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Zine
Title: Emanon
Publisher: Empathy Star Trek Club & Empathy Publications
Editor(s): Dorothy Owens
Date(s): 1975 to 1984
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Medium: print zine
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Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
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Emanon was a clubzine of the Empathy Star Trek Club, West Yorkshire, England. It had at least twenty-one issues.

This publication was meant to be an annual one for club members.

Some content from this series was reprinted in Deja-Vu.

Regarding the Title

"Emanon" is "No name" backwards. There is an old Celtic tradition of back-spelling names.

The title of the zine series could also be that the club couldn't decide on a title and picked a disguised version of "no name."

Issue 1

Emanon 1 contains 65 pages. It was published in 1975.

cover issue #1
  • Venita’s Story, by Sheila Clark
  • The Test by Tiri (1)
  • Transporter Effect by Robin Hill (3)
  • Hamm'ed Up by Tiri (5)
  • Clues to the Star Word by Dee (6)
  • Star Word by Dee (7)
  • Glimpses by Carol Martin (8)
  • Children of the Apple by Penny Lansdell (8)
  • Revival? by Barbara Kitson (reprinted in The Clean Zine) (9)
  • Vulcan by Tiri (10)
  • Star Trek Graffiti by Robin Hill (11)
  • Dear Mr. Spock... Gentlemen!!! by Helen Sneddon (12)
  • A Matter of Scale by Robin Hill (14)
  • More S.T. Graffiti by Robin Hill (20)
  • Battle for Spock by Carol Keogh (21)
  • Enterprise Accident by Helen Sneddon (26)
  • Final Trek by Lynn (TW) Bates (27)
  • Still More S.T. Graffiti by Robin Hill (31)
  • Is There an End to Everything? by Penny Lansdell (32)
  • The Beard by Phyl Proctor (32)
  • When in Rome by Penny Lansdell (33)
  • Answers to Star Word by Dee (40)
  • Incident on the Thames Clyde Express by Tiri (41)
  • Star Trek Quiz by Tiri (43)
  • Conquistador by Barbara Kitson (47)
  • A Trekker's Prayer by Tiri & Carol Keogh (51)
  • Dee-Finitions by Robin Hill (52)
  • Pick Pick Pick by Tiri (53)
  • S.T. Comic Album Blooper Page by Tiri (55)
  • The Party by Helen McCarthy (57)
  • Signing Off by Catherine (63)

Issue 2

Emanon 2 is undated. It was published in 1976 and contains 48 pages. It has three illos by "R.H." who is Robin Hill.

cover of issue #2
  • Memories, fiction by Thetis (1)
  • Daleks Rule—O.K.?, a Trek/Doctor Who crossover by Robin Hill (5)
  • The Message, poem by Michael Eason (7)
  • Deathbed, fiction by Jane Martel (8)
  • A Time for Love, fiction by uncredited author (10)
  • There is a Legend, fiction by uncredited author ("extract from a Sarpeidon Religious Book") (34)
  • For All That You Ask, uncredited poem (35)
  • Koloth's Song, uncredited drinking song (39)
  • Quake, uncredited fiction (40)
  • inside page from issue #2

    inside page from issue #2

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    inside page from issue #2

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    inside page from issue #2

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    inside page from issue #2

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2

EMANON has an attractive cover and some excellent illustrations, including two by Robin Hill, who also provides a splendid story about a Dalek attempt to take over the "Enterprise." "Wishful Thinking" is a wishfulfilment story with a light touch, and "Koloth's Song" is delightful.

