#vintage trek

[thegeminisage]

SPOCKANALIA VOLUME 1 IS NOW ON AO3!

do you like vintage fanzines, but hate reading tiny font? do you love spock, but hate the headache you get from squinting at textured paper and imperfect scans? are you someone who wants to read SPOCKANALIA but has trouble getting your screenreader to cooperate with 60-year-old PDFS? have we ever got news for you. @maulthots and i have been very, very, VERY hard at work digitizing SPOCKANALIA, a SFW star trek fanzine about spock first published in 1967, and now you, YES YOU, can read it on AO3!

updated features of SPOCKANALIA on AO3 include:

text has been meticulously retyped and can now be read at whatever size you have your browser settings on, which means the line width also changes based on the width of your browser window or device screen

images are dynamic to fit on your screen whether you are on a pc or a mobile device so you don't have to scroll until your hand breaks and still only see mr. spock's eyelashes (you have to turn work skins on for this feature)

backgrounds/paper texture/echoes of ghost text removed (by hand!) from images for easier viewing, and in some cases the images have been rotated to correct tilted/sideways scanning

images come with ALT TEXT for those using screen readers!

here are a few before/after shots for your perusal:

so what are you waiting for?! get your inner 60s fangirl (gender neutral) on and read SPOCKANALIA today!!

and if you think this is COOL AS SHIT (i do), please consider giving this post a reblog or leaving us some love on AO3! we have only your good vibes to fuel us as we contemplate volume 2 💪

[holishkes]

I saw this CD for sale and thought hey, I have a CD drive and a tumblr where I sometimes upload old Trek stuff.

I haven't looked into whether this has been digitised anywhere already, but here it is in any case! I haven't even listened to it yet haha, so please let me know if there are any issues.

This is a CD that was distributed as part of the UK's official Star Trek fanclub in 2000.

When/if I have the time, I might listen and cut out clips I enjoy to post here. In the meantime, please have fun with these files, and please tag me if you do anything with them so I can see/hear!

Track list, back cover image, and download link below the cut.

Tracklist

Introduction (.48): Nicole de Boer welcomes you to Comlink - The official UK STAR TREK Fan Club CD.

Brannon Braga (11.06): Star Trek: Voyager's executive producer talks candidly about the series' sixth season.

Tim Russ (8.14): Tales of logic and what not to do with yoghurt - words of wisdom from Star Trek: Voyager's man of logic.

I,Q (5.06): An exclusive extract from Simon & Schuster's brand new audio novel I,Q, read by John de Lancie.

Nicole de Boer (13.14): The actress remembers her year on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with stories of beaming down, romance for Ezri and her comm badge moment…

Chase Masterson (9.59): Looking back on life as Leeta with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's very own Dabo girl.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Cast and Crew (7.24): The cast and crew of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine air their thoughts on the closing of the series.

[spirk-trek]

Galactic Discourse Fanzine | Suzan Lovett, Nim, Pat Stall, Stefanie Hawks, Merle Decker, Laurie Huff, 1977-1987

[doomed-jester]

"I don't like old sci-fi shows, the special effects look too cheesy" you are incapable of joy. Go to the dungeon.

[novice-crow]

I'm not the first, and with out a doubt not the last, but I edited Amanda and Sarek into a bunch of vintage paintings/illustrations your welcome. (I made way too many but whatever lol)

The Whitman's add is my favorite but I think all of them turned out pretty okay.

[moonflower-rose]

Friends, strangers, I want to share with you something I long thought I’d hallucinated, but which today I have discovered was absolutely real.

In the 90s my mum went to a number of Star Trek conventions and would often come home with a fan made tshirt. I need you to understand that my mother, barely 5’ tall, a catholic who to this day goes to church every Sunday, who was never heard to utter a swear word until I was in my twenties, who taught Grade One for decades at the local primary school. This woman, pure and innocent, went to a Star Trek convention and not only saw this tshirt but PURCHASED IT and now it’s been rediscovered in the garage and I’ve never been happier in my life.

I asked her what she was thinking and she said that she thought it was funny but when she brought it home my dad was (aside from side splittingly amused) absolutely adamant that she couldn’t wear it out in public because SHE WANTED TO DO THAT!! Grade One teacher, church on Sunday mum wanted to wear this around town! Who IS this woman I thought I knew??

Anyway now I have this awesome tshirt and I sort of want to frame it.

[amyspauldingart]

The Killing Game (ST:Voyager season 4, episode 18-19)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Star Trek - art by John Carlance (1976)

[gameraboy2]

Jeri Ryan

[startrekuniverse]

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Star Trek 4 by James Blish

Art by Lou Feck

Bantam Books (1971)

[lisamarie-vee]

[spirk-trek]

Julia Howarth, editor for The Communicator (a Star Trek fanzine/newsletter), 1975.

