1001 Trek Tales (Star Trek: TOS zine)

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Zine
Title: 1001 Trek Tales
Publisher:
Editor(s): Donna Chisholm
Date(s): 1977-1978
Series?: yes
Medium: print zine
Size:
Genre: gen
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS, the second issue has a The Lord of the Rings art portfolio
Language: English
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1001 Trek Tales is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology edited by Donna Chisholm.

It was a zine whose principal elements were on stories about Star Trek sequels, which according to a review of the first issue, as a relatively new concept.

Issue 1

front cover of issue #1, Mary Beth Santorelli
back cover of issue #1, Richard Ciccarelli

1001 Trek Tales 1 contains 106 pages and was published in 1977.

Front cover: Mary Beth Santorelli, back cover: Richard Ciccarelli.

The cover title is spelled, One Thousand and One Trek Tales.

The art is by Mary Beth Santorelli (front cover), Pat Munson (inside back cover), Richard Ciccarelli (back cover), Kathi-Lynn Higley, Debbie Collin, Edward LaPrade, Amy Falkowitz, Signe Landon, Leslie Fish and Alice Jones.

  • Introduction (2)
  • After the Dark by Johanna Cantor (Spock suffers painful after affects from his meld with the Horta. McCoy cares for him with the insight and perception that is uniquely his, providing a little plot of Vulcan to help restore Spock's equilibrium.) (3)
  • Leila Sparks by Kathi-Lynn Higley (18)
  • Winds of Change by MAE (21)
  • One Love So Strange by George Hayes (34)
  • Phaeton by Roberta Rogow (36)
  • A Chill Thought in a Warm Memory... by Kathi-Lynn Higley (42)
  • Spock & His Harp by Kathi-Lynn Higley (43)
  • If Only Robin Hood by R.M. Shutter (46)
  • The Stranger by James E. Fulkerson (60)
  • Natira by Kathi-Lynn Higley (61)
  • Visions by George Hayes (64)
  • A Thought on Vulcan Philosophy by Linda Sawicki (67)
  • Undecided Man by Mary Hartery (original science fiction) (68)
  • Tomorrow Will It Be by Linda Sawicki (80)
  • Forever Apart by J.P. Sinclair (reprinted from Forever Apart with the name Donna Chrisholm. In it, McCoy is reunited with his daughter Joanna when she becomes a passenger on the Enterprise, but it is Jim Kirk who captures Joanna's interest.) (82)
  • Ads (104)
  • Coming Attractions (106)

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1

See reactions and reviews for Forever Apart.

The best thing about this zine is a number of scattered ad cartoons for products such as Drearios and Mope - and an illo for a Kraith story typo, showing Kirk engaged in "uncontrollable mink-linking."
  • After the Dark / Post-"Devil In the Dark." Spock remains in some kind of mental contact with Mother Horta, and is frantic to find stray eggs that have been hoarded by miners (they need to imprint on hatching). Nice start, but this story doesn't do much with it.
  • Winds of Change / Rather dull little story of Chekov's first command, the scoutship Diana, in which he stares down an evil Klingon.
  • Phaeton / Scotty visits Carolyn Palamas and her (and Apollo's) son Phaeton, and the boy tries to fly too soon and crashes into the sea.
  • If Only Robin Hood / No familiar ST characters. A landing party encounters a former interstellar thief - and former lover of one of the women - now living in a castle on a medieval planet, and refusing to be taken back.
  • Visions / An unwary member of a landing party is caught in an ancient alien fun house. No familiar ST characters.
  • Undecided Man / Captain Christopher, following "Tomorrow is Yesterday" is beginning to break down and lose his career as odd memories surface - until his wife announces her pregnancy, and he remembers enough to be reassured that all is as it should be. Best of show in this zine.
  • Forever Apart / A rescued scientific party turns out to include Joanna McCoy (McCoy doesn't recognize her until Kirk introduces them). McCoy practically throws Joanna at Jim; the pair are about to marry, but Joanna calls it off after several people are killed on a mission, deciding that she cannot live with the fear of harm to a beloved. A rather lackluster interpretation of the Kirk/Joanna scenario. [1]

Advertised as a zine whose principal emphasis is on stories about Star Trek sequels. In the main, it holds true to this theme. the overall quality is uneven but shows promise. Stories range from the quite good to bland. There are two pieces that do not concern incidents or characters from the aired episodes. One is 'Visions' and the the other is 'If Only Robin Hood.'

