Hailing Frequency (Star Trek: TOS club zine 2)
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| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Hailing Frequency |
| Publisher: | a publication of Star Trek Fans United (STFU) (out of Springfield, Missouri) |
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| Type: | |
| Date(s): | 1973-? |
| Frequency: | monthly |
| Medium: | |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS & Science Fiction |
| Language: | English |
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Hailing Frequency is a gen Star Trek: TOS and Science Fiction club zine.
It has a sister zine, a newsletter called Tachyon.
A Mission Statement, of Sorts
This zine had bigger aspirations than being simply a "fan magazine":
From issue #3:
STAR TREK is our passion and we love it dearly but what it needs to be is a springboard into the infinitely fascinating world of science fiction and imaginative living. To move gradually from a fan magazine to an honest to goodness literary magazine is a big step but by no means impossible -- with our guidance and your support.
We have many hopes for the publication, among them a letters to the editor column of observations, questions (about anything -- who knows, maybe Spock is really Ann Landers with pointed ears), events of interest you might be aware of, or anything else relevant to your lives and ours, articles, interviews, drawings, photographs, STAR TREK memorabilia, anything we know that you might like.
Our aims are to widen everyone's horizons, show the mind new avenues of thought and stimulate thinking creative human beings -- but most of all to "thoughtfully" entertain - enjoy.
Issue 1
Hailing Frequency 1
Issue 2
Hailing Frequency 2 was published in July 1973 and contain 10 pages.
The editor is Robert W. Dillon, Jr. The contributing editor was Robert H. Gibbons.
Once again this publication is being distributed to everyone who has an interest in STAR TREK. The reason for this is very simple. We are founding a STAR TREK AID SOCIETY for anyone who cannot afford the cost of membership in STFU. For every five paid memberships we receive, the AID SOCIETY will give away one free. We already have several memberships to be given away, so if you are interested in a free membership or are 16 years old or older and would like to work for the AID SOCIETY, write to STAR TREK AID SOCIETY...
- a short blurb about Star Trek Aid Society (1)
- a con report for Vul-Con I by Robert H. Gibbons (contains photos of David Gerrold, D.C. Fontana, Gene Roddenberry, and an unidentified fan standing at Gerrold's huckster table), see that page (1)
- How to Bring Back Star Trek, article by David Hughes (the solution for bringing back Star Trek was to join this fan club) (5)
- "Star Trek Lives" - (pass it on), an article by David Gerrold (on his personal letterhead) promoting Star Trek: The Animated Series (This letter appeared in many Star Trek zines, see a sample at Star Trek: The Animated Series.) (6)
- A Short Word About Membership Cards (7)
- a map and description of Emerald Lake Cave near Greenfield, Missouri (7)
- Membership Meeting (about joining the club) (8)
- Star Trek - An Animated Series, article by Scott Jennings (a short plug for Star Trek: The Animated Series, "STAR TREK is coming back as an animated series. If you are disappointed, then it is because you have not heard all of the facts. [...] The show will be drawn by Filmation. They will be able to do things they found impossible before because of time or cast. There is no limit any more. The show will not be juvenile in any manner. It will be STAR TREK the same as before.") (9)
- Beaming Aboard, article by David Hughes (topic was a fan named Leesa Mayfield and her homemade flag, includes a photo with the comment: "A pretty remarkable accomplishment for a pretty young lady and we are honored to have her with us [in the club] and delighted to have you meet her.") (10)
- Question of the Month (a new feature where fans answered a question and the first one to send in the right one got a free copy of The Making of Star Trek. The question: "What was the title of the first pilot film of the STAR TREK series?") (10)
from issue #2
from issue #2
Issue 3
Hailing Frequency 3 was published in August 1973 and contains 20 pages.
From the commentary by Shelley Allan:
Recently a new term has come into use for identifying STAR TREK fans. This term, "Trekkie" somehow doesn't seem to fit with the image of most of the STAR TREK fans I know. It connotes a group of screaming teenyboppers who latch on to a fad, beat it to death, and abandon it to move on to the next fad.
