Pitchforks and Pointed Ears (Star Trek: TOS anthology)
See also Pitchforks and Pointed Ears (disambiguation).
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| Title: | Pitchforks and Pointed Ears |
| Publisher: | Barbara Kelley and CEM |
| Editor(s): | Barbara Kelley and CEM |
| Date(s): | May 1977 |
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| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Pitchforks and Pointed Ears is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology. The art is by Diana Stahl (cover), Susan Kelley, Marilyn Kelley, Myra Chinn.
Despite the 'volume 1' on the cover, there was only one issue published.
Pitchforks and Pointed Ears was published in May 1977 and contains 32 pages.
[from the editorial by Barbara]:I started [as a zine editor], as I suppose most fans do, by reading the professional Blish, Gerrold, and Foster books. After reading in The World of Star Trek about STW, fanzines, Lincoln Enterprises, and conventions, I felt compelled (by some illogical impulse known only by fans) to get involved in these things, I sent for the STW directory and a Lincoln Enterprises catalogue and began to get more trekanalia than I ever had before, In April of 1976, I had the joy of attending my first convention at the Boston-Sheraton, which more than lived up to my expectations. It was undoubtedly the strangest Easter, and the happiest weekend, that I had ever spent.
Which brings me to fanzines. After reading about them in The World of Star Trek, I decided that I wanted to be the editor of my own fanzine. My chief problem has been in getting a staff and enough materials for a fanzine, I finally managed to convince my friend, CEM (no, that isn't her real name, but that's what she insists she be called in this zine) that Star Trek is a terrific show, so she became a member of the staff in fact, the only other member besides me.
Finding enough materials was even more difficult. After I decided to start my own zine, I scrounged up materials that had already been written, such as a short story my sister had written me for my birthday, I then badgered my family into submitting material. When I found that my family's writing, plus the more enthusiastic writing of GEM and me, would still not be enough for a zine, I put an ad in the STW directory, (Good ol' STW, What would we do without it?) After a few
months, I began to get responses and submissions, I am very grateful to those who submitted their work, especially those who I never even knew before who were willing to help out a fellow Trekkie. That's the great thing about fandom, and about other fans, their enthusiasm and generosity. That's one of the many things that make me proud to be a Trekkie.
[from the editorial by CEM]:As the associate editor, I feel it is my duty to alert all readers that this fan zine is not dedicated to Mr, Spock, Personally, I would feel very offended if someone mis took this to be a tribute to the creature that I find very hand to like.
I do not really hate the character of the First Officer of the Starship Enterprise, rather, I prefer to call it a strong dislike. Logic is one trait that I dispise, which therefore makes it hard for me to like the supreme logical man. But, because I am such a wonderfully understanding person, I can force myself to make excuses for his overly prudish behavior. After all, I ask myself, how would I feel if I was born on a hot, desert-like planet called Vulcan where I was forced to be super-logical, non- emotional, and low-keyed? Well, I tell you that I wouldn't be too happy where Spock grew up, and therefore I will excuse his rotten behavior.
Although my articles in this zine will reflect a slight tinge of sarcasm for the Star Trek Vulcan, I will state now that I feel empathy for him. Poor, poor Spock a halfbreed in the perfect race. He was asked to sacrifice all the things that a human Kirk would think exciting. No wine. No love. No excitement. Just honor, loyalty. A logical blah.
Perhaps if Spock could learn to tolerate humans and their sometimes untimely emotions, I could learn to at least tolerate Mr. Spock more. Perhaps someday I could even bring my self to think of his green pointy ears as sexy. But, until then. Kirk will be numero uno to this associate editor. And, as Scrooge would day, "Bah, hum bug" to Vulcans and logic.
Contents
- From the Editor's Desk by Barbara Kelley (1)
- From the Associate Editor's Desk by CEM (2)
- Spocko, the Halfbreed Vulcan, filk by Susan Kelley (2)
- Ambassador to Xif by Barbara Kelley (3)
- Afterword from the Author by Barbara Kelley (11)
- Comments by Susan Kelley (11)
- The Surprise on Felton 8 (a play) by Myra Chinn (12)
- Enterprise Blues, filk by Barbara Kelley (17)
- Tiberius by Barbara Kelley (18)
- The Masoldrid Menace by Marilyn Kelley (21)
- A Non-Believer in the Troops by CEM (26)
- Hail to the Captain by Barbara Kelley (27)
- Scotty's Drinking Song by Peter McQuade (31)