STARDATE: UNKNOWN #2, 3 (lot of 2) Fanzines, Star Trek TOS GEN 1976-77 1st Print

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STARDATE: UNKNOWN #2, 3 (Sold as a Lot of 2) Fanzines, Star Trek TOS GEN, Nov 1976, July 1977, First Printing, Gerry Downes
Genre Description:
Star Trek TOS GEN Fanzine
Published by:
Gerry Downes
Orig. Publ. Date:
Nov 1976; July 1977;
Printing Edition:
First
Number of Pages:
103, 130
; Size/Binding:
8-1/2 x 11, stapled
Condition:
Both in fine condition with very little handling.
About this Title:
Stardate: Unknown is a gen Star Trek: TOS fanzine with five issues and was published in the UK [in later reprints, originally in Anchorage, Alaska]. All fiction and art in the first issue is by Gerry Downes.
About this Issue:
Stardate: Unknown 2 was published in November 1976 and is 103 pages long. Artwork by Scott Jeffrey, Tracy Scheinkman, Amy Falkowotz, Pat Stall, Marty Siegrist, Gee Moaven, Bill Peterson (3 black and white interiors), Michael Anderson, and Gerry Downes.
Regarding the Nut Hatch Press reprint: " Production challenges, including A3 copies and special "pro-rating" for a large "toner overblow" on some art pages, originally designed for an offset ink system and wreaking such havoc in photocopier toner that they must be budgeted at a greater per-copy cost..."
• Nessie by Gerry Downes (6) (reprinted from Berengaria #7, also in The Best of Scotty)
• Reflections (poetry and art; various contributors) (12)
• Full Circle by Gerry Downes--Spock reaches out to help a troubled McCoy. (28) (reprinted in Computer Playback #1) (28)
• Fan clubs (36)
• Mate by Kathy Penland (38)
• The Movie, poem by Gerry Downes (41)
• Crossroads by Juanita Salicrup (42) (sequel is "A Grief Well Ended")
• Journey Into Fantasy by Poets Various (comp. winners) (86)
• One Last Time by Gerry Downes (suggested K/S) (90)
• poems by Karma Beck, Jane Aumerle, Laurie Haldeman, Sandra Gent, and Teri Meyer
Stardate: Unknown 3 was published in July 1977 and is 130 [numbered] pages long. Art by Gerry Downes, Bill Peterson, Leslie Fish, Kathy Carlson, Connie DiFonso, Pat Stall, Signe Landon, Gee Moaven, Amy Falkowitz, and Marty Siegrist.
From a later publisher: "134pp at Letter/A4 size, with A3/11x17 foldout art ... lavishly and beautifully illustrated as always.... This issue features full-size type, but no "double spaced" paragraphs, and if there's "white space" in there, we can't find it!"
• Tea Time by Jon Aiken (2)
• Reflections (poetry and art; by various contributors) (20)
• Winged Joy Soaring, Gloriously Uprising by Gerry Downes--Sequel to "Among the Stars" in the previous issue. It has been three years since the Enterprise encountered the Trrwylans and now Kirk and crew have been ordered to relocate the survivors to guarantee their continued existence. McCoy discovers the two new members of the species are his children. (40)
• A Grief Well Ended by Juanita Salicrup (87)
• Poetry: by Gerry Downes (Your Turn, Doctor), Juanita Salicrup (Conundrum), others, Art: William Peterson, Pat Stall, Signe Landon,and Gee Moaven
• Paved with Good Intentions by Gerry Downes--Kirk dreams he's gone to hell. (100) (reprinted in Computer Playback #1)
• The Sword at the Gate by Jane Aumerle (117)
Credits to the online Fanlore Wiki for the above Title and Issue information, reproduced in accordance with the Creative Commons Fair Use clause. If you would like to see more of the artwork in this issue, please visit Fanlore, where they show most of it in the issue wiki.
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