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Empathy Star Trek Club
| Fan Club | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Empathy Star Trek Club |
| Dates: | 1974-? |
| Founder(s): | Barbara Kitson (later Edwards) and Catherine Owens (later Perkins) |
| Leadership: | |
| Country based in: | United Kingdom |
| Focus: | Star Trek |
| External Links: |  club logo as it appeared in Emanon issue #1 |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Empathy Star Trek Club was a UK based Star Trek fan club that also published fanzines under the name of Empathy Press (1970s) which later became Empathy Publications.
The club organized the TerraCon Star trek conventions, as well as EmpathicCon.
It also published the fiction zines Emanon, Tricorder, and Contact, as well as the newsletters Empathy News as well as many other zines.
In 1976 as listed in an issue of Empathy News, the president was Catherine Owens, the vice president was Barbara Kitson, the secretary/treasurer was Dorothy 'Dot' Owens, and the "general factotum" was Carol Keogh. In another 1976 of that newsletter, the president was Catherine Owens, two Vice Presidents were Barbara Kitson and Carol Keogh, and the secretary/treasurer was Dot Owens.[1]
Dot Owens was Catherine Owen's mother.
See How Dorothy Owens Brought Star Trek to the UK by Rachel Perkins ("Memories of the Empathy Star Trek Club and TerraCon give us insight into this amazing superfan's life.") (September 8, 2021).
Newspaper article from 1975 recording the foundation of Empathy Star Trek Club (click image for bigger version)
Newspaper article, part 2 (click image for bigger version)
a 1983 flyer
a 1984 flyer
External Resources
References
- ^ How Dorothy Owens Brought Star Trek to the UK by Rachel Perkins (September 8, 2021)