The founding executive editor of "Wired", Kevin Kelly, was once an editor of the "Whole Earth Catalog" and the "Whole Earth Review" and took with him a few contributing writers from those publications. Six writers of the first "Wired" issue (1.1) had made stories for "Whole Earth Review", with the most famous writer being Bruce Sterling (who was highlighted on the first cover) and Stewart Brand. Other people who contribute to "Whole Earth" were also shown in the magazine, including William Gibson, who was shown on "Wired"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s cover in its first year and his article "Disneyland with the Death Penalty" in issue 1.4 resulted in the publication being banned in Singapore.