Linguacode (Star Trek: TOS zine)
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| Title: | Linguacode |
| Publisher: | Atlanta Star Trek Society |
| Editor(s): | Owen Ogletree, Jr. (Editor), Thomas J. Pratt (Editor), Rebecca Landers (Editor) |
| Date(s): | 1980-? |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Linguacode is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology of editorials, articles, interviews with Gene Roddenberry, fan fiction, poetry, cartoons, parody, and art.
It was published annually by the Atlanta Star Trek Society (ASTS) for most of its run, but more frequently after about 1985.
It has a related newsletter called Epsilon Nine Friendship Messages.
Issue 1
Linguacode 1 was published in July 1980 and contains 32 pages.
Art and photos by Donna Clark, Rebecca Cochran, Chris Jones, Ron Nastom, Owen Ogletree, Lamar Waldren, and Marilyn White.
- Editorial by Owen C. Ogletree, Jr. (2)
- An Evening with Scotty by Thomas J. Pratt (4)
- Star Trek and Classical Drama by Rebecca Landers (10)
- Wormhole Dramatics by Oglegree (13)
- Poem Page by Donna C. Clark (15)
- ASTS Poll Results by Ogletree (17)
- ST-TMP Review by Kenneth J. Cribbs (20)
- Model Views by Ron Nastrom (23)
- A Day with Mr. Nimoy by Ogletree (24)
- Nightingale Woman by Rebecca Landers (31)
- To Trek or Not to Trek? by Bettyann Guarino (32)
from issue #1
from issue #1
from issue #1
from issue #1
Issue 2
Linguacode 2 was published in July 1981 and contains 64 pages. It was dated, but unnumbered. (The editorial states "We hope that you enjoy this issue as much as the first.") Editors were Owen Ogletree, Jr., and Thomas J. Pratt.
- Editorial by Owen C. Ogletree, Jr. and Thomas J. Pratt (1)
- The Red Sky by Owen Ogletree, Jr. (4)
- Poem Page by Donna C. Clark (8)
- Star Trek Telemovie Update by Kenneth J. Cribbs (10)
- The Cortez Incident by Blake Sims (14)
- Kirk's Bride by Linda Lee (37)
- Star Trek--The Poem by Rebecca Landers (43)
- Cover art by Bill Smith
- Art by Donna Clark, Jerry Collins, M. Dowdle Head, Ron Nastrom, Owen Ogletree, Melody Rondeau, Carrie Rowles, Blake Smith.
Issue 3
Linguacode 3 was published in 1982 and contains 46 pages.
cover of issue #3
Issue 4
Linguacode 4 was published in August 1983 and contains 41 pages.
The art is by Bill Smith, Lila Cartledge, Donna Clark, M. Dowdle, Tom Key, Ron Nastrom, O. Ogletree, Carrie Rowles and Laura Wilson.
From the editorial:
Welcome to the fourth edition of Linguacode, the publication of the Atlanta STAR TREK Society. This year’s magazine reflects the diversity of talent of STAR TREK fans of all ages who have been inspired, uplifted, amused, and intrigued by the themes and ideas of STAR TREK.
Our members have many other interests, both in science fiction and in "real life," but we have decided to keep the club publication focused on STAR TREK.
This has been an exciting year for STAR TREK fans, with more excitement to come (don't miss the Gene Roddenberry interview inside!). Whether or not there are additional films after STAR TREK III, fans are responsible for an amazing phenomenon in the cinema — not only the return ot STAR TREK, but the regeneration of interest in science fiction films in general. Publications such as this were responsible for demonstrating to movie-makers that fans would not let STAR TREK die.
Excerpt from the Roddenberry interview:
Q: What do you think the effect has been of STAR TREK's "optimism factor"?
GR; Well, a pretty good example of it occurred when I lectured at Oregon State University. After it was over a young woman came up to me and said, you know, with all the trouble this world is in, my husband and I weren't going to have any kids. But after hearing your lecture, I think this world might not be so bad to raise kids in at all. She was such a pretty little thing I was sorry I couldn't help her out more in that direction...seriously, I hope it has heightened peoples' hopes for this world.