Pathos is less well handled than humour; "Deathbed" and "A Time for Love" are oversentimental and have been done better before. "Memories," though, is surprisingly original and very wellwritten. All in all, EMANON is a readable zine well worth adding to any collection.[1]

Issue 3

Issue 4

Emanon 4 contains 161 pages. It is, frustratingly, not dated, but likely 1977. It contains no interior illos.

cover of issue#4
  • Surian and Amerak by Helen Sneddon (1)
  • The Optimism Effect by T.W. Francis (7)
  • The Dawn of a Dream by Sandie Stronach (8)
  • Only I Am Left by Janet Ellicott (12)
  • The Return and Re-Birth, poem by Tony Chandran (20)
  • The Logical Solution by Janet E.C. Hall (21)
  • Starbase Two and a Half by Helen Sneddon (23)
  • The Objective by Chrissie Farr (34)
  • Vulcan Thoughts by Valerie Wilson (35)
  • The Prime Ingredient, poem by Kelly Mitchell (35)
  • Where There is Life by Beth Hallam (36)
  • The Wish by Kelly Mitchell (40)
  • Adam's Song by Sue Winn (41)
  • Try to Listen, poem by unknown (42)
  • Report from Vulcan by Trah Lorac (43)
  • The Answer, poem by Kelly Mitchell (45)
  • The Battle of Sherman's Planet by Anon (46)
  • Star Trek Limericks by Sue Winn (49)
  • Intervention by C. Angelus (51)
  • The Hidden Truth, poem by Sue Winn (54)
  • Stasis by T.W. Francis (55)
  • Life's Work, poem by Thesis (56)
  • The Enterprise, poem by Linda Page (57)
  • A Trip to Nowhere, poem by Carol Keogh (58)
  • Joinder, poem by T.W. Francis (59)
  • The Name of the Game by David Coote (60)
  • Goodbye is Forever by Lesly Coles (62)
  • Moonlight by Spectre (70)
  • Conscience of the King, poem by Sue Winn (71)
  • This by Amy Oldham (72)
  • The Thoughts of a Replacement Helmsman by David Coote (73)
  • The Ballad of Rania by unknown (80)
  • Farewell to Adonis by Katrina Fletcher (81)
  • Departure Point by Helen Sneddon (82)
  • Zarabeth by Ingrid Emerton (89)
  • A Word Called Duty by Janet Blowers (90)
  • The Rings of Saturn by T.W. Francis (101)
  • The Water Hole by T.W. Francis (101)
  • Last Day by unknown (102)
  • Poem by Sue Winn (108)
  • The Missing Colony by Sheila Clark (109)
  • Ship Passing by Amy Oldham (116)
  • Private Little War by unknown (117)
  • Second Chance by Marion Dougall (118)
  • Almost Lost by Lesley M. Coles (123)
  • Full Circle by Zena Knightly (133)
  • One Man's Love by Chris Waller (143)
  • Dead or Alive by Judy Mortimore (144)
  • A Canticle for Christine by Harold Aspinall (152)
  • Ice and Fire by Marion Dougall (153)

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4

"Emanon" is a respectable series with a few outstanding stories. In Emanon 4, I enjoyed "Surian and Amerak," telling of how Surak's father met his mate and chose her, and "Starbase Two and a Half,' where Scotty visits a bar and drinks Amanda's home made wine. Both of these stories were written by Helen Sneddon. Also rather sweet is "Full Circle" by Zena Knightly in which Spock as a small boy meets Kirk's mother.[2]

Issue 5

Emanon 5 was published September 1978 and contains 115 pages.

front cover of issue#5

It has illos by Alan Mason, Ena Glogowska, Sue Winn, Kathy Halsall, D. Naylor.

Issue 6

Emanon 6 has 84 pages.

  • cover of issue #6

    cover of issue #6

Issue 7

Emanon 7 is undated, though published in 1979. It has 73 pages. The art is by Cathy Perkins (cover), Marion Allsebrook, Carol Hart, and Kathy Halsall.

cover of issue#7
  • Distress Call by Rita and Gladys Oliver and Yvonne Jenkins and Ceri Murphy (winning entry from the March '79 midi-con) (2)
  • Warships (27)
  • The Plot (28)
  • Rocket Man (34)
  • Klara (a Klingon story) (35)
  • Reflections (56)
  • Tiger's Eye (57)
  • Nightmare (58)
  • Uhura (58)
  • The Planet (runner-up from the March '79 midi-con) (60)
  • inside issue #7

    inside issue #7

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    inside issue #7

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    inside issue #7

Issue 8

Emanon 8 is undated. It contains 68 pages.

front cover of issue #8

It has several pieces of uncredited art.

