Plomik Soup (Star Trek: TOS zine)
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Plomik Soup |
| Publisher: | Federation Star Trek (referred to as "Martson Trekkies" in the first issue), out of San Diego, California |
| Editor(s): | |
| Date(s): | April 1975-? |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | |
| Genre: | very gen (appears to have been created by 12-13 year olds) |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Plomik Soup is a Star Trek: TOS anthology of articles, reviews, poems, art, short fiction, and commentary.
It appears to be a school club publication out of Marsten Middle School in San Diego, California for their fan club, Star Trek Federation.
The editor/s state they hope their zine will come out every two weeks. As frequent as that was, it appears to be closer to weekly, if less.
The Contributors
The fan club members and contributors used the names of Star Trek characters as their pseuds.
Issue 1 (April 1975)
Plomik Soup 1 was published April 1975 and contains 16 pages.
The staff: T'Sala aka Marie Bjerede, Christine Chapel aka Bridget Landry (editors), Tribble aka Martha McEvoy, (advertising), Zefram Chochran aka Richard Hartman, Yeoman Landon aka Karen Emrey, Companion aka Donna Sutton, T'Pau aka Dawn Rienflesh, Sulu aka Brian McCullahn, (typists), Spock aka Wendy Rathbone, Amanda aka Susan Borkenhagen, Captain Kirk aka Susan Dikson, Lt. Uhura aka Kay Riffle, and Teresa (proofreaders).
- President Gerald Ford interrupted a showing of "The Tholian Web" to talk about his new tax bill.
- Again!!, a parody telling of an imagined episode by Marie Bjerede aka T'Sala
- a review by Donna Sutton aka Companion of the episode, "Plato's Stepchildren" (The last line: "And so ends one of Star Trek's funniest episodes.")
- Him, vignette by Susan Dikson aka Captain Kirk
- Star Trek, poem by James Jerpseth aka Captain Koloth
- Tribbles, poem by Captain Koloth
- To Trekkies, poem by T'Sala
- The Hidden Spock, poem by Wendy Rathbone aka Spock
- Review: "To Tell the Truth"
- Review by Captain Kirk of the episode "Elaan of Troyus"
- Song Dedications (characters dedicate a song to other characters)
- What is Star Trek?, poem by T'Pau
- Letters to Spock (short humorous letters from Trekkies to Spock)
- Interview With Captain Kirk and His First Officer (fictional)
- puzzle by Companion
- a blurb about Interphase (newsletter), Terra Vulcan (fan club), Equicon (convention)
- Diary of a Ship's Menace, fiction by Twyla Peacock aka Kayliah I. Kirk
- art
- list of "Federation Members" (matches pseuds to names)
from issue #1, song lyrics
from issue #1, pseuds/names
from issue #1, some fiction
Issue 2 (April 1975?)
Issue 3 (April 1975?)
Issue 4 (May 1975)
Plomik Soup 4 was published in May 1976 and contains 22 pages.
- Trekies [sic] Union, poem by Don Dirnil aka Captain Patrick
- Red Alert, poem by Captain Patrick
- Stars, poem by Captain Patrick
- Chekov, poem by Karen Emrey aka Yeoman Landon
- The Intercom ("This is a new section of the magazine. If you have something to say, this is the place to say it. All contributions to this column that can be considered in good taste WILL be printed. If you do no keep it going, it will be canceled just as brutally as NBC canceled Star Trek.")
- a story, author not credited (about a fan named James Jerpseth going to Equicon '75, meeting William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and ending up on the Enterprise)
- many poems by Marie Bjerede aka T'Sala
- much art
- Times Mystery, poem by Wendy Rathbone aka Spock
- Helpers, original science fiction by Capt. Patrick
- The Adventures of the Might Mayan: The Mystery of the Stolen Harp Tuning Gadget (episode #1), Star Trek fiction by Twyla Peacock aka Kaylish I. Kirk
- a puzzle by Lisa Brennan aka Yeoman Janice Rand (use The Making of Star Trek to solve it)
- The Ballad of the Stars by Susan Dixon aka Kirk (song: lyrics using episode titles, with chords)
- The Good Ship "Enterprise", poem by Spock
- Roddenberry, filk by "Kirk" to the tune of "Rose, Rose"
- Blue Sleeves, filk by "Kirk" to the tune of "Greensleeves" (reprinted without credit in the May 1976 issue )
- Spock, filk by Bridget Landry aka Christine Chapel to the tune of "Joy is Like the Rain"
- Star Truck, a parody name story by Yeoman Janice Rand
from issue #4
from issue #4
from issue #4
from issue #4
Issue 5 (May 1975?)
Issue 6 (May 1975?)
Issue 7 (May 1975?)
Issue 8 (May 1975?)
Issue 9 (May 1975)
Plomik Soup 9 was published in May 1975 and contains 18 pages.