Q: With the success of the two STAR TREK movies, do you think it'll come back as a series?
GR; No. At least as far as my involvement is concerned. Let me tell you what working on it was like. We did STAR TREK twelve hours a day, six days a week, and on Sunday I stayed in bed reading new scripts. Everybody in my office, once a year, would spend time in the hospital from something associated with physical and emotional exhaustion. Out of five of us, we had four neuroses...! also took years away from my growing family that I bitterly resent. We finally became friends again, but I've got a nine-year-old boy now... and I don't want to take time away from him.
You may get someone else to do it, but I doubt if it's possible, because I did it in the years before the networks had ever heard about science fiction. Nobody liked science fiction in those days but nuts. My own father, the night STAR TREK first came on, sat there, watched it, and then apologized to all the neighbors...it was considered lunacy. A man had not even landed on the Moon until the year after we were cancelled.
Q: Do you think STAR TREK is best represented in the TV series, the movies, or the novels?
GR: I think it depends on the person. I also think it could certainly make a two-hour television series, maybe six or eight two-hour movies a year. The movies can be good, and I think they'll be getting better. Before, the producers didn't listen to me enough. In STAR TREK II, Kahn looks at Chekhov and says, "I remember you..." I told them, look, the fans will know that Chekhov wasn't in that show. (Author's note: the episode "Space Seed" when Kahn originally appeared.) And they said, oh, the audience doesn't care about those things! You should've seen the mail they got on that! So, I hope there'll be more cooperation on the next one. I wish sometimes that I had been Edgar Rice Burroughs on the thing, so then I could've written the novels myself or licensed them myself, and so on. Without NBC censors. But Paramount is basically the owner of STAR TREK, and I'm just supposed to get one-third of the profits.
You want to talk about science fiction writing? The greatest science fiction in the world is written in accounting offices! You know. Paramount accountants say that this show that has played all over the world is now half a million dollars in the hole. It's true. But I think they deserve praise. Despite losing money, they have shown STAR TREK consistently for sixteen years all over the world. That's decency.
Q: Can you reveal anything about the plot of the next STAR TREK movie and Spock's death?
GR: Sweat it out, kid.
- Editorial by Rebecca Landers (2)
- Hellguard, fiction by Donna Clark (4)
- You Touched Me, poem by Linda Christman (13)
- Interview with Gene Roddenberry by Cathy Condrad (conducted at a reception in the Blue Room within Clemson House after he had just delivered a 2 1/2-hour presentation on STAR TREK on Monday, April 11, at 7P.M. in Clemson University's Tillman Auditorium in Clemson, South Carolina.) (15)
- Star Truck: The Great Dilithium Rip-Off by Margaret Dowdle (parody in script form, starring "Sprock" and "Quirk") (18)
- ASTS, poem by Linda Christman (an ode to Atlanta Star Trek Society) (31)
- The Spirit We Be, poem by L. Frank Trimal (39)
- When Friends Meet Again, fiction by Ron Nastrom (33)
from issue #4, Bill Smith
from issue #4, Margaret Dowdle
from issue #4, Donna Clark
from issue #4, Donna Clark
from issue #4, Donna Clark
from issue #4, poem and autographs
from issue #4, page one of the interview
from issue #4, Margaret Dowdle
from issue #4, Laura Wilson
from issue #4, poem about the fan club, Atlanta Star Trek Society
from issue #4, Margaret Dowdle
from issue #4, Lila Cartledge
Issue 5
Linguacode 5 was published in August 1984 and contains 34 pages.
It was edited by Owen Ogietree, Jr. and Rebecca Landers.
The art is by Tom Key, Chuck Jones, Lila Cartledge, Brian Garner, Ron Nastrom, Donna Clark, Jerry Riddle, Bill Smith, Jerry Collins, Sandy Mayo, Melody Rondeau, and Linda Lee.
From the editorial:
Welcome to our fifth edition of Linguacode! We are very excited about this issue, and we hope you enjoy it very much. The contributors, editors, workers, and printers have put their time into it because of their dedication to the Atlanta Star Trek Society and to STAR TREK itself. Excitement and enthusiasm are at a peak now in STAR TREK fandom, and this is basically due to the release of a wonderful new motion picture — STAR TREK III.
