Star Daze

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Zine
Title: Star Daze
Publisher: Olivia Jean Ecklund (Jeannie Ecklund)
Editor(s):
Date(s): 1970s
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Medium: print zine
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Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
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Star Daze is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology.

Issue 1

cover of issue #1

Star Daze 1 was published in March 1978 and contains 113 pages.

It contains stories by Mariann H. Hornlein, Toni Cardinal-Price, Andi Ben- net, Jeannie Ecklund, Julie Ditto, Sue Haag, Debbie Stoy, Carol Eubanks, Roberta Gulley, Brigitte Veiz, and Lyn Robinson, poetry by Beverly Gulley, Toni Cardinal-Price, Andi Bennet, Char Blanco, Sandra Berlinski, and Debra Lee, and art by Ron Odum, Mike Casto, Jeannie Ecklund, Brigitte Veiz, Lyn Robinson, Anna Hillygus, Gerlinde Junggunst, Diane Marchant, and Gordon Carleton.

  • Merry Men of Nalgane III
  • The Visit
  • Never Underestimate a Woman
  • I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet
  • Geanitch
  • Moira
  • The Bond (revised and included in the standalone, The Bond)
  • some poetry, some artwork, some cartoons

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1

'Stardaze' was intended to showcase new writers and artists. The over-priced, sorry result, however, leaves one feeling that the 'talent' involved had been better off unknown. The fiction is generally silly. 'Merry Men of Nalgene III' pits the Big E against Robin Hood and company. The fact that Robin Hood and her (you read that right) gang are transplanted Vulcans makes this piece even more hard to swallow. To confuse matters more, Robin and Kirk make merry and a baby... 'The Visit' describes, in tear-jerker fashion, a brief encounter between Kirk and a recently-blinded Spock. In 'Never Underestimate a Woman,' Uhura and Chapel break a 'white (and green and blue) slave ring.' In 'I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet,' after saving Chekov's life, the heroine promptly dies by falling off a cliff. 'Geanitch' is ridiculous, 'Moira' forgettable, while 'The Bond' is an unoriginal 'Spock and Christine are bonded' tale. The zine also presents trite-and-true poetry, and one parody. The artwork, except for two Gordon Carleton cartoons, is execrable. 'Stardaze' suffers from inept editing and bad printing -- use both sides of the paper, Jeanne!. Contrived, stale, unbelievable plots, and poor writing and drawing abiliteis are other pitfalls. A dictionary would help, too. For the money [$6.45], this zine isn't worth it. [1]

Issue 2

cover of issue #2

Star Daze 2 was published in 1978 (?) and contains 93 pages (printed on one side).

  • From James, for Scotty by Beverly Gulley
  • To Gene by Beverly Gulley
  • But, Captain... by Beverly Gulley
  • The Play by Toni Cardinal-Price
  • Command by Beth Dunstan
  • I Have Longed to Hear You Say It by Martha Davis
  • One More Link by Freda Rayborn
  • Starship Captain by Mary Bohdanowicz
  • Trektoons by Catlina Mellon
  • Spock Says: I am Not Alone by Sandra Berlinksi
  • The Guardian of Forever by Beverly Gulley
  • A Love Poem, to My Friend by Roberta Gulley
  • You... By His Side by Mitchell L. Maglio
  • Always Friends by G.M. Stark
  • Nightmares by Jeannie Ecklund
  • All I Ask by Beverly Gulley
  • The Wall by Beth Dustan
  • More than Careing (sic) by Linda Brock
  • Medusan Touch by Martha Davis
  • Song from the Past by Beverly Gulley
  • The Vulcan's Mystery by Brigitte Veiz
  • I'm Sorry by Beverly Gulley
  • The Other by Mariann H. Hornlein
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  • authors and artists

References

  1. ^ from Scuttlebutt #7