Janet Walker
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| Name: | Janet Walker |
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| Type: | fan author, fan editor |
| Fandoms: | Star Trek (TOS), Blake's Seven |
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Janet Walker is author of the Star Trek TOS novel "The Reckoning".
She also a fan author who wrote for Blake's Seven, Space: 1999, and other fandoms.
Walker contributed to such zines as Jabberwocky, and Reconnaissance Quarterly edited by Anthony Wynn. She also wrote stories for Star Trek (TOS), Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars fandoms.
Walker edited the zines Malodar, Mind Rape/Healer, The Uses of Adversity, and others for fellow author Sheila Paulson.
She founded Starlines Press in 1982 and via her imprint, Walker published the Return of the 7 anthology series from 1985 to 1991.
The press also published and released Starlines edited by Walker, a multifandom zine, from 1982 to 1986.
Walker and her imprint, Starlines Press, were based in Eugene, Oregon.
The Reckoning
The Reckoning is an unofficial and unauthorized sequel to Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath's Pocket novel The Prometheus Design. It was published in trade paperback format in 1986 printed by Metropole Litho, After this book was published, Walker was advised by Pocket and/or Paramount not to try this again, and she returned to standard fanzine format for her subsequent fan fiction.
Mind Rape/Healer
Mind Rape/Healer contains two stories (Jabberwocky parts 2 and 3) and is 153 pages long. It was published by Walkerin 1987. "Mind Rape" is pages 1-66) and "Healer" is 68-152. The cover and most interior art is by Kathy Hanson, plus one illustration by Sheila Paulson.
Janet Walker's editorial:
Hi. Hope you enjoy the story, it's fantastic. The first part is available from Kathy Hanson—there's an ad in the back of the zine. Also, there are already two more parts going into various zines sometime soon, so keep your eyes open for them.Thanks go to Kathy Hanson for the wonderful illo's. She volunteered to do them, for which I am very grateful.And thanks to Sheila, especially, as she did all the typing on her nifty new typewriter. I love the print on that thing.
When we were looking for a title to tie the two stories together, nothing would come to mind, so Sheila suggested the present title; Jabherwocky: The Story Continues. I started giggling and finally told her that it made me think of two new titles for the individual stories and she had to agree that they fit. So, the subtitles for Mind-Rape and Healer, are -- "The Federation Strikes Back," and "The Return of Jenna." As you read the story, I think you will agree that they fit.
Enjoy the zine, and if you have any comments, you can write to either Sheila or me, and 1 will pass the comments on to Sheila. Every author enjoys hearing what people think of their work.