A Tribute to T-Negative
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Tribute to T-Negative |
| Publisher: | Stephen Borer |
| Editor(s): | Stephen Borer |
| Date(s): | September 1980 |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | |
| Size: | 20-pages |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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In September 1980, Stephen Borer published A Tribute to T-Negative. a 20-page collection of fan's personal recollections, poems, parodies of letters to the editor, story satires, and a serious account of a visit to the Star Trek movie set.
This tribute zine was honoring T-Negative.
Fiction and prose contributors to the issue were Joan Verba, Paula Smith, Jim Rondeau, Shirley Meech, Mary Lynn Himmelback, Stephen Borer, Ruth Berman. Art contributors are Mercy Van Vlack, Chris Padovano, Bill Bryan, Kent Bingham, Bill Anderson, Kent Bingham.
In it, Joan Verba wrote:
T-Negative is a remarkable fanzine... Published at a time before large ST cons, before books about ST fandom, before STW, and before such fanzines as Halkan Council (and later Interstat and Scuttlebutt), it was a major source of information about topics related to ST and ST fandom... One of the outstanding features of T-Negative was its diversity. In fiction, there was something for everyone: tie-ins to episodes (such as "For the Good of the Service"...), Mary Sue stories (such as the Dorothy-Myfanwy series... also one of the first to be explicitly labeled an alternate universe Trek story), Get- stories (such as "Marginal Existence")...In addition to the fiction, T-Negative has a wide variety of articles and information. Ruth Berman's 'Set-To' series featured articles about the backstage elements of ST, were first, followed by detailed character profiles of the crew by various authors, and supplemented by the 'Old Time Reviews Dept." which featured news clippings of the accomplishments of ST actors and staff. There were technical reports on Star Dates, the transporter... Fannish news included reports on ST revival, a short guide to sf fandom, an episode list including a guide to filmclips, con reports, con announcements, fanzine announcements, fanzine reviews, one of the first listings of the STW address, one of the first fan surveys (by Jacqueline Lichtenberg), a loc column, and updates to the ST Concordance...
Finally, T-Negative stands as a chronology of ST fandom for the '70's. T-Negative #1 began with an announcement that it would be a showcase for ST fiction... [and] it succeeded admirably. In addition to the other milestones... there was news of Spock Must Die! (the first pro ST novel), the first fanzine directory (from the LNSTFCF... listing 59 fanzines), an announcement by D.C. Fontana of the possibility of a ST movie, the announcement of the ST animation, and Genesis II. Through various listings, one can get an idea of fanzine publishing history [through its ads for available zines]...'
In all these things, T-Negative is an outstanding achievement in fan publication. It is a testimony to the talent of its editor, Ruth Berman. Both are regarded with affection and esteem by ST fanzine readers everywhere -- a reputation well deserved.
Contents
- How "T-Negative" Brought Me from Neohood to the Fan I Am Today (2)
- untitled testimonial and bio of Berman by Stephen Borer (3)
- Notes on a Wedding by Mary Lynn Himelbach (5)
- Down Memory Lane with T-Negative by Joan Verba (6)
- Cameo by Ruth Berman (8)
- T-Minus 30 and Counting, flyer for a parody zine called "T-Minus" (9)
- Sat-On (a parody of "Set On), a spoof interview (11)
- To the Obscure Muse, or Play It Again, Sam, and This Time Use the Calliope by Ruth Verman (12)
- Spock's Whatsis by Susann Kohinnor (12)
- page thirteen is a parody page of micro text too small to read
- C Waves, parody LoCs by Susann Kohinoor, Mandi Schlitz. Karian Fleming, Connie Fascist, Shuran Omily and Phula Shmit (14)
- Set-II (a non-parody, straight account of meeting Robert Wise and getting a tour of the Star Trek:TMP set) by Jim Rondeau (15)
- The Day I Met Walter Koenig (a non-parody, straight account) by Mary Lynn Himmelback (17)
Sample Interior
Kent Bingham
Bill Bryan
Mary Lynn Himmelback
parody of small text page
An Ode
- Ruth Berman
- Deserves jewels and ermine
- For the best, brightest zine
- To light up the Star Trek scene.
- T-Negative--
- Long will its fame live!
- To the Star Trek fan it
- Was more fun than a shore leave planet. -- a poem in the tribute issue by Shirley Meech