I, for one, don't happen to like having this label attached to me. STAR TREK is not ephemeral for me or for the other STAR TREK people I know. True STAR TREK fans stick to their show even through all the frustration of cancellation by N. B.C. and abuse by local stations.
The use of the term (I don't plan to use it again) worries me. If the image it projects impresses me (as well as other people I know) in this way I I wonder what it indicates to N.B.C. and Paramount. Thinking of the STAR TREK campaign as a passing fad, the executives at Paramount and N.B.C. may be sitting tight waiting for it to die down. All that was gained by writing logical, intelligent letters is lost by the use of this term.
Certainly there are people moving in STAR TREK circle s who have latched onto it as a fad. But the true fan can It let these people seem to be representative of our group as a whole. It is imperative to keep the quality of our image high.
It is my personal opinion that we, STAR TREK fans should refrain from the use of this term. Although it is completely impossible to stop its use, we can cut out its use among ourselves and hopefully correct others and stop its use in printed articles.
- An Open Letter (2)
- Commentary by Shelley Allan (the topic is the term Trekkie) (reprinted from The Babelian Council #3 as "What's in a Name?") (3)
- Commentary by Beci Black (the topic is this publication and being a Star Trek fan) (3)
- Vul-Con I Supplemental by Robert H. Gibbons (con report, with photos), see that page (4)
- The Good Ship Unenterprising by Geoffrey Lederer (yet another parody name satire in script form) (6)
- The First Sign of Animation by Debra Bucner (short blurb on Star Trek: TAS) (7)
- Profile: William Shatner by Sue L Kotar and J.E. Gessler (8)
- Battle Cruiser: Klingon Empire, illo by Robert H. Gibbons (10)
- Spawning Syndrome, fiction by Beci Black (12)
- art by Gennie Summers (17)
- Sasquatch by B.J. Langley (about Bigfoot) (18)
from issue #3, Beci Black
from issue #3, Beci Black
Issue 4/5
Hailing Frequency 4/5 was published in September/October 1973 and contains 44 pages. It was edited by B.J. Langley, Michael Howard, and Patrick D. Bryan.
The back cover is identical to the A&W cover of issue #3.
The zine features commentary, original SFF fan fiction and poetry, several fan-drawn SF comic strips, a full page Captain Kirk drawing, a Star Trek poem, a Star Trek story, 2-page Enterprise “centerfold”, ads, and articles on the “Christmas Comet” and “Star Trek Lives in Animation”.
- An Open Letter (2)
- The Cheapening of Star Trek, commentary by Ed Dahlheimer ("The author is Associate Editor of THE MIRROR, official newspaper of the Catholic Church in the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese (southern third of Missouri), and writes a weekly column, A Mirror of Movies and TV, which appears in that publication.") (3)
- Star Trek Lives in Animation, article by Robert H. Gibbons (Star Trek: Animated) (6)
- Another Sun Sets, fiction by David Hughes (original science fiction) (8)
- Surreal Comic Documents, comics by John Adams and someone else (original science fiction) (14)
- The Flying Dutchman, fiction by Beci Black (Star Trek: TOS) (18)
- Centerfold, Federation Starship, illo by Robert H. Gibbons (22)
- Elyth, graphic story, written by Dick Addison illustrated by Dave Taylor by Artie E. Romero (original science fiction) (24)
- The Christmas Comet, article by Dr. John W. Northrip (30)
- City, poem by Gennie Summers (Star Trek: TOS) (36)
- Doombody, graphic story (original science fiction) (37)
- In a Garden, graphic story by Artie E. Romero (original science fiction) (42)
from issue #4/5
from issue #4/5, Joyce Huser
from issue #4/5
from issue #4/5, David Hughes?
from issue #4/5, John Adams
from issue #4/5, Dave Taylor
from issue #4/5, Dick Addison, Dave Taylor
from issue #4/5, Dick Addison, Dave Taylor
from issue #4/5, Dick Addison, Dave Taylor
from issue #4/5, WAM
from issue #4/5, Artie E. Romero
