Linguacode (multimedia newsletter)
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You may be looking for the Trek zine called Linguacode.
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Linguacode |
| Publisher: | located in San Francisco, CA |
| Editor(s): | Noel Bouler, Maureen B. and Joey Shoji |
| Type: | newsletter |
| Date(s): | May 1980- |
| Frequency: | |
| Medium: | |
| Fandom: | multimedia & Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Linguacode is a gen (though slash-friendly, as it had ads and reviews for slash zines) newsletter out of San Francisco, California.
Like some newsletter of that era, earlier issues were published without the required pre-1989 copyright notices, possibly placing them in the public domain.
Issue v.1 n.2
Linguacode v.1. n.2 was published in May 1980 and contains 14 pages. Its content is all Star Trek.
- a con report for Penulticon #3
- a flyer for the Leonard Nimoy movie, "Vincent"
- articles about Star Trek actors in other movies, on television and in books and magazines
- a Star Trek quiz
- ads for fanzines: Starborne, Nightvisions, Nome #2, IDIC #6, Contact #5/6 (which is advertised as slash), and Epilogue
- many con announcements including the reproductions of the original flyers/posters: MileHiCon #12, PhringeCon, Fool Con #3, Intervention, Archon, Galacticon #3, Chicon #4, MosCon #2, Apricon #3, Phantasmacon, Genghis Con #2, Leprecon #4,
Issue v.1 n.3
Linguacode v.1 n.3 was published in September 1980 and contains 20 pages. It is multimedia.
- a con report for Westercon #33 (watched the movies "Aliens," "Star Wars," "Clash of the Titans," reports by Bjo Trimble and others. A report of the art auction, "I watched for twenty minutes as this one piece of art went back and forth until it was finally sold for $1000.00. Can you imagine that?... I'm sure glad I got to see that. Just think... one day these works of art will become masterpieces." Also, a real great surprise for me was meeting Della van Hise... Amy Falkowitz... D.C. Fontana, Bjo Trimble and Alicia Austin."
- an interview with the director of Penulticon
- an article about V'ger
- a con report for Spacecon #8
- review of the movie "Empire Strikes Back"
- a con report of Baycon #6
- more articles about Star Wars
- an article about Star Trek by Maureen B.
- book reviews
- a section on fanzines by Maureen B. She writes: "Just a little space on fanzines. Whenever fans get together at cons or wherever, I always find myself asking if anyone is into reading fanzines. Most of the time the answer is no with a question on 'what are fanzines anyway?' For any of you out there who don't know what a fanzine is or might like to find out, I would like to introduce you with:" Maureen includes a fairly detailed description of The Forging, much shorter descriptions of Galactic Discourse #3, Contact #5/6, Precessional, Nome #3, The Other Side of Paradise, Naked Times #1-#4.
- filk song lyrics to "Red Sands (or Vulcan Blues)" (Star Trek) by Alfred Chricop, including art by Maureen B., lyrics to a filk called "Bounty Hunters" (Star Wars) by Gloria Oberste
- photos of the Westercon Masquerade
- a profile of Harrison Ford
- ads for books and stuff