After months of speculation and a delay caused by a copyright dispute, the sexy geeks at Harvard are finally launching their student-run porn magazine "multimedia, multifaceted discussion of sex and sexuality" next week - and despite all the snarky comments we're itching to make about it (and Harvard in general), we have to admit it looks pretty hot.

H Bomb Magazine (Flash w/sound @ h-bomb.org; avoid the excruciatingly long load time and skip directly to preview area here.)
"H Bomb Plans Debut Next Week" (thecrimson.com)
Previously: Porn at Harvard, Sex Week at Yale

(Thumbnail photo © Christopher Anderson)

Update We spoke too soon - H Bomb is actually a pretty tepid affair. Make sure you read this report from a Fleshbot operative before you order a copy:

"I just got my copy of H-Bomb today, and I'm not only disappointed - I'm pissed.

"I assumed that, it being an adult mag and all, it would *at least* come in an envelope, so I had it delivered to my work address because at home I have a postman who tends to cram magazines into my mailbox. No envelope. In fact, they just stuck stamps right on the cover of the magazine. And it's not the hottest thing I've ever read, but certainly explicit enough that I'm pretty pissed to have it show up at my office this way. I work in a cool place and all, of course, but I don't particularly want my coworkers seeing my porn, and I'm sure our admin assistant took a good long look before she put it in my mailbox.

"Less angering, but still annoying - there's also an odd thing on p. 5 where, inexplicably, they've clumsily covered up some photos with plain white address labels, clearly put on by hand. While peeling them off would rip the paper, I can make out if I hold it up to the light that it's two pictures from some fashion show benefit of a woman, one in which she's in a bikini and another in which she's in a corset, both times in sunglasses - perhaps they didn't get permission from the woman in the photos?"

We received our own copy over the weekend - no envelope, same stamps on front, same stickers on page 5. Caveat emptor. Thanks for the tip, Chris.

Update 7/29/04 Based on subscriber complaints feedback, the magazine's business manager would like to inform everyone of the following:

"Now, every H Bomb copy we send out to our subscribers is delivered in a clear or black plastic envelope, depending on customer preference. The postage and address are attached to the envelope and not the magazine, and the magazine no longer has stickers on page 5. As for the subscribers who received their H Bomb without an envelope, we have offered all of them new copies for free."

Guess all they have to do now is work on making the content more interesting.