After STAR TREK II was released, I had my doubts that STAR TREK III could be as good. Harve Bennett, Leonard Nimoy, and all the cast and crew of STAR TREK III have done a marvelous job of proving me wrong.
I believe that there is basically one person who is responsible for making STAR TREK fun again — Mr. Harve Bennett. Now don’t get me wrong. Leonard Nimoy did a wonderful job in directing STAR TREK III, the cast played their parts to perfection, and the technical aspects of the film were superb. But the true magic of STAR TREK III — the element that made the audience gasp and giggle and cry — is the story. This is an element that Mr. Harve Bennett is mostly responsible for.
Harve Bennett loves STAR TREK almost as much as we do. Over the past few years he has made a successful attempt to get into the STAR TREK universe and inside the characters he found there. He is also a brave man — a man who knows the elements of life that are meaningful to everyone. He was not afraid to use these elements in STAR TREK III. Life’s choices, paths, and commitments are not made without sacrifice. Kirk made a commitment in STAR TREK III, and Mr. Bennett showed us the realistic sacrifices that went along with it.
Because of the sacrifice, friendship, struggle, and love shown to us in STAR TREK III, the movie was a special event. Harve Bennett made the film less of a science fiction story and more of a human one.
This is what STAR TREK has always done though. It has shown us that the best parts of our humanity can overcome any challenge — no matter how fantastic.
- Editorial by Owen Ogletree (1)
- Bone's Thoughts, Just Memories, two poems by Linda D. Christman (2)
- Blaze of Glory, fiction by Kathy Fowler (3)
- Miri, Companion, two poems by Dwight Humphries (7)
- Logos, Myth, and Star Trek, article by Dwight Humphries (focus on religion, Christianity) (7)
- Star Flops, parody by Chris Dooley ("Space: The Ultimate Emptiness. These are the misadventures of the Animal ship Swill. Its three-month mission: To find strange new foods, to seek out new vegetables and new fruits.... To boldly go where no Animal has gone before.") (starring Captain Porklink, fusion with Muppet's Pigs in Space) (9)
- The Human Element, fiction by Charles Darin Parker (11)
- Guardian Angel, fiction by Nina McCampbell (13)
- The Ionon Gambit, fiction by Alan R. Lee (19)
- Lykos, Amok, two poems by by Dwight E. Humphries (24)
- Vulcan and Human Emotions, article by Linda D. Christman (25)
- Saavik Speaks, poem by Dwight E. Humphries (26)
- Genesis at Work, fiction by Linda D. Christman (written before the opening of STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK. Genesis at Work was composed shortly after the release of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN.) (27)
- Interlude, fiction by Sandy Mayo (written before the opening of STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK. Interlude, was completed shortly before the release of ST III.) (29)
- Yearning, poem by Dwight E. Humphries (32)
from issue #5, Lila Cartledge
from issue #5
from issue #5, Jerry Riddle, commentary on one of William Shatner's role in The Twilight Zone, as well as other things
from issue #5, Ron Nastrom
from issue #5, Sandy Mayo
from issue #5, Donna Clark
from issue #5
from issue #5, inside back cover
Issue 6
Linguacode 6 was published in 1985. It appears that Rebecca Landers is the sole editor.
cover of issue #6
Issue 7
Linguacode 7 was published in August 1986 and contains about 45 pages. Art is by Bill Smith, Ron Nastrom, Bobbie Hawkins, Donna Clark, Jerry Collins, Bear Elkins, Sandy Mayo, and Jose Sanchez.