"There is a new baby in the family. His name is Randy. He is grey, with green teeth and a great carriage. He typed the entire COMMUNICATOR. He is my typewriter, which I up and bought with $20 that should have gone to the electric bill!" "[The Communicator] was assembled by literally cutting and pasting. Articles were cut out and glued on the pages. Artwork was also cut out and glued to the page. The titles and page numbers were hand written or calligraphed. Sources of artwork were fannish artists, prints of Star Trek film clips, TV Guides and newspapers, and photocopies of pictures from professional magazines. We then took the masters to one of the few copy shops available in the 1970s to print the pages. The magazine was hand folded and collated, then stapled with a tiny Swingline Cub stapler. This magazine was a very amateur labor of love."

[thegroovyarchives]

1960's-1980's Star Trek TV Guide advertisements

1. December 2nd-8th, 1967, New England 2. September 26th-October 2nd, 1970, Central VA/North Carolina 3. September 20th-26th, 1969, Northern California 4. August 21st-27th, 1982, Vermont 5. April 1st-7th, 1972, Ohio (via: archive.org/Pinterest)

[aerialworms]

Aaa wonderful, thank you!!

"Time for Yesterday" review

Novel from 1988, by A. C. Crispin. It's a direct sequel to "Yesterday's Son", where Spock found out about his son Zar (born from his relationship with Zarabeth), and brought him to the Enterprise. This time, the Kirk/Spock/McCoy trio bring Zar again to the present, to help with a malfunction in the Guardian of Forever that is wreaking havoc all over the galaxy. While Zar has to deal with his own problems at home, as ruler of one of Sarpeidon's nations in the midst of impending war, and faces his own mortality in the process... Someone give this poor guy a break!

It's a slow-paced yet entertaining adventure, focused on the father-son relationship between Spock and Zar (which in turn, serves to explore Kirk's relationship with David at times; appropiately, since the setting is right before The Wrath of Khan). Spock's attitude towards his son is much changed since the previous book, and he has achieved a better balance with his emotions and a warmer personality, kinda as the Spock from the movies. The other characters are also given enough depth, specially Zar and his wife Wynn. And there's also emphasis on the bond between Kirk, Spock and McCoy, with situations between the three that ring true to the series. The parts about the war in Sarpeidon, with their vaguely Middle Ages flavor, may clash a bit with the parts set in the present, around the Guardian's subplot. Sometimes I found myself thinking "Am I still reading a Star Trek novel or something else?" But anyway, they never get boring, and there's an encomiable effort to shape up the history and culture of Sarpeidon, compared with the minimal info from the episode. On the other hand, the business with the Guardian is pretty intriguing (even if rather short compared to the length of the novel), and we get to see at last its mysterious creators! The weakest element is perhaps the romance between Zar and Wynn. Not because I don't think they make a great couple (they do), but because it happens way too fast (though that's partially explained by their empathetic bond), and the writing wanders sometimes into romance novel territory.

All in all, I found this story both exciting and emotive, and a worthy sequel to the also nice "Yesterday's Son".

By the way, I have no idea who's supposed to be the hunky warrior of that cover; that's certainly not Zar! Also important detail: McCoy does the "how many fingers I'm holding up" test with a recovering Zar. Only that he's showing him just a middle-finger (ah! the maturity of old age!). Spoilers under the cut:

The Guardian of Forever is causing trouble, by emitting time waves that accelerate aging for any object they catch in their path. Several stars have gone nova in a matter of days this way, destroying at least one inhabited planet and a couple of starships. Therefore, Starfleet brings Kirk out of his boring desk job as Admiral, and orders him to go get Spock and Bones and travel to the Guardian (funny how the top brass is aware that Kirk can't function without those two).

After rescuing McCoy from one of those time waves, they arrive at Gateway (the planet of the Guardian), with an alien telepath called D'berahan in tow. She belongs to a race of highly telepathic beings, and they hope that she'll be able to communicate with the Guardian, who doesn't respond anymore to normal commands. However, D'berahan suffers a great shock while melding with the Guardian, and is left unconscious.

Spock, naturally, does the logical crazy thing, and disobeying orders, attempts a mind-meld himself with the Guardian, that had just fried one brain. His lesser telepathic abilities protect him from the full mental assault, but he gets glimpses of the Guardian's turmoil. Apparently, its higher mind is searching desperately for something all over the galaxy. And only its most basic, mechanical functions are still reachable. But at least, Spock manages to set these functions to work again and allow time-travel. He has decided to go find Zar again in the past, since he's the only one who successfully melded with the Guardian (in the last book). Spock has reviewed Sarpeidon's history, witnessing the moment of Zar's death in battle. So they choose a few days before his death to bring him to the present, as it wouldn't make a big difference whether he dies or just disappears.

