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Title:	Grup
Creator:	Carrie Peak & Datazine Publications
Date(s):	1978
Medium:	fanzine, fanfiction
Fandom:	Star Trek
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Grup was the first adult, or R-rated Star Trek zine. Grup was named for the word for "grownup" in the original Star Trek episode "Miri".

From Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fan and Zine History:

Editor Carrie Peak wrote this statement of purpose: "We have all got these semi-pornographic Trek stories bumbling about in our minds...Grup is meant to provide a publication for these stories. We've tried to keep fairly high standards, all the fiction had to have plot and characterization as well as a story line. We are looking to provide adult entertainment that is readable and enjoyable." [1]

The first K/S story to appear in a zine was "A Fragment Out of Time" by Diane Marchant, published in Grup 3 in 1974. It was written so obliquely that it wasn't clear to many readers that the two people having sex were both men, much less Kirk and Spock, until Diane's letter to the editor in the next issue. By the time the last issue was published in 1978, Boldly Writing claims that "Grup seemed almost tame compared to what was coming out elsewhere." (pg.44).

Contents 1 Grup 1 2 Grup 2 3 Grup 3 4 Grup 4 5 Grup 5 6 Grup 6 7 Best of Grup, vol 1 8 References

Grup 1

Grup #1 was published in Sep 1972. It contained a Spock Centerfold

• Won't You Walk a Little Faster? / Doris Beetem
• Touche / M.L. Barnes
• Sex and the Single Vulcan(A) / C. Peak
• A World Apart / T. Peak
• Your the Captain's Woman... / "Capt. Hy Jinx"
• Child-of-the-Tradition / Doris Beetem
• Dateline 2178.3(A)
• The Logical Solution / V. Deen
• Gambit / M.L. Barnes
• Encounter / C. Blakey
• The Followers(A) / H. Clement
• Human-Vulcan Mating(A) / J. Tockman
• Death of a Flame / Doris Beetem [Also in Intr. to ST Fanzines; Kraith Collected #1]

Grup 2

Grup #2 was published in Feb 1973. Covers by C. Lee Healy & Steve Barnes.

From Boldly Writing: "In the editorial, Steve said, "It has been said that if you want to stir up controversy...write about sex. [But] the controversy failed to materialize. Oh, we had one or two poison pen efforts but they failed to compete with the letters of praise and encouragement we got. We found the majority of our readers accept the 'adult' theme well." This time the centerfold was a nude of Sulu, drawn beautifully by professional science fiction artist George Barr."

• Famous Last Words(A)/ J & K Haan
• Name of the Game(A)
• The Way / M.L. Barnes
• Cherry Blossom Festival / C. Peak
• The Cassandra Complex / G. Michaels
• Romulo-Vulcan Migrations(A) / M.A. Walther
• Dear Abigail / P. Zotti
• George Who?? / "M. Stephens"
• Murder Trip / T. Peak
• The Other Side of the Mirror / M.L. Barnes
• Joy in the Morning / C.M. De Sisi

Grup 3

Grup #3 was published in Sept. 1974. Ed. Carrie Brennan. T'Kuhtian Press reprint, 76p.

• Pre-Occupation / Ruth Berman, p.7-8. T'Pring ponders a love poem
• We Could Always Make Love / GreteWolfe, p. 9-11. A shuttle accident leaves Spock with amnesia, a new personality, and a handy crew-woman.
• The Logical Solution / Verna Deen, p. 17-19. Spock solves his recurring pon-farr problem with the help of a recently-bereaved ensign.
• Gentlemen Always Ask / Grete Wolfe, p. 21-22. An engineers' strike leaves Scott time for a little picnic and idyll in the flower garden.
• Night of Retaliation / Don Thompson, p. 26-34. non-Trek; aphrodisiacs in water
• Ask the Girl Who Owns One / "Martynn," p.39-40. Thought-dialog pillow-talk between Spock and a lady-love.
• Fire and Ice / Psyche, p. 41-42. Zarabeth finds (brief) consolation in bearing Spock's child.
• Gently, My Love / Verna Schmidt, p. 43-46. Spock responds to a mysterious call from 1974.
• A Fragment Out of Time / Marchant, Diane, p. 47-48. vignette generally considered to be the first appearance of K/S in fan-fic.
• Yesterday Was for Dreaming / M.L. "Steve" Barnes, p. 49-76. Enterprise is called to help settle a mining colony's dispute with the Klingons - to a planet on which Spock had had a brief but fertile encounter with a woman who has been pining for him ever since. He meets his son, and rescues him from a Klingon plot. His offer of marriage, however, comes to naught as both parties soon realize it's impracticability.

