Star Trek Lives (1978 zine)

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Zine
Title: Star Trek Lives
Publisher: Susan Wherry and Steve Wherry, out of Cottonwood, Idaho, US
Editor(s): Susan Wherry (21 years old) and Steve Wherry (16 years old)
Date(s): early 1978
Series?:
Medium: print
Genre: gen
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
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Star Trek Lives is a 36-page Star Trek: TOS zine by siblings Susan Wherry and Steve Wherry.

front cover, Susan Wherry

Shortly before this zine was published, Susan was killed in an accident. She was 21 years old. From an errata in the zine:

NOTE — Susan Wherry was killed in an auto accident Jan. 16, 1978 after she had finished printing and getting this book ready for stapling. Because of her death her brother Steve has taken over selling the book and doing the autographing.

Contents

  • Editorial (2)
  • Facts About the People of Star Trek (short blurbs about the actors) (3)
  • illo of Kirk (5)
  • My Brother My Friend, poem by Susan Wherry (6)
  • small illos (7)
  • The Planet Nagu, fiction by Steven Wherry (8)
  • Most Fascinatingly Illogical, fiction by Steven Wherry (11)
  • illo by Susan Wherry (14)
  • Short Story One, fiction by Susan Wherry ("Perhaps like me, you too have trouble thinking up ideas for Star Trek storys. I seem to have a great idea, get a short way into the story, then think up about fifty different ways the story can go from that point. The following are two such examples. Perhaps you can think of some endings?") (15)
  • Short Story Two, fiction by Susan Wherry (16)
  • illo of Spock (17)
  • illo in comic strip form, by Susan Wherry (18)
  • Federation Observer, fiction by Susan Wherry (19)
  • small illos (24)
  • The U.S.S. Yorkstown, fiction by Susan Wherry (25)
  • illo of Captain Sean Patrick, original character, by Susan Wherry (28)
  • illo of Chekov by Susan Wherry (30)
  • The Injury, vignette by Susan Wherry ("Author's note - Before you get uptight, allow me to explain. What has happened is that Jim has been in an accident and suffered an injury to the head. He was given a form of anesthetic. The anesthetic has caused the above illusion and resulting nightmare.") (31)
  • illo of "Surel" (Spock's cousin) from the story, My Friend, My Friend, by Susan Wherry (32)
  • Trivia Quiz (33)
  • illo of Commander John Koenig "for Space 1999 fans" by Susan Wherry (34)
  • short bios of Susan Wherry and Steve Wherry, a clipping from The Cottonwood Chronicle in May 1976 about Susan Wherry as a Star Trek fan (35)
  • small illos (36)

Sample Interior