From the article about Star Trek and Space:1999:
I cannot believe any self respecting trekkie would leave Star Trek for Space 1999! So you see there is no reason for them to welcome any trekkie into their midst, but since most trekkies are nice, "Spacies” who see the light and reform might be able to become trekkies, which is quite likely! (Why they became Spacies in the first place is unknown to me). And perhaps if Capt. Kirk met a monster he would know what it was, but if Martin Landau ever met one he'd probably fall in love with it. I have plenty of other comments, too!
- Star Trek, a review by the M-5
- How to Make Rides from Place to Place Seem Less Monotonous (turn your neighborhood into Star Trek things as you ride your bike: fire hydrants are Star Trek bases, certain streets are Romulan zones, kids running around are "onlies"...)
- Beta Antares: Rules and Instructions for Playing Fizzbin by Carolyn Betancourt (Miranda) and Judy Riffle (Shana) (reprinted in the May 1976 issue)
- lyrics to Beyond the Rim of Starlight
- Hide Not Your God-Given Talents, Star Trek fiction by Spock aka Wendy Rathbone
- art (including a full-page illo of half the Enterprise, "We didn't have enough room for the whole picture on one page, but if you fold it in half on that line, and hold it against a mirror, you'll get the whole piture [sic].")
- Star Trek vs Space:1999, by our own Great Bird
- How to Make a Kentucky Fried Tribble by Yeoman Rand
- Star Trek Lives, filk by T'Sala to the tune of "All for the Best"
- One More Time!!!, poem by T'Kira aka Katie Nelson (reprinted in issue #11)
- Prayer of the Modern Fleet Crewmenber (2300 A.D.) (reprinted in issue #11)
- To Methusela, From the Man on the Mountain, vignette by Susan Dixon
- Herberts, poem
- characters' short humorous letters
- roster of member names
from issue #9
from issue #9
from issue #9
from issue #9
from issue #9
from issue #9
Issue 10 (1975)
Plomik Soup 10 was published in 1975 and contains 16 pages.
From the announcements:
As usual, Plomik Soup is in desperate need of any sort of material. If you know a new way to draw ears, send it in!!! Also, if you have any complaints, ask T'sala or Tribble or Uni (Although I have to admit all that will happen is that we will say "O.K., do it yourself then!" and you will be handed an armful of blank dittos!!) Anyway, if you just hate typing or drawing, avoid T'sala just before Plomik Soup is going to come out, or you may end up in my position!!! NOTE: Christine [aka Bridget Landry] has left her post as co-editor. To take her place, I am recruiting 3 assistant editors. From Marston, Shona and Miranda. From Clairemont, Spock [aka Wendy Rathbone ]!!!!!
- They Were Born in Space, In Space They Shall Die, fiction by Twyla J. Peacock
- Elexta, poem by Kym Johnson
- McCoy's Mad Medical Medley (short humorous letters)
- Space 2299, article by Wendy Rathbone aka Spock (comparing Star Trek and Space:1999)
- Reunion, excerpt from a short story by Arthur C. Clark in "The Wind from the Sun"
- Klingon Dueling Phaser, word find by Miranda
- Soup Search, word find
- Name a Weapon created by Pablo Mendoza
- A Hope (A Prayer?) by Uni
- Monster Tribbles by Michael David aka Leo Walsh and H.F. Mudd (illos and descriptions)
- Announcements
from issue #10, article about Space: 1999 by Wendy Rathbone
from issue #10
from issue #10, artist is Michael David and/or Leo Walsh
from issue #10, artist is Michael David
from issue #10, artist is Wendy Rathbone
from issue #10, artist is Wendy Rathbone
from issue #10, artist is Jeanne Griffin
Issue 11 (October/December 1975)
Plomik Soup 11 was published in October/December 1975 and contains 28 pages.
Christmas is mentioned, and there is a December 1, 1975 statement. The Starguide listing episodes is, however, for October, so maybe it was printed very late.
- Finnegan Strikes!, fiction, author not credited
- Space: 1999: A Review of "End of Eternity", by Twyla J. Peacock
- a Spock's Brain maze
- a word puzzle
- * Mug Odd Fashion Rootbeer Presents: Salt Vampire Training, article by David C. Pearson
- Skateboards, fiction in dialogue-form by the M-5
- One More Time!!!, poem by T'Kira aka Katie Nelson (reprinted from issue #9)
- Prayer of the Modern Fleet Crewmenber (2300 A.D.) (reprinted from issue #9)
- Impressions, uncredited poem
- a statement and request from a club member (T'Kira, Romulan Centurian Katie Nelson) about some fans trying to usurp the club in some way, she wants some rules in writing
- Song Dedications by Yeoman Rand
- Word Scramble Puzzle by Yeoman Rand
- MUCH art
from issue #11, Russel "Ruk" Hamblin
from issue #11, puzzle
from issue #11, Teri "Deela"
from issue #11, Yeoman Rand
from issue #11, A.R.
from issue #11, unknown artist
from issue #11, Wendy Rathbone?
(June 1975)
Plomik Soup (unknown issue number) appears to have been published in early June 1975. It contains 20 pages.
