Diverse Dimensions

Zine
Title:	Diverse Dimensions
Publisher:	Dobie Cat Press
Editor(s):	Elaine Webster
Date(s):	1982-1984
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	multimedia
Language:	English
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Diverse Dimensions is a gen multifandom fanzine.

It has a sister zine called Tongue in Cheek.

A Change in Command

Elaine Webster wrote a personal statement in Universal Translator #25 in 1984 that says the zine was no longer available from Dobie Cat Press: "Due to personal differences and professional commitments, Mary Jo Blythe, Karen S. Eaton, and I are no longer associated with 'Diverse Dimensions'/Dobie Cat Press. DD can be ordered from Jeannie Deem [address redacted]. Tongue in Cheek is now under my sole ownership."

Issue 1

cover of issue #1

Diverse Dimensions 1 was published in May 1982 and contains 87 pages. It has stories by Roberta Rogow, Baker, Robert Webster, Rosemary C. Blythe, Deem, and Geraldine Sylvester. Art by Sturgill, Connie Faddis, Belyea, Gordon Carleton, V.M. Wyman, Hamilton. Filks and poetry by Thomas and Webster.

• A Peek Through The Curtain Of Time (Doctor Who) (5 pages)
• A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Unit (Doctor Who) (5 pages)
• Rebirth (Star Wars) (4 pages)
• Moment Of Truth (Star Wars) (2 pages)
• Frozen Reflections (Star Wars) (3 pages)
• The Crown Of Takora (Indiana Jones) (8 pages)
• The "Truth" Behind The Little Red Suit (Greatest American Hero) (2 pages)
• Forgotten Love (Star Trek) (3 pages)
• A Tour Guide's View Of Vulcan (Star Trek) (7 pages)
• Romulan Diversion (Star Trek) (5 pages)
• The Yalu Rose Affair (Man From Uncle/ M*A*S*H*) (14 pages)

Issue 2

cover of issue #2

Diverse Dimensions 2 was published in 1983 and has 89 pages. The fiction is all based on Christmas.

• The Gift by Mary Jo Blythe (Doctor Who) 8
• Freedom by Robert Webster (Doctor Who) 12
• Christmas for a Time Lord by Geraldine Sylvester (Star Wars) 20
• Christmas on Dagobah by Jan Margut (Star Wars) 27
• Christmas? by What is Christmas? by Audra Fint (Questor) 29
• To Share Peace by Robert Webster (Questor) 31
• Christmas Eve by Lucy Cribb (M*A*S*H*) 32
• Hawkeye by Ruth Kurz (M.A.S.H.) 33
• Merry Christmas, Indiana Jones by Cheryl Fint (Indiana Jones) 35
• Indiana Jones by Cheryl Fint (Indiana Jones) 44
• Old Friends by Elaine Webster (Starsky & Hutch) 45
• Season's Greetings by Robert Webster (Starsky & Hutch) 49
• How'd You Get Here? by Robert Newsom (Greatest American Hero) 50
• Power by Robert Webster (Battlestar Galactica) 51
• Hollow Man by Elaine Webster (Battlestar Galactica) 52
• Wedding Picture by J. Clissold (Battlestar Galactica) 53
• The Mistletoe Affair by Charlene Kirby (Man from U.N.C.L.E.) 55
• Winter Scene by Cheryl Fint (Man from U.N.C.L.E.) 75
• Country Roads by Robert Webster (Man from U.N.C.L.E.) 89

Issue 3

Diverse Dimensions 3 was published in May 1983 and has 137 pages.

