Judith Gran

Fan
Name:	Judith Gran
Alias(es):	Judy Gran, dunyazad9, Dunya Saraf
Type:	fanwriter, trekker
Fandoms:	Star Trek: TOS
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URL:	Judith Gran's Fan Fiction
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Judith Gran is a long-time Star Trek: TOS fan and writer. Judith entered fandom in 1978, when they first started reading zines and went to their first fan-run convention, August Party. They have written many essays, articles, and fics.

In 1999, they won a STIFfie for Best Short Story: K/S: "The Captain's Log" (Amazing Grace, Special Edition).

They were one of the two editors of the feminist zine Organia.

Interviews

• COCO CHANNEL Interview with Judith Gran (1999)

Disclaimers

A 1998 disclaimer:

We praise thee, O Paramount; we acknowledge thee to be the Copyright Owner. All the fans doth worship thee, the Studio everlasting.

We believe that thou shalt come to judge our infringement, We therefore pray thee, treat this as fair use.

Notable Publications

1978

• August Party 1978 Survey (demographic breakdown of August Party attendees)

1980

• "The Footnote: An Explication de Texte" is an essay originally printed in R & R #12 in 1980 (reprinted by Gran in K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits) #12 in February 1985, and posted to alt.startrek.creative in 1997). The essay analyzes the ambiguous language in a particularly infamous footnote in Gene Roddenberry's novelization of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, in which Kirk comments on the "rumors" that he and Spock are lovers. (1980)
• The Sociology of Star Trek: Notes on the Relationship of Science Fiction and Fantasy, in the zine Archives #4 (1980, based on a 1979 questionnaire)
• Work and Alienation in Star Trek, an essay in Pastaklan Vesla #6 (1980)

1981

• The K/S Concept: A Feminist Perspective -- A Personal Statement by Judith Gran in the zine Storms #1 (1981)
• Fandom vs The Courts: Fan Fiction and Fair Use (1981)

1982-1986 (perhaps longer)

• "A Unity of Opposites: A Publication of No Redeeming Social Value" -- a lengthy trib in K/S & K.S. (Kindred Spirits)

1984

• Kirk/Spock Questionnaire, some results were printed in 1985 in Not Tonight, Spock!

1985-86

• Right to Relief (series of five essays in Not Tonight, Spock! (1985-86)

1997

• Discouraging criticism has become a problem in K/S fan fiction. But I don't think the answer is to hold fan authors to lower standards. (from The K/S Press #6) (1997)

1999

• Censored, an essay about net fandom, print fandom and fear (1999)
• Fan Fiction and Copyright, an essay about fair use, copyright, and fan works (1999)
• In Whose Back Yard?, an essay about fair use, copyright, and fan works (1999)

2000

• On "Mary Sue" and "Lay" Stories, an essay on the history and meaning of Mary Sue (2000)

Fanfic

• metafic: On Trial "A fanfic writer finds herself in a 23rd-century court, on trial for intentional infliction of emotional distress.", ^{Archived version} ("After I read Jungle Kitty's brilliant piece of RevengeFic, I couldn't resist writing the character's revenge for "Terminus."") (Star Trek: TOS) (unknown date)
• Handyman ("This was written in response to a challenge issued by Ruth Gifford on ASCEM. Additional inspiration comes from my trusty Ryobi DS2000 detail sander. The version here is a 23d century update.") (Star Trek: TOS) (unknown date)
• Terminus (Star Trek: TOS) (1982)

• This Dialogue of One ("After he is forced to leave Kirk because of the risk posed by pon farr, Spock tries to make his marriage to a Vulcan woman succeed. A companion story to "The Body's Treason"") (Star Trek: TOS) (1983)
• The Body's Treason ("Kirk and Spock are forced to separate because of Spock's impending pon farr.") (Star Trek: TOS) (1983)
• First, Do No Harm (Star Trek: TOS) (1992)
• After the Tahiti Syndrome (Star Trek: TOS) (1992)
• Misplaced in Purgatory (Star Trek: TOS) (1996)
• Unto Which Holy Estate (Star Trek: TOS) (1996)
• The Dialectic of Pon Farr by Marxist Person (a Rude Person story) (Star Trek: TOS) (1998)
• The Captain's Log, part one; The Captain's Log, part two (Star Trek: TOS) (1998)
• Application of Stimulus Satiation With a Vulcan Male in Pon Farr by Behaviorist Person (a Rude Person story) (Star Trek: TOS) (1998)
• Trekker's Credo (Star Trek: TOS) (1999)
• In re Psychologist's License of Helen Noel, Ph.D.; also here ("Consequences of events in the TOS episode, "Dagger of the Mind."") (Star Trek: TOS) (1999)
• Public Offering ("James T. Kirk and his famed problem-solving ability are pressed into service to help Voyager get home.") (Star Trek: TOS/DS9) (Kirk Fuh-Q Fest ) (2000)