  • inside page from issue #8

    inside page from issue #8

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    inside page from issue #8

Issue 9

Emanon 9 is undated and contains 68 pages.

  • cover of issue #9

    cover of issue #9

Issue 10

Emanon 10

  • cover of issue #10

    cover of issue #10

Issue 11

Emanon 11

  • cover of issue #11

    cover of issue #11

Issue 12

Emanon 12 is undated and contains 61 pages.

cover of issue #12, Margaret Winks
from issue #12
  • Prime Directive, fiction by David Coote (1)
  • Star Trek by Marianne Kelly (26)
  • Amanda's Break with Earth, fiction by Karen Blackadder (27)
  • Trouble Aboard by Liz Newton (36)
  • Desert Ghost, fiction by Liz Newton (37)
  • Ode to Spock by Marianne Kelly (49)
  • Beginnings and Endings, fiction by Margaret Rainey (50)

Issue 13

Emanon 13

  • cover of issue #13, Margaret Winks

    cover of issue #13, Margaret Winks

Issue 14

Emanon 14 has 61 pages. It is mimeo, A4, and has one unsigned illo of Spock & McCoy on page 33.

cover of issue #14, Margaret Winks
another version of the cover of issue #14

Issue 15

Emanon 15 was published in 1981 and contains 65 pages.

  • cover of issue #15

    cover of issue #15

Issue 16

Emanon 16 has 80 pages.

  • cover of issue #16

    cover of issue #16

Issue 17

Emanon 17 is undated and contains 55 pages.

cover of issue#17

Issue 18

Emanon 18 was published in 1983.

  • cover of issue #18

    cover of issue #18

Issue 19

Emanon 19 was published in 1983 and contains 43 pages.

  • cover of issue #19

    cover of issue #19

Issue 20

Emanon 20 was published in August 1983.

  • cover of issue #20

    cover of issue #20

Issue 21

Emanon 21 was published in September 1984.

  • cover of issue 21

    cover of issue 21

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 21

1985:

This was really excellent over all. Good cover art.

"The Other Side" and "Dashed Annoying" were great.

"In Another Reality"—oddly enough I enjoyed this—took me a few minutes to put it together but once I got into it, I loved it. Especially liked the little 'quirks' that were revealing of the various characters even before we were introduced to them -- like "I'm Starsky/He's Hutch" (But of course our Spock would be the only being to get it correct!) ... and the T.J. vs. J.T. - Cute! Do you think Shatner had any say in that? The final line about "You've just shot J.R." was hysterical. Very nice working of the characters.

"A Dish Served Cold"—Excellent. Caught Khan's character very well.

"Another Legend" -- Super story.

"Shower of Gold"—One of my favourite stories. Even though no names were used until near the end, one could guess at the characters from the beginning. The shepherd searching for his sheep was a nice touch—especially with Spock (appearing as a God) finding it for him. And, I loved the ending as they disappear in a shower of gold. (And that she would call him Perseus).

"Believing"—Another excellent story. Liked the characters of T'Kai and Star'nai and their ship and children. Very intriguing ideas that make excellent sense for Vulcans with their own special brand of 'problems'. JTK's ' sunburn' added a nice touch of humour. The disaster on the Vulcan ship was well done - due to comet's radiation. Spock's reaction to the deaths and his 'seeing' the two Vulcan children was excellent characterization. Liked the reactions of the crew as they see Spock talking to 'nothing' and the way they think he's going crazy. And, of course, I always enjoy seeing them disobey Starfleet's order's again. The loving concern of the other crew members for Spock's seeming decline was lovely. The [unclear word] was definitely "VULCAN." Why talk if there is no need.

"Hobson's Choice" -- Beautiful.

"Time to Count the Cost"—Kar and Listel were a unique but nicely suited pair. And brother, did they cause some trouble for our favourite crew. And, a very JTK conclusion.

The poetry, in general, quite good. Liked them all.

