Phoenician Star Galley

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Zine
Title: Phoenician Star Galley
Publisher: United Federation of Phoenix (fan club)
Editor(s): Toni Moore, Kandy Barber, Cindy Etling, Peggy Etling, Lea Mayes
Date(s): 1976-1977
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Medium: print zine
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Genre: gen
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
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Phoenician Star Galley is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology.

Issue 1

Phoenician Star Galley 1 (v.1. n.1) was published in June 1976.

  • front cover issue #1

    front cover issue #1

  • art from issue #1

    art from issue #1

  • art from issue #1 by Greg Shirey

    art from issue #1 by Greg Shirey

  • art from issue #1

    art from issue #1

  • art from issue #1

    art from issue #1

  • back cover of issue #1

    back cover of issue #1

Issue 2

cover of issue #2, Sharon Olson

Phoenician Star Galley 2 (v.1 n.2) was published in December 1976 and contains 60 pages. The front cover is by Sharon Olson, the back cover by Mike Strong. Other art by Kandy Barber, Lea Mayes, Sharon Olson, Greg Shirey, Gregory R. Peddle, and Roger Winters.

Reactions and Reviews for Issue #2:

From letters in issue #3 commenting on issue #2:

A reader, [W G], complains about many of the stories, disagrees with the review of Logan's Run but likes the art.

"I enjoyed immensely the style of "Adder's Tongue." The setting was well described, the scene well laid out, and the illustrations were very good. The characters, especially Ashkalar, were well rounded. Overall, I expected a story full of good science fiction elements and good old Star Trek action. But instead I was disappointed. After the fifth page the pace of the story seemed to slow down considerably and doesn't really pick up again. But the real problem with the story was that it could have happened anywhere else. Lea Mayes sets up a beautiful planet full of lonas, Sarayans, and ample houses tucked discretely beneath towering trees", and laces it with myricensims, Caylids, Leumenorids, and the like, and then uses a vine that's existance no one can explain to get Spock sick, And what a sickness! Maybe I just don't understand it, but I think it's a little strange that when his illness gets worse, he is able to think straighter...And then there's "Once Upon A Shore Leave." The ending of the story is really just silly. Who brought the lunch? Was it the planet itself? If so, why bread and wine, for God's sake? ... The cover is interesting, even though the fellow does seem to be a little bit on the pudgy side. I'm not sure what he's doing either, but it is bold."

Another reader points out some typos and writes:

"I have comments on and for PSG II: the quality of both the stories and the artwork (Particularly the stories) is much improved. PSG is rapidly becoming a creative success. If you sell any copies at a con, you'll be innundated by orders. I especially have praise for "Adder's Tongue", as I cannot recall having read a better fan story In a long time. The author should consider sending non-ST stories to Analog or other professional publications... I admit to being a little but leery of Spock's healing, which borders on a religious experience, but it was so well handled that I can hardly complain."

From Kathy Resch:

"I'm usually not too good at these letters. It's either - 'Gee, gosh, wow, I loved it!' or 'It stunk.' PSG falls in between those two... Now you want me to analyze why. The cover art is good, and I liked "Once Upon a Shore Leave". Ensign Fong isn't a Lt. Mary Sue, thank God. She comes across as very believable; the story was logical and managed not to be contrived. Also, I like the idea of the Vulcan women experiencing pon farr. That is 'logical.' The poems and the other short short stories were only average. "You Were Saying" as well as all ST trivia quizes make me realize how much about ST I've forgotten. (Now ask me a question about Dark Shadows...)...The "Logan's Run" review expressed my feelings about the movie exactly. "Adder's Tongue" was the high point of the issue. Aside from some cliched dialogue - and I know only too well how easy it is to write that sort of stuff - which was fortunately kept into the background of the Sarayans, and the drawings of the plants and animals show that care has been taken with this 'created world'. And I never complain about either typos or printing because there's always been a good supply of typos in every issue in my zine, and the mimeo machine I print it on is eccentric, to say the least. I'm going to offset relief."

Issue 3

front cover of issue #3, Steven Keil
back cover of issue #3, Steven Keil

Phoenician Star Galley 3 (v.2 n.1) was published in April 1977 and contains 75 pages.

  • art from issue #3, art from "Redeem the Unread Vision"

    art from issue #3, art from "Redeem the Unread Vision"

  • art from issue #3, art from "Redeem the Unread Vision"

    art from issue #3, art from "Redeem the Unread Vision"

  • art from issue #3, art from "A Light Solution"

    art from issue #3, art from "A Light Solution"

  • art from issue #3, Mirror Spock

    art from issue #3, Mirror Spock

  • art from issue #3, art from "Redeem the Unread Vision"

    art from issue #3, art from "Redeem the Unread Vision"

  • art from issue #3, art from "A Light Solution"

    art from issue #3, art from "A Light Solution"

  • art from issue #3, art from "A Light Solution"

    art from issue #3, art from "A Light Solution"

  • art from issue #3, "Starduster"

    art from issue #3, "Starduster"

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