From the essay by Peacock:
For those of you out there who do not know what 4:30 is, it is the magical hour. It is were normal, or almost normal, people turn into creatures who glue themselves to the T.V. set from 4:30 to 5:30.[...]. Now some trekkies (pardon to any trekkers out there, but the general title for a S.T. freaks is "trekkie"), find it difficult to watch "Amok Time," "The City on the Edge of Forever," "Journey to Babel," I, Mudd," and other episodes without a few comments from the friendly mother grups sewing on the sewing machine and making a lot of nowise doing it and unfriendly little onlies [1] who say they hate Star Trek but do a bad job of hating it.
[...]
Today, "Catspaw" was on. My mother has made it very clear that she does not like that one. The cat growls too much. Consequently this drives her up the wall.
[...]
So, in case you didn't know already, you have just learned what poor persecuted trekkies go though when they watch Star Trek.
Note: The preceeding [sic] was sort of an exaggeration of the facts, but not by much.
From "The Strangest Creatures of the Universe":
This universe if full of unsolved riddles. The greatest of those is -- GRUPS!!! They are the most illogical creatures in this galaxy. It seems their sole purpose is to confuse only to the point where they qualify to be grups in their own right.Take the case of this poor harassed Trekkie/er/fan. In the future this is conglomeration will be referred to as Trekkie with due respect to those who insist on using more "dignified" titles. Before joining the Star Trek Federation, my grups would say "Read more, go more places, find more friends!" Once I started going to club meetings and activities with other Trekkies and reading as much as 6 sci-fi books a week, those same grups come along with new complaints."Don't read so much sci-fi, try these new authors, why do you always to places with these same friends, I always have to drive you everywhere!"
What does one do? Give up? Of course not! Well, if worst comes to worst, in a few years, we'll all be eighteen. But in the meantime...
- My Mother and Star Trek, essay by Twila J. Peacock
- Vigil at the Clock by the M-5 (the topic, waiting for months ("as everyone else has!") to see a rerun of the episode of "The Trouble with Tribbles")
- The Ultimate Computer by the M-5 (review of the episode, plus short commentary)
- short descriptions of some books by Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury and others
- Mug Odd Fashion Rootbeer Presents: Horta Training, article by David C. Pearson
- The Malfunction, Star Trek fiction by Yeoman Landon
- illo of Uhura
- Things That Have to do with School by David C. Pearson (a list of 38 Star Trek episodes and their connection to school)
- Children of the Past, original science fiction by Wendy Rathbone
- vignette by Wendy Rathbone (a letter to Earth by a visiting alien)
- Wanted Alive, Star Trek vignette by Yeoman Landon
- The Vast Universe, illo by Dan Patrick
- Him, Through My Eyes, Star Trek fiction by Twyla J. Peacock ("My name is Elizabeth Allen and I am the yeoman of Captain David Andersen Patrick aboard the Excalibur. This is my journal about him and what I feel and how I see him.")
- Starguide (list of Star Trek episode airings from June 28-August 8)
- McCoy's Mad Medical Medley (humorous letters/advice column to and from McCoy)
- The Strangest Creatures of the Universe, essay, not credited (the topic is adults aka grups, trekkies)
- short notice of James Blish's death
- Star Trick, Star Trek fiction by T'Sala
- Aloha!!!, essay by Uhura (on how to greet a fellow fan)
from the June 1975 issue
from the June 1975 issue
from the June 1975 issue
Unknown Issue (May 1976)
Plomik Soup (unknown issue) appears to have been published in May 1976 and contains 24 pages.
- Homesickness, poem, not credited
- Ship's Log, Star Trek fiction by Wendy Rathbone (told from the point of view of the starship Enterprise)
- art (including a Mugato by Tina Lawton, a starship "convoy" [2] by David Patrick)
- untitled original science fiction by Eternity and Infinity
- greeting to the club from Eternity, Infinity, and Destiny (Judy, Carol, and Gail)
- untitled poem by Eternity
- Word, poem by Destiny
- a really messed up mimeo disaster of a page that may have been a Star Trek story by Wendy Rathbone or Twila Peacock
- Tribble Recipes by Eternity
- Researcher, original science fiction by Marie Bjerede
- untitled poem by Maria Bjerede
- Star Heck, a Star Trek comic, not credited
- What Would You Do With a Campbellmania, vignette in dialoge by Yeoman Rand ("For those [who] don't know, a Campbellmania is a Bill Campbell fan!")
- Blue Sleeves, not credited, filk to the tune of "Greensleeves" (reprinted from issue #4, where it was credited to Susan Dikson)
- Space 1989 ("taken from Cracked Magazine") by Yeoman Rand (a parody name satire about Space: 1999, in script form, takes place on Moonbase Alfalfa, starring Captain Corny)
- Beta Antares: Rules and Instructions for Playing Fizzbin by Carolyn Betancourt (Miranda) and Judy Riffle (Shana) (reprinted from the May 1975 issue)
from the May 1976, Tina Lawton
from the May 1976, David Patrick
from the May 1976, a mimeo disaster
from the May 1976
from the May 1976
from the May 1976