"The Long Way Home"—Notulia was a good character. I enjoyed the way her 'emotions' were so uncontrollable and went through everyone, even Spock at laat. Spock's solution was perfect. A very unique story. I really liked the scene with Spock and Uhura in the turbolift and Uhura's 'way out' of what was undeniably a sticky situation. Excellent—and despite the tragic aspects - some very good humour.[3]

1985:

This zine is produced by Empathy and is available from Carol Keogh & Keith Jackson. No editor is mentioned on the contents page or as far as I can see, anywhere else. This leads me to wonder what Empathy's editorial policy is. With the obvious exception of Lynette Muir, Empathy appears to be dealing here with inexperienced writers. How much assistance did they receive? Story construction is not an easy task and positive, constructive criticism from a friendly but fairly independent source is vital. Were these stories returned for rewrites and thoroughly discussed or are the editors of this zine kindly souls who prefer to avoid the risk of upsetting their contributors? Or is it a matter of etiquette to print competition stories untouched by the editorial hand? This zine contains a lot of good story ideas that are not fully exploited and that's a pity, because Empathy seem to have taken a great deal of trouble with the presentation and the artwork.

In 'Time to Count the Cost' by Jacqui Humphreys, the Enterprise has to pick up two mysterious and beautiful young ladies in order to transport them to Earth. In the course of the story, we discover they are not what they seem. Ms. Humphreys packs her story with exciting incidents - bounty hunters, seduction, Romulan attack, strange powers, she but doesn't dwell long enough on her characters to bring them to life. If the pace had been a little slower and a little more detail had been available, I might have felt a little more sympathy for Listel end Kara and this would in turn have increased the dramatic impact of the final scenes.

'The Long Way Home' by Diane Keneally tells of a Deltan who has suddenly and unexpectedly lost her companion and must be taken home on board the Enterprise. This lady is in considerable distress, both broadcasting her grief and exposed to the emotions of others. Her grief also increases her secretion of pheromones, with predictable results. The difficulty hsre is one of tone, which is too light for the subject matter. Ms. Keneally sets out to explore the effect of intense emotion trapped and echoing within the confines of the Enterprise. This is a fascinating project but the final effect is inconsistent. It is an ancient tradition to lighten tragedy by contrast with touches of comedy but it requires fine judgement and in this story it causes confusion. The insertion of a good joke just after the Deltan has been taken down to almost certain death leaves me off balance - I don't know what the writer intends me to feel at this point.

'Believing' by the same writer is much more successful. It concerns a Vulcan cargo ship which is disabled and unable to summon help through normal channels. Among the survivors are two children who, until now have not been known to communicate. Meanwhile, on board the Enterprise, Kirk is languishing in Sickbay with sunburn and Spock is left in charge. At this point, the Vulcan begins to act strangely and ignoring Starfleet orders, diverts the Enterprise towards the damaged ship. This is an exciting story, deftly told and with the suspense maintained until the final paragraph. It succeeds because the plot is well paced, the switches between the ships are beautifully timed and the reader is given enough information to develop sympathy for the characters. Even so, there are a couple of small questions that could be asked, could sunburn, unpleasant though it is, really prevent a starship captain knowing in precise detail what is happening on his bridge and why? Secondly, Spock's powers are appreciated by his colleagues, why should he be forced to act in an underhand manner, rather than explain his impressions to his superior officer?

'Emanon 21' also contains several poems and stories by Lynette Muir, and as might be expected, they are inventive, witty and thoroughly entertaining. In the space of approximately 4 pages, 'In Another Reality' contains Hooker, Romano, Bodie, Doyle, Kirk, Spock, Starsky, Hutch, the Saint, Bond, Solo, Wookie, Illya, Eliza Doolittle and a joke! A very small one.

'Shower of Gold' takes us back to Ancient Greece in order to demonstrate that even when struck by a thunderbolt, our beloved Captain will land on his feet, or rather, up to his knees in cushions. Highly enjoyable.

Of course, many editors will argue that, as a matter of principle, editorial guidance should be principle, which is all very well when dealing with the likes of Lynette Muir & Glen David but I can't help feeling that this approach is less than helpful to the inexperienced. [4]

References

  1. ^ by Helen McCarthy in "City" #3 (1977)
  2. ^ from Enterprise Originals #5
  3. ^ from Empathy Newsletter Spring 1985
  4. ^ from Communicator #22 (March 1985)
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