Spinner of Nightmares

Zine
Title:	Spinner of Nightmares
Publisher:	ScoTpress
Editor:	Sheila Clark, Valerie Piacentini
Author(s):	Pam Baddeley
Cover Artist(s):	Lorraine Goodison
Illustrator(s):	no interior art
Date(s):	April 1986
Series?:	it is a sequel to Weaver of Dreams
Medium:	print zine, fanfic
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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Spinner of Nightmares is a gen Star Trek: TOS 118-page novel by Pam Baddeley. It is a sequel to Weaver of Dreams.

Summary

From Bill Hupe: "Who are the hostile aliens on Sigma Orionsis IV?"

The Publisher's Foreword: Regarding the Font

Hello, and welcome to Spinner of Nightmares. This sequel to Weaver of Dreams has been in the pipeline for quite same time - Pam has been working on it since Weaver of Dreams was printed.

I must apologise -for the reduced print used in the zine. Pam presented us with a looooong manuscript, al1 of which was necessary -for the development of the story, but using our usual type, we would have ended up with a length of zine that would have given us some problems. As we saw it, we had to:

1) split it into two volumes, said together, because although we have the biggest Renal stapler on the market it won't readily cope with more than 75 sheets of paper

2) put it out in one volume, spiral-bound

3) print it using a smaller typeface. This would cut the page count, allow us to staple it as usual, and - most importantly - keep the price down.

None of us are particularly happy with reduced-print zines, but we liked the first two options less. Janet experimented with the printing, and we decided that reduced print, keeping the distance between the lines the same as it would be using the large type, was the most legible - unlike mast reduced print which shrinks the space between the lines as well. I hope you agree with us.

Reactions and Reviews

Only two of the five talents are expanded and used by the authoress; a story should feature all the attributes given to the characters. "Spinner of Nightmares" concerns on of the clan from before and the Vendasi - the lost ones with a dark side. I found this story difficult to read because of its presentation. Possibly because of this I also found it less interesting than "Weaver of Dreams". It's too long and involved, maybe - just maybe - the author has been a little too influenced by the 'dark side of the Force?' Neither of the main characters are well used and end up with compromise solutions to the problems presented. Not as good as the first.