Grup 4

Grup #4 was published in Sep 1975 and contains 32 pages.

• Chekov centerfold
• Resolution / C. Bechtold
• The Sun in its Glory / M. Fricson
• Bondmate / M. Miller
• Fertility in Vulcan/Human PolyHybrid(A) / M.L. Barnes
• The Liberation of James T. / Kirk K. Fleming
• Pandora's Box - Again / D. Marchant

Grup 5

Grup #5 was published in Oct 1976 and contains 89 pages. It has a 'Mirror Spock' centerfold. Stories by Jean Lorrah, Sibley, Bregman, Gayle F, Fleming, Bethann, Cross, Johanna Cantor.

"Jean's closet story is, by itself, worth the price..." - as reviewed in R&R #2

Grup 6

Grup #6 was published in 1978 and contains 94 Mimeographed pages.

Best of Grup, vol 1

Best of Grup, vol. 1 was published in 1984 by Datazine Publications. It contains reprints from previous issues and is 110 pages.

Cover: collage of covers from

• Grup #1: Steve Barnes & Allan Asherman
• Grup #2: C. Lee Healy & Steve Barnes
• Grup #3: Marilyn Hawkes & Steve Barnes

Art: Includes illustrations from the centerfolds of the first 3 issues of Grup.

Summaries from Zinedex:

• Encounter / Catherine Blakey, p. 1-11 [Reprinted from Grup #1]. Romulans are about to launch a test invasion and Spock is about to enter an early pon farr. Christine to the rescue.
• Touche / Steve Barnes, p. 13-19 [Reprinted from Grup #1]. Enterprise is transporting computer expert Circe, who (being a virgin half-Orion) is exuding pheromones that have an unfortunate effect on all male human crewmembers, just about bringing the ship to a chaotic halt. Spock solves the problem with a successful seduction carried out in her beloved computer-speak.
• Fire and Ice / Psyche, p. 20 [Reprinted from Grup #3]. Zarabeth finds (brief) consolation in bearing Spock's child.
• Gambit / Steve Barnes, 21-44 [Reprinted from Grup #1]. In search of a dilithium contract, our trio encounter Vulcan-like colonists suffering - or perhaps "enjoying" is a better term - strange effects from their new planet's atmosphere. Spock finds true love with one who has lost her voice but gained telepathy, and refuses to leave the planet though the atmosphere is quickly killing his Earthling companions.
• The Way / Steve Barnes, 45-52 [Reprinted from Grup #2]. Just bonded at age 7, Spock leaves home to begin physical training in Vulcan weaponry and rituals. His year with a compassionate teacher who had surrendered his own wish to become a healer suggests alternatives to the child - and culminates in a challenge duel with young Stonn.
• The Other Side of the Mirror / Steve Barnes, p. 55-61. [Reprinted from Grup #2]. In the Mirror Universe, Commander Sarek loses his bondmate and his captive Amanda offers herself to him in his pon farr as a political maneuver.
• Cherry Blossom Festival / Carrie Peak, p. 63-68. [Reprinted from Grup #2]. A romantic idyll for Sulu - to Scotty's dismay.
• Joy in the Morning, or, Time and Time Again / Claudine Marie de Sisi, p. 69-76 [Reprinted from Grup #2]. Set in the Academy years. Series of Finnegan's increasingly obnoxious practical jokes victimizing the studious and virgin Jim Kirk - until the girlfriend he ropes into the stunts falls for Jim.
• Night of Retaliation / Don Thompson, p. 77-82 [Reprinted from Grup #2]. Spicans, having suffered inadvertent tranquilizing effects from the exhaust of Terran space vehicles, retaliate by spiking the entire Earth's water supply with human aphrodisiacs.
• Yesterday Was for Dreaming / SteveBarnes, p. 85-106 [Reprinted from Grup #3; sequel to "Gambit" in Grup #1]. Enterprise is called to help settle a mining colony's dispute with the Klingons - to a planet on which Spock had had a brief but fertile encounter with Sheron, who has been pining for him ever since. He meets his son, and rescues him from a Klingon plot. His offer of marriage, however, comes to naught as both parties soon realize it's impracticability.
• Gently, My Love / Verna Schmidt, p. 107-109 [Reprinted from Grup #3]. Spock responds to a mysterious call from 1974.
• A Fragment Out of Time / Diane Marchant, p. 110 [Reprinted from Grup #3]. vignette generally considered to be the first appearance of K/S in fan-fic.

Best of Grup 1 was published in 1984 and contains 110 pages.

References

Boldly Writing: A Trekker Fan and Zine History