Delta Quadrant of Venus (Star Trek: Voyager zine)

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Zine
Title:	Delta Quadrant of Venus
Publisher:	Agent With Style
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Date(s):	1997-1999
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Medium:	print
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Genre:	het
Fandom:	Star Trek: Voyager
Language:	English
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Delta Quadrant of Venus is a het Star Trek: Voyager A4 anthology of fiction by Your Cruise Director, also known as Em Wycedee. The front cover and interior artwork is by Her Slave, also known as DRush. Many of the stories originally appeared at Your Cruise Director's Love Boat.

Summary from a distributor, Agent With Style: "When you make love to someone under your command, are you abusing your powers as his captain? This is just one of the trials Captain Katherine Janeway experiences when she falls in love with her second-in-command."

Issue 1

cover of issue #1, DRush

Delta Quadrant of Venus 1 was published in July 1997 and contains 155 pages. The front cover is by DRush.

• Cloudy
• Uniform
• Prick of the Needle
• Retribution
• Pleasure
• Leavetaking
• More Myself Than I Am by Em Wycedee
• There's a Place for Us
• A Consummation Devoutly to be Wished
• Nocturnal Emissions
• Dress Code
• Thirty Hours
• The Only One
• Programmed
• Blackout
• Killing Time
• Under the Boardwalk
• Out of Time (Repeat Refrain)
• Reunification
• Afterlife
• Next to Worst Case Scenario
• Last Words
• Drowning

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1

Delta Quadrant of Venus centers on the relationship that for many fans seems inevitable, that of Janeway and Chakotay. Illustrated by one of the finest fan artists currently working--though she wishes to remain anonymous, readers of this newsletter will recognize her work--the zine is gorgeous. The drawings are beautiful studies of the human forms...not for the kiddies, but art in the truest sense. The artist has captured the essence of these characters in the sketches, and in the same fashion, the writer has captured their emotional essence in 23 well-crafted and very different stories. The zine contains a variety of styles. As the title would indicate, the sex is graphic, but unlike Anaïs Nin's famous erotica, the characters are not merely props for different sex acts. Rather, they are fully defined and believable characters who have a loving and sexual relationship. In the longer stories, the characters are fully drawn and multi-dimensional. Some stories instead take a facet of the characters as portrayed on the show, and then show how that character trait might determine actions and reactions… Each character has at least one story that takes him or her to the boundaries of their worst characteristics. .. I'd love to send copies of these stories to TPTB, but I'm afraid they'd miss the author's intended meaning, and use them for plot ideas… Most of the stories center on Janeway, but Torres is featured prominently and strongly in several as well. If you're over 18, the drawings alone are worth the purchase price, and the zine will be a great addition to your collection.

OK, she's one of my best friends. But she is also one of the greatest J/C writers, practically originating the genre, and this is a collection of her Net-posted stories. Lovely, lyrical, hot and sweaty, with wonderful characterizations. She weaves a poetic spell with every vignette. And it's gorgeously illustrated, too, by an artist with a lot of courage! I've never been able to draw lovers the way Deb does. Any J/C fan MUST have this zine--it defines the appeal of the pairing. Everything I've written on the subject has been influenced by these stories and the discussions we've had about them.

Issue 2

cover of issue #2, DRush

Delta Quadrant of Venus 2 was published in May 1999 and contains 208 pages. The front cover is by DRush.

• Quick
• Trust
• Rain
• Spanking the Monkey
• Poisoned
• Crazy
• Please Respond
• 20 Questions
• Once
• Mornings
• Technobabble
• Gems
• Why They Couldn't Film the Kiss from Hunters
• Captain Miller's Story
• Unforgiveable
• Demonic Possession
• Coffee Talk
• Tight Spots
• Future's End
• Apotheosis
• Shades of Blue
• Shalott
• A Q From the Master
• Timeless Dinners
• Rescued Life
• Sealed With
• Underground
• Counterbalance
• La Vita Nuova
• Penetrating
• Shooting Protons
• Denial
• Bronze Statues
• Survival
• Breathing
• Surprise Inspection
• Mid-Flight

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2

This adult zine is pretty much all Janeway, Chakotay, and Janeway/Chakotay. If that pairing doesn't do anything for you, neither will DQVII, though some of the gorgeous drawings are worth having anyway (provided you're over 18 and can handle nudity). If you live for J/C, however, the zine provides it in abundance. As the author jokes, it starts with "a bang" and continues to send the captain and first officer through every possible permutation on that theme, with some occasional heavy angst and a some traditional romance. "Unforgivable" and "Coffee Talk" have appeared in Now Voyager, so people here have some idea of the writer's style. The most successful stories in my opinion take off on canonical episodes. "Captain Miller's Tale," for instance, puts a new spin on "The Killing Game" and explores what Chakotay might have been feeling in the body of Captain Miller. "Crazy" gets inside Janeway's head during "Scientific Method," while "Shooting Protons" and "Bronze Statues" take off from "Bride of Chaotica" and offer an interesting glimpse into what Janeway and Paris' relationship could be like if the writers weren't so mired in throwing Tom at B'Elanna. A "Timeless" story from Tessa's perspective gives her the personality she needed in the episode and adds insight into why Chakotay decided to go back on a suicide mission to save his captain. Dark stories like "Penetrating" and "Underground" will not be for everyone, though as a hurt-comfort fan I liked seeing Kathryn rescue Chakotay from the bad guys. The over-long concluding story "Mid-Flight" ends on a hopeful note for the characters and the series. I have to admit, though, that my favorite story was "Denial." It's no more believable in canon than any of the other stories in this zine, but I'm glad to see Chakotay and I live in the same state about that.