Great Bird of the Galaxy (Star Trek: TOS zine)
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| Title: | Great Bird of the Galaxy |
| Publisher: | Maieve Dolfsky, Nick Greenko, Susan Hope Hochman, Margaret Clark: out of Lake Ronkonkoma, NY |
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| Date(s): | 1972? 1973? |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Great Bird of the Galaxy is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology put out by a high school club in Lake Ronkonkama, NY. [1]
The zine title is a reference to Gene Roddenberry's nickname: Great Bird of the Galaxy.
Issue 1
Great Bird of the Galaxy 1 is not dated, but published in 1972 or 1973. It contains 32 pages.
It contains illos by Nick Greenko and Barbara Salage.
Note: something that may be in a different edition: Finagle's Folly by B. Craig.
From the editor's notes:
I don't know exactly how we actually decided to do this magazine.... I guess the idea came about when Nick and I started talking about Star Trek during rehearsals of The Crucible at our school. We talked about the different episodes and the characters we liked. Maybe we finally hit upon the idea of doing our own magazine because of a friend of mine, the editor of the Final Frontier which so far, has only one issue.
[...]
We spread the news to several friends we had in common and they loved the idea and said they'd like to do a column for us. When we didn't know where we could get paper and the use of a mimeograph machine, I didn't think we could do it and even now, as I type this up, I still can't believe it. From the time we started this magazine the sun has shown when the clouds have seemed the darkest. All I can say is that the I hope the sun will continue to shine for us and with your help with money as well as articles, stories, and poems, etc. perhaps we'll really make it big someday.
This magazine has really grown; it has become the whole way of life for those doing it. In fact, it has changed our lives! No longer are we plain Nick, Sue, Susan, and Margaret, but now we [are] ercan, Sister Maieve, Commander Hecate, and Lt. Comm. Hope.
It's a fantastic experience that everyone should have during their life. It's not the weekly parties with everyone taking turns giving it, or the constant insane, wonderful letters you get at least once a day, or the delightful, imaginative conversations be it on the phone or in school (before and after and during class if you fancy it!) and the marvelous feeling of being constant nagged that does it. I could be all them combined with a new sense of Star Trek, wonder almost a rebirth of Star Trek curiosity that changes your whole perspective. I am really overwhelmed at this whole thing!!!
- Editor's Notes by Maieve Dolfsky (2)
- Features: Table of Contents (2)
- Naryh by Margaret Clark and Sue Hochmen (the first of a planned regular column of Star Trek quotes and discussion) (4)
- untitled poem by T'rpsi (sp?) (5)
- It Shall be Deemed, fiction by J.R.M. Elizabeth (6)
- Glorious Conflict, article by April Leonie Lindevald (an article/character study about the relationship between Spock and McCoy) (12)
- Trivia by ercan (15)
- Greater Love Hath No Man, part one, fiction by April Leonie Lindevald (16)
- Fanzines and Things by Maiaeve Dolfsky (28)
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Issue 2
Great Bird of the Galaxy 2 is not dated (likely 1972) and contains 86 pages.
The illos are by Indian, Ercan, Mac, and Geoffreye.
Two things that may be in a different edition are: Fury of the North by M. Inngoth and Who Lives By the Sword by G. Smith.
- Credits (ii)
- Editor's Notes by ercan (1)
- Fanzine and Things by Maieve Dolfsky (2)
- A Salute to Star Trek: It Shall Not Die, poem by April Leonie Lindevald (3)
- Con I, con report for Star Trek Lives! (convention)/1972 by Maieve Dolfsky (all about sneaking off to one of the Star Trek Lives! cons) (6)
- Greater Love Hath No Man, part 2, fiction by Geoffreye (April Leonie Lindevald) (10)
- Trivia by ercan (32)
- Naryh: Mac and the Hobbit (the Hobbit is Susan Hope Hochman) (33)
- poetry by Maieve (34)
- A Letter to the GBOTG (I) by Geoffraye (35)
- Con II by M. Clark (36)
- IDIC (40)
- A Letter to the GBOTG (II) by Dr. McCoy (41)
- poems by Maieve and "one by the Plebe" (Willy Rottmann) (43)
- Glorious Conflicts, article by April Leonie Lindevald (about the relationship between Spock and McCoy) (44)
- Unchanged Like the Stars, a Star Trek teleplay by J.R.M. Elizabeth (48)
- ST Word Search by the Hobbit (82)
- poetry (83)
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Issue 3
Great Bird of the Galaxy 3 was published in 1973 and contains 63 pages.
The art is by Evelyn Rysdyk, Ercan, and Phyllis Baron.
Maieve Dolfsky and Eric are the only editors, as the rest of the staff has fled.
The fanzine column has been eliminated as Maieve Dolfsky was bored by it.
- Editor's Notes by Maieve Dolfsky (1)
- Table of Contents (2)
- My Precious, poem by Eric (about the horta) (3)
- That Which Survives, poem by Eric (4)
- Who Lives By the Sword, fiction by Geraldine Smith (5)
- Trauma by Maieve Dolfsky (19)
- My Time Has Come by Maieve Dolfsky (20)
- New York Star Trek Con '73, con report by Abby Uklan (21)
- The Forgivers, fiction by Phyllis Baron (24)
- The Ways of Love, fiction by Kerri Smithline (25)
- poetry by Maieve Dolfsky (33)
- Yes, Virginia, There is a Mr. Spock, article by April Leonie Lindevald (34)
- All Our Yesterdays, poem (40)
- The Fury of the North, fiction by Mira Inngoth (41)
- Wordsearch by Sue Hochmann (60)
- Trivia (61)
- Where No Fan has Gone Before, article by Nick Greenko (review of Star Trek: The Animated Series: "So, we give the new ST cartoon an A for effort. If you are in love with the characters, you can at least close your eyes to listen and imagine...") (62)
- Vulcan is the Place of My Dreams, poem by Maieve Dolfsky (in the table of contents, but not in the zine) (63)
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References
- ^ Sachem High School