Sand Treks
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| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sand Treks |
| Publisher: | The Little Enterprise |
| Editor(s): | Rita Ractliffe |
| Type: | newsletter |
| Date(s): | 1968-? |
| Frequency: | |
| Medium: | |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
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| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Sand Treks is the gen newsletter of The Little Enterprise. It was a William Shatner-focused zine.
It is one of the very earliest Star Trek fiction zines published. For others, see List of Star Trek TOS Zines Published While the Show Was Still On the Air.
A sister zine was The William Shatner Fanatic Bulletin.
Issue 1
Sand Treks 1 was published Summer 1968 and contains 30 pages.
- club news
- comments on Captain Kirk
- an article on the sustained characterization of Spock
- features a letter to the editor from Eddie Paskey who played Mr. Leslie and served as Shatner's stand-in
Issue 2
Sand Treks 2 was published in Winter (sometime before February 10) 1968 and contains 32 pages.
- short bios of the zine's three creators, Rita Ractliffe ("Little Kirk"), Linda Lee Love ("Little Spock"), and Jackie Louise Hageman ("Our McCoy") (2)
- certificate about the club's founding (3)
- The Little Enterprise, about the club (4)
- Personal Statistics of L.N. (5)
- very nice black and white signed publicity still of Leonard Nimoy (6)
- Mr. Spock Biography (7)
- As Science Sees Women (8)
- some poorly reproduced signed publicity photos and short bios
- William Shatner (9)
- DeForest Kelley (10)
- James Doohan (11)
- George Takei (12)
- Nichelle Nichols (13)
- Eddie Paskey (Shatner's stand-in, also the character "Leslie") (14)
- Thank You to actors, fans and Mom ("To a very kind and understanding Mother, who has had to put up with a lot of nonsense from me while getting organized...late, late visitations and long, long planning sessions. For encouragement and understanding, for donation of the "Bridge" to be used strictly for Star Trek purposes, for doing us the honor of being our T'Pau, the only character we know who comes close to your own gracious yet strongly individualistic character, PINK FINK, I SALUTE YOU!!") (15)
- Kirk's Korner, comments by the editor, mostly about future issues and submissions ("If you have any letters or stuff you wish to send to your favorites, bring them by my house.") (16)
- some quotes by fan club members (This is one by Linda Lee Love: "WOMAN - created civilization, but the technical advances needed for it were given by man.") (19)
- L.N. Comes to Las Cruces, article about Leonard Nimoy visiting New Mexico on April 7-9, 1967 for a speaking engagement at the Aggie Booster Club Awards Dinner) (20)
- "'Mr. Spock' - Leonard Nimoy Add Up to Warm Personality, newspaper clipping by Countess Jones for the Sun-News, April 9, 1967, includes photos) (21)
- "'Mr. Spock,' Principal Speaker: Aggie Athletes Honored at Dinner, clipping by Abe J. Perilman for the Sun-News (24)
- some clippings in Spanish, not identified (25)
- Little Spockulations, poem and short essay about the character, Spock (26)
- Visiting Star Trek in L.A., article by Rita Ractliffe ("Little Kirk") about a trip to Los Angeles the previous August to see the set and meet the actors ("Friday we dressed as proper young ladies, and presented ourselves at the Studio at the appointed time. Teresa (L.N.'s secretary, whom we had by coincidence met Sunday at Disneyland!) took us in two and guided us around.") (27)
- Medical Memo from Star Fleet Command: Medical Division: Analysis of personality interaction and morale aboard The Starship U.S.S. Enterprise, fictional non-fiction by Jackie L. Hageman (28)
- Announcing the "Mini-Membership," blurb by Mrs. Peggye Vickers about joining the LNNAF (30)
- Membership Application for the LNNAF (32)
from issue #2, leader bios
from issue #2, "As Science Sees Women"
from issue #2, certificate about the club's founding
Issue 3
Sand Treks 3 was published in 1969.