'Visions' is a powerful vignette that drawas and holds the attention of the reader; the ending is succinct with an ecellent eerie quality.

'If Only Robin Hood' is one of the lesser offerings. The story stretches credulity and coincidence, suffers from weak characterization and a too quick, choppy ending that attempst to resolve all the loose ends at once but doesn't succeed.

'Forever Apart' is a reprint of a Kirk/Joanna McCoy story. It is a good story that flows smoothly and has nicely developed characterization. The resolution is state in the title, but the character of Joanna is well written and makes the ending as satisfactory as possible, as well as believable.

'Winds of Change' is done on a Chekov theme and is more a prologue than a story in itself. The plot is slight, and its purpose appears to be more of a set-up for future stories than a complete story. A very logical progression of Chekov's character as presented in the series is shown. It established a whole new area for Star Trek with Chekov as a captain of his own scoutship and possibly eventually a starship.

'Undecided Man' is perhaps the most interesting of the sequels in this issue. This follows the character of John Christopher, and his struggle to deal with his subconscious memories of his time aboard the starship. The story is wholly believable with an excellent and satisfactory resolution.

'Phaeton' came off as the most unsatisfactory of the sequel series. The initial leisurely set-up of the story, Scotty visiting Carolyn Palamas some 14 years after the Adonis incident, culminates into barely a page of fast, uneven action with an ending that leaves the reader off-balance and unconvinced of its validity. The unpleasant surprise at the end may, of course, have been the author's intent, but the story, as it's structured, doesn't adequately support it.

The stories are sparsely illustrated, but the illos included are quite good. there are also quite a number of large, one-page cartoons, excellently drawn, running the comedy scale from high to low. The poetry is generally very fine. All of it is enhanced by the artwork with which it is combined. The most striking example is 'One Love So Strange' which is made memorable by a gorgeous Amy Falkowitz drawing of a unicorn. The layout of the zine is on-the-whole fair. There are some grammatical and typographical errors, but these are not excessive... The editor in her comments says this is the first time she used a dry letter transfer, and, while not perfectly executed, it does not provide a distraction to the reader. In the final analysis, I found '1001 Trek Tales' to be quite uneven in quality and execution. it was, in the main, true to its stated purpose and theme. The idea of a zine dealing with 'whatever happened to' stories on some of the one-shot but fascinating characters of Star Trek as well as the tried and true regulars is interesting and different. '1001 Trek Tales' shows promise and would be wll worth checking out in its future issues.[2]

Very briefly, '1001 Trek Tales' does not contain 1001 tales but 7 stories that range from Joanna Cantor's excellent 'What happens after one Vulcan hybrid melds with a Horta' in 'After the Dark' to J.P. Sinclair's 'not-so-excellent but who am I to judge' Kirk and Johanna McCoy love story 'Forever Apart.' And in-between those are enough diverse story concepts and character studies to pleas everybody... All in all, 1001 ain't a bad first effort for Ms. Chisholm who previously lent her talents to the Boston Star Trek Association's zine One Trek Mind, and her zine can only improve even more with time.[3]

Issue 2

1001 Trek Tales 2 was published in Summer 1978 and contains 108 pages. This issue contains a Lord of the Rings art portfolio.

front cover of issue #2, Cheree Cargill
backcover of issue #2, Kathi Lynn Higley
flyer for issue #2 Kathi Lynn Higley

From the editorial: "This will be the last issue of this zine. I must admit that the zine has become a chore, and I am growing bored with it. I'm also very tired of all the hassles that go along with publishing a fanzine."

References

  1. ^ Halliday’s Star Trek Zinedex (TOS) - Title Index, Archived version
  2. ^ from Delta Triad #4
  3. ^ from Scuttlebutt #2
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