Kirk, Spock and McCoy travel thus to Sarpeidon, dressed as natives. And of course, they're soon captured by one of the warring tribes of that era, the Danreg, commanded by High Priestess Wynn. They're left tied to a pole to freeze during the night. But just then, another tribe attacks their camp, and kidnaps both Wynn and the Enterprise officers (believing them spies). Soon thereafter there's much embarrassment among the raiders, once they realize they've captured their lord's dad and his friends. The "Sovren" Zar (now the ruler of that tribe: the Lakreo) welcomes them in his palace, and has an emotive reunion with his father Spock (and his mom McCoy). But he's not very eager about the idea of going to the future, even if his death is nearby. Zar is too involved in the politics of his land, and won't leave before the battle. There are three other nations planning to attack the Lakreo valley soon: the Danreg, the Kerren and the Asyri. So Zar kidnapped Wynn to propose a marriage alliance to her, hoping to gain the support of the Danreg at least.

Wynn accepts the deal, as she would rule in the Lakreo if they defeat the invaders. And even if at first it's just a marriage of convenience, she and Zar end up falling in love once they sense how much in common they have. Wynn has empathetic and prophetic abilites similar to those of Zar, and she senses his good will and noble nature. Then Wynn urges him to go with Spock, as she has a foreboding that this will be necessary for him to survive the battle. Not very convinced, Zar decides to travel to the future nonetheless.

Once in front of the Guardian, Zar is successful in his attempt at communication with it. He then learns that the Guardian is searching all over the galaxy for the native planet of its creators: the so-called Originators. This search has rendered it neglectful of its duties, and the Guardian was emitting those time waves because of its distraction. Zar manages to reason with it, and finally, the Guardian recovers its normal personality and stops messing around. But right then, the Originators erupt from the Guardian's portal. They're beings of dangerous and inimaginable power, and take the forms of several people from their pasts, to torment Spock, Zar, Kirk and McCoy. They start arguing among themselves, discussing their plans to get back to their planet, now that they've grown weary and old. And even suggest to hijack the Enterprise to make their travel easier. After much discussion, Kirk and the others manage to appeal to their better natures, and convince them of the damage they'd do if they stayed in that universe. Most of them return to their plane, but two have become so deranged and evil after so many millions of years, that they attack the group. In the end, everyone links together in a mind-meld with the Guardian, and joins forces to defeat these Originators too. This part about the Originators is the most sci-fi styled in the novel, though it also serves to explore the phantoms of the protagonists' pasts. It has also some curious parallelisms with the end of The Final Frontier.

After this, Zar stays for a few weeks aboard the Enterprise. A time he spends healing an old wound that made him limp, bringing D'berahan out of her coma, and relaxing in general. But no matter how much Spock and McCoy plead for him to stay in the present, where he'll be safe, Zar is determined to return with Wynn and fight his last battle. What will Spock do about this? Well, you can be assured it's something risky and against orders…

McSpirk Meter: 9/10. I could separate the dynamics, but this is rather a triumvirate novel, and it makes more sense to analyze it that way. At first, Kirk is missing his friends a lot as an Admiral. He thinks about how teaching at the Academy will let him see Spock more often. Kirk also has a very emotional reaction when he sees McCoy again, after believing he could be dead, and embraces him so much that Spock just wants to leave them alone. Later, when Spock is in shock after trying to save D'berahan through a mind-meld, Kirk says " I-we- can't lose Spock" (in parallelism with the first novel's "I-we- need him"). The three of them take care of each other throughout the story, comforting whoever is worried at the time. While tied outside the enemy camp, Spock comments how they could share body warmth if they were closer together, and Kirk and Spock watch over McCoy so he doesn't fall asleep and freezes. McCoy, apparently, can also recognize Kirk by his snoring alone, in a dark cell and without knowing who are the other prisoners (which is… eyebrow raising; maybe they're used to share body warmth after all). And then, there are Spock's "affectionate looks". First at McCoy, when the doctor tries to protect Spock's honor by disguising his relationship with Zar. And later at Kirk, when he jokes about enjoying being lazy. While confronting the Originators, it's Kirk and McCoy joining the mind-meld which gives Spock the final surge of power that he needs. And just as happened in the last book, McCoy acts as Zar's "other dad", alongside Spock. In general, the three of them are very close and affectionate towards each other, which is another similitude with the fifth film (also, Spock having a secret relative!? Hmmm…).

[the-zine-directive]

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