-the-story notes coming soon for Fan Page readers only:

Esperanto: The Language That Could Have Saved the World (August 1997)

Big Dinos (March 1999)

The End of the World As We Know It (December 1999)

Harry Potter's Chess Teacher (September 2002)
including the actual chess game shown in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Back Issues

You can buy selected back issues of Muse for $4.95 each plus $2.00 for shipping by phoning the Cricket Group at 1-800-821-0115 and mentioning "Code A157" (terribly mysterious). Checks or credit card only. The following issues were available as of July 2005: