Spock Hears from the Spock's Scribes

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Zine
Title: Spock Hears from the Spock's Scribes
Publisher: Nimoyan-Spock's Scribes
Editor(s): L'shaya Salkind, Sam Cole/Sama Luna
Type: newsletter
Date(s): 1968 to ?
Frequency:
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
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Spock Hears from the Spock's Scribes is a newsletter of the Nimoyan-Spock's Scribes fan club.

One of its sister zines is Spock's Scribes.

See List of Star Trek TOS Zines Published While the Show Was Still On the Air.

Issue 1

Spock Hears from the Spock's Scribes 1 was published in January 1968 and contains 10 pages.

cover of issue #1
inside page from issue #1
  • report and description of UNICEF
  • Our Inspiration: Mr. Spock
  • Our Hero: Leonard Nimoy
  • Behind the Scenes 1967: Gene Roddenberry
  • Star Trek Spotlight: James T. Kirk
  • Actor of the Month (November/December): William Shatner
  • letters from some TPTB


Issue 2

Spock Hears from the Spock's Scribes 2 was published in February 1968 and contains 18 pages.

  • What is a Spock's Scribe (club history)
  • a thank you letter from Leonard Nimoy
  • a short thank you form letter from DeForest Kelly
  • a Leonard Nimoy biography
  • a DeForest Kelly biography
  • a Robert Bloch biography
  • a letter from Robert H. Justman
  • a letter from Fred B. Phillips about doing Spock's make-up
  • information on UNICEF
  • a report from some Chicago fans and some other fan clubs
  • some poetry by children celebrating Spock
  • a letter of introduction by an OFC named Sama Luna (the editor's alter ego)

Issue 3

Spock Hears from the Spock's Scribes 3 was published in April 1968 and contains 30 pages.

  • copy of the autographed playbill for "Visit to a Small Planet"
  • Meeting Leonard Nimoy by Mandy Taborello (an account of seeing Nimoy on stage and afterwards the play "Visit to a Small Planet" at Pheasant Run (also printed in The Hailing Signal in June 1968)
  • some poetry by children
  • The LNNAF... and How It Grew
  • short bio of LNNAF president Mrs. Peggye Vickers
  • a biography of James Doohan
  • a letter from James Doohan
  • a letter from Norman Spinrad
  • The Day I Met William Shatner
  • the letter column isn't by fans, but made up of letters from various Trek TPTB, as well as one from "Sama Luna"
  • a word find
  • a letter from D.C. Fontana
  • a contest is announced, one with prizes for different age groups: "Draw Sama Luna and Win a 4x5 of Spock: -- "Sama Luna has pointed ears, lavender skin, violet eyes, silvery-pink hair, is tall and slender, a teenager, is an unusual witch and never goes anywhere without her tribble, Popoki, a black and brown burmese cat. She travels everywhere on her swisher (broom)."