Ship's Status
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| Title: | Ship's Status |
| Publisher: | by a fan club called S.T.A.R. Winston-Salem, in North Carolina |
| Editor(s): | David Wooten |
| Type: | |
| Date(s): | 1974-76 |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Ship's Status is a Star Trek: TOS club zine published six times a year by S.T.A.R. Winston-Salem.
It was "dedicated to the return of Star Trek."
V.1. N.1
Ship's Status v.1 n.1 was published in 1974.
V.1 N.2
Ship's Status v.1 n.2 was published in 1974.
V.1 N. 3
Ship's Status v.1 n.3 was published in 1974.
V.1 N.4
Ship's Status v.1 n.4 was published in November 1974 and contains 5 pages.
- conclusion of Sherwood Jones' Star Trek story, in script form
- Tribble Talk, comic strip
V.1 N.5
Ship's Status v.1 n.5 was published in January 1975 and contains 6 pages.
- short editorial
- Star Trek Word Search
- story in script form by Wendell Sagraves
- a short description of Paramount inventing "Magicam", a new camera application
- a short blurb about meditation: "For deeper rest, Vulcans go into 'plak-tow' and humans meditate. For a deep, creative, and easy-to-learn rest, contact the International Meditation Society."
- a short plug for the magazine, Monster Times
- a reminder to members to renew their subscriptions: $2 a year, for six issues
V.1 N.6
Ship's Status v.1 n.6 was published in March 1975 and contains 8 pages.
- short editorial
- Fortress, fiction by Craig Harris
- The Forever People, fiction in script form by Franklin Bolin
- Tribble Talk, comic strip
V.2 N.1
Ship's Status v.2 n.1 was published in May 1975 and contains 4 pages. [[Image:shipsstatus2-1.jpg|thumb|left| fans hadn't sent in any art or fiction.
This issue has small bits about a Trek con in Charlottesville that has been canceled, news that Star Trek: The Animated Series has been canceled, WRET-TV has taken Trek reruns off the air. However, the Bob Gordon Theater will be showing Trek episodes until the end of May.
The newsletter also has a short comic strip called "Tribble Talk," and a full-page flyer for Bill Hickey's company selling Starfleet Uniforms.
It contains some updates on a possible Star Trek movie:
The movie is something we all have been waiting for, but let's not let our interests stop at this point. If Paramount or anyone else things that one movie will kill the tremendous fandom that Star Trek has built up, they are sadly mistaken. Keep writing letters and spreading the word about our club and ideas.
V.2 N.2
Ship's Status v.2 n.2 was published in July 1975 and contains 4 pages.
- short editorial
- Exception to the Rule, fiction by Craig Harris
- a list of upcoming Star Trek conventions
- comic, Tribble Talk
V.2 N.3
Ship's Status v.2 n.3 was published in September 1975 and contains 6 pages.
Have no fear! Do not let the cover of this issue fool you into thinking that this is no longer a Star Trek magazine. But since this is the first Planet Earth story I have received and since Roddenberry produced the show, I felt it had something to do with Star Trek fandom. I think you will enjoy the story.
Here is a sad bit of news for every Star Trek fan. James Blish, author of the world famous series of Star Trek books, died in August. Hopefully, he had finished some more stories for the books to keep the series going. But we will all miss this creative man's work.
- short editorial (Wooten mentions he no longer sells yearly subscriptions, and instead each issue is 50 cents)
- Planet Earth, fiction in script form by Wendell Sagraves
- short plug for Rocket's Blast magazine
- short plug for Shatner's new show, Barbary Coast
- comic strip, Tribble Talk
V.2 N.4
Ship's Status v.2 n.4 was published in November 1975 and contains 6 pages.
Well readers, since tlie most common question that seems to be flooding my mailbox is what is happening with the Star Trek movie. I thought I would give you the most up-to-date information possible from my own sources. Gene Roddenberry's script has not been accepted by Paramount although the studio does still have plans to make the STAR TREK movie. Gene Roddenberry is currently writing another script, and there is a possibility that another writer may be brought in.
- short editorial
- Enigma, fiction by Robin Thompson, Roberta Woods, and Sharon Hinnant
- a hand-drawn con flyer for the 1976 Star Trek Lives!
- Tribble Talk, comic
V.2 N.5
Ship's Status v.2 n.5 was published in January 1976 and contains 4 pages.
Once upon a time there was a nurse. She wasn't a good nurse because she was in love with our hero. When she was giving shots, she thought about his muscular chest, instead of Kirk's flabby arm. Poor Kirk. He got shot in the imperial nose. When the nurse was operating, she thought of unemotional hearts located in the lower right-hand side of the body. She occasionally did open liver surgery. The nurse couldn't take blood sample either. She broke down in tears when the blood wasn’t green.
- short editorial (apologies for the lateness)
- Amuck Time: A Galactic Tragedie with a Happy (?) Ending, satirical fiction by Marian Starr
- report of the lecture Gene Roddenberry gave on December 6, 1975 at Wait Chapel, Wake Forest University
V.2 N.6
Ship's Status v.2 n.6 was published in March 1976 and contains 4 pages.
I must say that I truly appreciate all the contributors of stories and artwork that I have received this past year. Because I am unsure of how much longer I can keep producing the zine, I will continue to ask for contributors for as many more issues as possible. I can guarantee at least one more issue if I receive enough stuff. I'm still looking for any enterprising fan to want to continue publishing the newsletter. I will lend any assistance necessary as I want to see this publication continue instead of dying off.... It is helpful if you have access to a printing source. Please let me know soon so that the new editor can be announced.... The next issue is May (hopefully).
- short editorial
- Mind Palace, fiction in script form by Wendell Sagraves
- some upcoming con dates