- Editorial by Rebecca Landers (1)
- Space Elegy by Dwight E. Humphries (2)
- The Door Into Starlight by Carole L. Miller (4)
- Litancy by Carole L. Miller
- Riders to the Stars by Carole L. Miller
- The Captain After Me by Mysti Frank (5)
- Phoenix Dawn by T'Hera
- Bound by Blood by T'Hera (7)
- Mind Games by Nina McCampbell
- Sick by Dwight E. Humphries (9)
- Daifu by Dwight E. Humphries (9)
- Reflection by Carole Humphries (10)
- Full Circle by Carole L. Miller (10)
- The Lesson by Carole L. Miller (10)
- Kang's Peace by Dwight E. Humphries (11)
- Shanna Plaint by Dwight E. Humphries (11)
- Homecoming Southern Style by T'Hera (13)
- Shore Leave by Dwight E. Humphries (14)
- Exiled by Dwight E. Humphries (14)
- The Taras Stylitian Incident by Jack Minnear (15)
- Space, the Final Fun-Tier by Mysti Frank (18)
- Sugar and Spice by Dwight E. Humphries (19)
- Demented by Dwight E. Humphries (19)
- Triangle by Dwight E. Humphries (20)
- The Spirit of Enterprise by Nancy Pye (20)
- Henge Jumps by Richard J. Reed (21)
- A Stitch in Time by Cathy Conrad (23)
- Mindblock by Renee Rosen (29)
- Hello by Paul Warner (32)
- Nemesis (excerpt) by Sandy Mayo (33)
- Old Debts by Robin James (37)
- Home in Time by Linda Lee Ogletree (39)
- Heroes by Ricky Kimsey (43)
from issue #7
from issue #7
from issue #7
from issue #7
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7
First, the art is uniformly good and effectively used. Bill Smith's cover is striking; Dr. McCoy's personality is captured in a few strokes. Ron Nastrom has several nice sketches as do Donna Clark, Jerry Collins, Bear Elkins, Sandy Mayo, and Jose Sanchez. The real art find in this zine is Bobbie Hawkins. Her portraits of Spock, McCoy, and Kirk are terrific! I love funny cartoons, and "Space, the Final Fun-Tier" by Mysti Frank is a great deal of fun!
LINGUACODE opens with an editorial and several pages of poetry and verse dedicated to the Challenger crew. This issue is also dedicated to the crew. This is well done as Star Trek holds the same ideals of adventure and exploration.
"Mind Games" "by Nina McCampbell is a pleasant vignette set in the crew room in the Enterprise. The story captures the feel of the various Star Trek personalities in just a page.
"Homecoming, Southern Style" by T'Hera is OK. It's screenplay writing format distracts from the story. So flat a style of storytelling doesn't give the story a chance for the detail and latitude important in a short story, especially one with such great characters as Spock and McCoy placed together in an old fashion Atlanta restaurant! It's a good idea that would read better as a short story rather than as a play.
"A Stitch In Time" by Cathy Conrad is a true delight to read! It's an excellent example of a well written cross-universe story. The idea of having fictional characters (the Third Doctor, Jo, and the crew of the Enterprise) show up for a convention is old hat, but the story is freshly told as well as having wit, humor, and keen observation of the personalities, real and fictional, involved. I'd love to see more by this talented writer.
"Nemesis" by Sandy Mayo surprised me. Not only is it a Star Wars story in a Star Trek zine, but an excerpt from a novel as well. I find excerpts as short story or vignette difficult, because so much depends on the novel as a "whole. It's hard to take a piece from a whole and have it stand alone. The excerpt is from a sequel to another fan novel which takes place after The Empire Strikes Back, yet assumes that Vader and Luke are not father and son. The writing is very good, but no address is given for those who want to read the full novels.
"Old Debts" by Robin Johns is another terrific find! It's a delightful Star Wars story, well written and filled with humor. It also answers the question if Han had ever been paid for the trip to Alderaan. Wedge is also involved and fleshed out; he was in all three Star Wars movies, yet little was said about him. It's details like this fans find that make the best short fiction.
"Home in Time" by Linda Lee Ogletree is a quiet piece of fan fiction not usually seen in zines. Its "By His Boot Straps" type of plot fit in well with the rest of the stories in the zine.
Stories are also contributed by Jack Minnear, Richard J. Reed, and Renee Rosen.
I find poetry too personal a thing to render an objective opinion on. I'll just say there is a fair amount of it and most read very well. Featured poets include Dwight E. Humphries, Carole L. Miller, Nancy Fye, Paul Warner, and Ricky Kirosey.
LINGUACODE is a very good zine from an active fan group in the Atlanta area. I'm looking forward to their next annual zine. [1]
Issue 8
Linguacode 8
Issue 9
Linguacode 9
References
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