Doris Beetem
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| Name: | Doris Beetem |
| Alias(es): | Doris Beetem the Younger, Dee Beetem |
| Type: | writer, publisher, filker |
| Fandoms: | Star Trek, Blake's 7, Lord of the Rings, The Real Ghostbusters, Alias Smith & Jones, The Muppet Show, Robin of Sherwood, Doctor Who, Sherlock |
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Doris Beetem is one of the early Star Trek fanzine era fans who both published and contributed to fanzines.
She began writing fanfiction at the age of 16. One of her stories The Hunting (Star Trek: TOS story) appeared in the professionally published anthology Star Trek: The New Voyages in 1976. She contributed filk lyrics (mainly Blake's 7). In her later years she also wrote Blake's 7 fanfiction and published a Lord of the Rings novel in the 2000s. She was one of the founding members of DASFA (Denver Area Science Fiction Association), along with her mom (the Elder) and her younger sister (Rose).[1][2]
Dee was also president (as of 1998) of the fan club Several Unlimited. [3]
Some Fanfic
Some of her fanfic has been archived online (all Star Trek)
- Of Which Reason Knows Nothing (Star Trek), Archived version
- Death of a Flame (Star Trek), Archived version
- Child of the Tradition, or Sluraz' Affirmation.
- The Other Man
- The Shortest Star Trek Story in the World.
- Won't You Walk a Little Faster, or Tanya's Argument
More fic can be found at FanFiction.net (mainly LOTR)
Fanzines Published or Edited
- Eridani Triad (Star Trek)
- Standard by Several (Blake's 7
- Several Unlimited newsleter
Meta
Awards
- 1996 FanQ for MULTI-MEDIA -- STORY -- GEN, IMAGE OF A REBEL -- Dee Beetem & Margaret McNickle, published in TEXAS REVELATIONS 2, editor/publisher Erika Frensley, Sue Wells & Candace Pulleine
