Interstat/Issues 071-080

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Issue 71

Interstat 71 was published in September 1983 and contains 18 pages.

cover of issue #71, Chris Grahl

• Mike Brown (reprinted from an earlier issue), cartoon by Don Harden

Issue 72

Interstat 72 was published in October 1983 and contains 18 pages.

cover of issue #72, Eric Stillwell], portrait of Harve Bennett

• cartoon by Don Harden, no other illos

Issue 73

Interstat 73 was published in November 1983 and contains 18 pages.

cover of issue #73, Merle Decker

• cartoon by Don Harden, no other illos

Issue 74

Interstat 74 was published in December 1983 and contains 18 pages.

cover of issue #74, Ann Crouch

• cartoon by Don Harden, no other illos

Issue 75

Interstat 75 was published in January 1984 and contains 18 pages.

from issue #75, Don Harden

cover of issue #75, Ann Crouch

• cartoon by Don Harden, no other illos
• Tim Farley publishes a result of a study he did in response to some fans who felt that Barbara Gordon was monopolizing the conversation. "Some 263 letters were written in 1983, representing 131 different people. The mythical 'average correspondent' thus writes two letters in a year's time.... Looking at the number of letters printed...Harden & Gilbert top the list with 9 each; Slusher, 8; Wahl & Gordon, 7 each; Verba & Wolpe, 6 each; Henrie and Lorenstein, 5 each. Thus, Gordon is typically printed every other month or so, while others equal." Boldly Writing notes that Gordon stopped sending letters to Interstat soon after this, "though because of poor health, not because of complaints in Interstat."
• a fan, Daniel Wolpe, writes of the pro novel: "About "Mutiny on the Enterprise," "...it's incompetently written. Kirk and company are portrayed as pompous asses and the plot, which seemed to have so much potential, became a mish-mosh of clichés and tired speeches."

Issue 76

Interstat 76 was published in February 1984 and contains 18 pages.

cover of issue #76, Merle Decker

• there is no interior art

Issue 77

Interstat 77 was published in March 1984 and contains 22 pages.

cover of issue #77, Mike Brown

• there are a number of official photos of the stars, but no art
• a fan, Mary Truesdale, writes about the Tie-in novel: "I thoroughly enjoyed 'The Wounded Sky'. For me, it was an exciting, refreshing, and absolutely exquisite reading experience."

Issue 78

Interstat 78 was published in April 1984 and contains 18 pages.

cover of issue #78, Chris Grahl

• there are a number of official photos of the stars, but no art
• a fan, Kay Brown, comments on the pro novel which a fan in the previous issue liked. "...for me, Wounded Sky proved to be a disappointment.... The idea is excellent, but its potential is never reached. The 'creative physics' seems like pretentious nonsense."

Issue 79

Interstat 79 was published in May 1984 and contains 14 pages.

cover of issue #79, M.S. Murdock

• there are a number of official photos of the stars, but no art

Issue 80

Interstat 80 was published in June 1984 and contains 18 pages.

cover of issue #80, Merle Decker

• there are a number of official photos of the stars, but no art

• fan, Jo Wenck, complains, "Someone should save us from works by the likes of, Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath, and Vonda McIntrye. They are on my list, unfortunately growing, of writers whose work I will no longer purchase. Give me a good fan story any day. Even the terrible ones are far better than some of the pro ones we've gotten lately."
• From a letter by Alice Greene, "I would like to share my discovery of USENET, a nation-wide computer net accessible from many university mainframe computers and other entry terminals. There is a Star Trek interest group [net.startrek] consisting of people all over the country with computer terminals and some way of getting on the net." This is the first mention of Usenet in any fannish media publication.