• Perchance to Dream by Kathy Hintze (Blake's 7) 6
• Tread Softly On a Legend by Robert Newsom (Blake's 7) 28
• Castles Portfolio by Susan Sturgil (Blake's 7) 30
• Exit, Laughing by Rich Kolker (Dick Van Dyke Show) 34
• The Reason by C.L. Crouch (Dr. Who) 43
• Yesteryear by Geraldine Sylvester (Dr. Who) 44
• The Eye Turned Toward the Sky by Robert Newsom (Dr. Who) 52
• Freeloader's Guide to the Spaceways by Jeannie Deem (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 54
• I Enjoy Being a Fan by Karen Mitchell (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 57
• Homesick Song by Roberta Rogow & Louise Rogow (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 58
• At Panopticon '82 by Unknown Time Lords (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) 59
• Death's Chess Game by Mary Jo Blythe (A-Team) 60
• G.O.D. 105 by Robert Newsom (A-Team) 74
• Bandwagon by Charlene Kirby (The Invisible Man) 77
• Bar Wars by Baker Patrick (Star Wars) 96
• A Friend by Sharon Hunter (Starsky and Hutch) 99
• The Enforcer by Ruth Kurz (Dirty Harry) 101
• Dress Parade by Roberta Rogow (Star Trek) 102
• Voyage by Robert Webster (Star Trek) 105
• Khan by Ruth Kurz (Star Trek) 106
• Souls That Touch by Terri Sylveste (Star Trek) 107
• Spock by Michael Verina (Star Trek) 108
• The Starpack by Jan L. Margut (Star Trek) 110
• Vulcan Combat by Gayle F (Star Trek) 134

Issue 4

cover of issue #4

Diverse Dimensions 4 was published in December 1983 and is 138 pages long.

• Windows of the Soul by Kathy Hintze (Blake's 7) 8
• Doctor, Where are You? by Geraldine Sylvester (Dr. Who) 32
• Tardis Halls by Unknown Time Lords (Dr. Who) 32
• Categorically Speaking by Charlene Kirby (Sapphire and Steel) 34
• Roll Call by Sharon Hunter (Hill Street Blues) 47
• Reflections by Sharon Hunter (Hill Street Blues) 48
• Better the Jazz You Know by David Gordon (A-Team) 50
• Reason to Believe by David Gordon (Batman) 54
• Rainy Monday by M.H. O'Ryan (Starsky and Hutch) 74
• Nightfall by Jan L. Margut (Starsky and Hutch) 97
• Luke's Ballad by Tena M. Dow (Star Wars) 99
• Bread and Ficuses by Anne Collins (Quark) 102
• Echoes From Yesterday by Crystal Ann Taylor (Star Trek) 111
• The Search by Beverly Zuk (Star Trek) 113
• Lament by Cheryl Fint (Star Trek) 114
• I Wonder by Geraldine Sylvester (Star Trek) 127
• Safety Factor by Roberta Rogow (Star Trek) 128
• That Which Makes Us What We Are by Crystal Ann Taylor (Star Trek) 132
• A Memory That Haunts by Jan L. Margut (Star Trek) 133
• So Good to Eat by Susan Sturgill (Star Trek) 135
• Universal Library by The Editors (Star Trek) 136
• Unicorn by Erin McKee (Star Trek) 138
• art by TACS, Karen Mitchell, Chris Haynes, Charlene Kirby, Cheryl Flint, Lydia A. Moon, Nan Louis 131

Issue 5

cover of issue #5

Diverse Dimensions 5 was published in 1984 and contains 234 pages. On the cover: "The Cross Universe Special."

• Sweet Dreams by Catherine Woldow (Multi) 1
• A Number One Steele by Roberta Rogow (Remington Steele/A-Team) 2
• The Time of Your Life by David Gordon (T.J. Hooker/A-Team) 35
• Search the Universe by Marci Erwin (T.J. Hooker/A-Team) 45
• A Case of Mistaken Identity by C. Fint (Indiana Jones/Tommy Lillard) 46
• Wonderfulness of It All Affair by Charlene Kirby (Man from UNCLE/I Spy) 59
• Answers by Tena Dow (Multi) 72
• Friday The Thirteenth by Tena Dow (Multi) 73
• Period of Adjustment by Sheila Paulson (Battlestar Galactica/Space: 1999) 90
• Treasure Chest by Joyce Devine & Lynda Vandiver (Indiana Jones/Twilight Zone) 122
• Moving Violation by Teresa Troutman (Man from Atlantis/CHiPs) 127
• Never Trust a Smiling Kzin by Jeffrey Tolliver (Star Trek) 136
• Beyond Antares by Sharon A. Young (Star Trek) 137
• Visit to a Small Planet by Geraldine Sylvester (T.J. Hooker/Star Trek) 138
• Mixed Media Cross Worlds by Marci Erwin (T.J. Hooker/Star Trek) 141
• A Patient Outlook by P.E. Kinlock (M*A*S*H*/Star Trek) 143 (also appeared in The Off-World Connection, as well as was published as a standalone in 1987)