Constellation (multimedia zine)

Zine
Title:	Constellation
Publisher:	Essex, UK
Editor(s):	Rita Oliver
Date(s):	1979-1981
Series?:
Medium:	print, zine
Size:
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	multimedia
Language:	English
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Constellation is a gen multifandom anthology published in the UK. All proceeds went to the charity, "Action in Distress."

Issue 1

Constellation 1 is subtitled "Gemini". It was published in 1979 and contains 70 pages. It contains Star Trek: TOS, Blake's 7, Doctor Who, and Star Wars content.

cover of issue #1

inside sample from #1

• An Interview With Brian Stableford
• A Day at the Sea
• Whatever Happened to Darth Vader?
• Shore Leave
• Nolan by Linda Thomas (Blake's 7 fiction)
• Doctor Who Art and Craft
• That Which Survives
• Seven Reasons Why I Like Crossroads (Blake's 7 poem)
• The Very Last Star Trek Story of Them All
• I Dream of People
• The Artist
• The Defense
• A Bedtime Story
• Scenes We Could Do Without in Star Wars Two
• From the Summit of My Experience
• The Perfect Nightmare
• Ultimate Request
• Logic
• Whoopee!
• The Ultimate Computer
• Calvan IV Nightmare by Liz Newton (Blake's 7 fiction)

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1

Here's an oldie I bought from Janet while I was in London. I'd never seen or heard of it before. It's mostly a Trek zine, but with bits and pieces of other things.

This is a spoiler, but I think it's unlikely that most of you will be reading this-- the first B7 story hints at a pairing I can't remember having seen, namely Jenna/Orac!!! Jenna meets an attractive man who seems vaguely familiar. He disappears and Avon tells Jenna that he's dead. Avon lies; he can't bring himself to tell Jenna that her love was actually an android, and Avon has strong suspicions as to who was really operating him.

You know, I've had vague notions, never committed to paper, of an A/Orac involving a mysterious android forcing himself on Avon, and turning out to be Guess Who in a clever plastic disguise. But this is the closest I've seen to an actual story using a similar device.

The second B7 story is the like-an-episode type, but with some nice Avon-hc.

The poem is about a fan's response to the show, as of the second season.

And amongst the Trek offerings is a humorous parody of K/S. Kirk lies in bed admiring the beauty of his pointy-eared bedmate-- Bungo the Bunny.

Issue 2

Constellation 2 is subtitled, Virgo. It was published in 1981 and contains 70 pages.

It includes Star Wars, Blake's 7, and Star Trek: TOS.

cover of issue #2

from issue #2

• A Chat with Philipp E. High (1)
• I Remember, I Remember by Gladys and Rita (7)
• All Our Yesterdays by Rita Oliver (10)
• The Walker by E.M. Downes (12)
• Goodbye by Bridget Lawrance (14)
• The Very Last Star Wars Story of Them All by Dennis Murphy (16)
• For the World is Hollow by Rita Oliver (18)
• That Which Survives by Gladys Oliver (20)
• What If? by Rita Oliver (22)
• Jewelled Star by Jackie High (23)
• Portrait of a Traitor by Rice Zurrows (24)
• Spock's Enemy, Star Trek fiction by Bridget Lawrance (49)
• Errand of Mercy by Katherine Glancey (53)
• Last Wish by Gladys Oliver (54)
• Scenes Left Out of Star Wars Two by R.K. (56)
• Balance of Terror by Yvonne Jenkins (56)
• McCoy by Yvonne Jenkins (56)
• Her Hour! by Gladys and Rita (58)
• Infernal Ending by John Gerard Meancy (67)
• Last Word by Rita (72)