Karen Fleming

Fan
Name:	Karen Fleming
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Type:	Fan Writer, Zine Editor, Fan Club Organizer
Fandoms:	Star Trek TOS
Communities:	STARbase Tulsa
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Karen Fleming is a slash and het fanfiction writer active in the Star Trek TOS fandom during the 1970s and 1980s. She and Jacqueline Bielowicz founded the oldest Star Trek/science fiction fan club in Oklahoma - STARbase Tulsa - in 1973.

Notable Works

Fanfiction

• "It" (1975) - "It" is the child of Konach diplomats the Enterprise is ferrying, and the story, a happy, low conflict tale, is about the waves "it" makes in the crewmembers' lives.
• More Deadly Than the Male (1975) - When the Enterprise is captured by Klingons and the male officers imprisoned, the overlooked Enterprise women plan and execute a daring and dramatic revolt.
• The Liberation of James T. Kirk (1975) - sequel to "More Deadly Than".
• Feelin' Good (1976) [McCoy/Christine]
• Cross Current Vision (1976) - Scotty story
• Natira (1977) - poem about the character Natira.
• Bridge Between Souls (1977) [Spock/Christine]
• It's Only a Dream (1977) [Kirk/Spock/McCoy]
• When the Good is Gone from Goodbye (1977) - The confrontation that led to the break-up of McCoy's marriage.
• Uhura's Fantasy or Hailing Frequencies Open, an interpretation of Joni Wagner's foldout in Warped Space #20.

• Alternative (1979) [Kirk/McCoy]
• Sunshine and Ebony; ill. Carol Waterman (i1981) - poetry?
• Stepping Stone; ill. Carol Waterman (1981) - sequel to "More Deadly Than the Male"
• How Old are You, Mr. Cartwright (1982) - Western

Meta

• At Odds: Nurse Chapel, the Original Hard Luck Kid (1974) - article
• The Animation: A STAR TREK Rip Off (?) (1975) - review of the ST Animated Series
• IDIC and the Prime Directive, essay (1975)
• Truth forever on the scaffold, essay (1978)
• The Rule of the Dead in Vulcan Culture, article about filial piety, family relationships, the episodes "Amok Time" and "Journey to Babel". (1978)

• Care to Debate That? Antifeminism in Treklit, the K/S premise was a discussion and rebuttals to previous "Care to Debate That?" columns (comments by Alisa Cohen, Jeanne Powers, Sally Flanagan, Anna Walker, Barbara P. Gordon, Leslie Fish, Joanna Cantor, Karen Fleming, Susan Matthews, and Judith Gran). (1979)

Conventions

• Houstoncon 1975
• Star TreKon 1976

Archives/Zines/Collections/Communities

Zines

As Publisher

• Sol Plus (printer) (1975)
• Goings On (1975)
• Rising Star (Star Trek: TOS zine) (1978)
• The Shatner Comet (1979)

As Contributor

• T-Negative/Issue 25, 1974 - At Odds: Nurse Chapel, the Original Hard Luck Kid - article
• T-Negative/Issue 31, 1975 - LOC
• Sol Plus #1, 1975
  • "It" - fiction
  • The Animation: A STAR TREK Rip Off (?) - article
  • More Deadly than the Male - fiction
  • Reference Guide to Some Good Fanzines, brief comments ("March 1974")
    • Babel | Masiform D | Metamorphosis | Spockanalia | Starborne | Tholian Web | T-Negative | Voyages | Locus | Kraith Collected | Eridani Triad | The Daneswoman
  • Clay Gods - poem
• GRUP #4, 1975 - The Liberation of James T. Kirk - fiction
• Universal Transmitter, 1975 - "Stepping Stones" - fiction
• Spectrum #19, 1975 - LOC in response to Highbrow Fandom?
• Spectrum #21, 1975 - IDIC and the Prime Directive - essay
• The Halkan Council #6, 1975 - LOC
• The Halkan Council #10, 1975 - LOC
• GRUP #5, 1976 - Feelin' Good - fiction
• James Doohan International Club Newsletter April/May/June 1976 - Cross Current Vision - fiction
• Fantasia (Star Trek: TOS zine) #1, 1977 - "It" - fiction
• Furaha #6, 1977 - "Natira" - poem
• R&R #4, 1977 - Bridge Between Souls - fiction
• R&R #4, 1977 - It's Only a Dream - fiction
• Alpha Continuum #2, 1977 - When the Good is Gone from Goodbye - fiction
• Obsc'zine #1, 1977 - Uhura's Fantasy or Hailing Frequencies Open - fiction
• Warped Space #23, 1977 - review of "The Final Affair"
• Spectrum (Star Trek: TOS zine published by Kzinti Press) #35, 1978 - Truth forever on the scaffold - essay
• Sol Plus #5, 1978
  • The Rule of the Dead in Vulcan Culture - article
  • Bridge Between Souls - fiction
• Right of Statement #2, 1978 - comments on Space:1999 v Star Trek and How about a discussion of one of everybody's favorite topics: money?.
• R&R #9, 1979 - Care to Debate That? Antifeminism in Treklit
• R&R #9, 1979 - LOC in response to Care to Debate That? The K/S Relationship... Con
• R & R #11, 1979 - Alternative - fiction
• R & R #13, 1981 - Sunshine and Ebony - poem?
• R & R #13, 1981 - Stepping Stone - fiction
• Wide Open Spaces #7, 1982 - How Old are You, Mr. Cartwright - fiction
• 1001 Trek Tales (Star Trek: TOS archive) (2010)