The Federation Archives Journal

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Title: The Federation Archives Journal
Publisher: the fan club, The Federation Archives
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Date(s): 1992-?
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Medium: print
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Fandom: Star Trek: TOS, Star Trek: TNG, science fiction, small bit of other media
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Language: English
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The Federation Archives Journal was published quarterly by the fan club, The Federation Archives.

Issue 1

It was published in March 1993.

Issue 2

Issue 3

Issue 4

Published in late 1993, it contains 28 pages.

front cover of issue #4, Dean Kass
back cover of issue #4, Buchanan

The art is not credited. The back cover is by Buchanan. The front cover is by Dean Kass.

With this issue, comes the end of our first year. It has been an interesting one. Around this time in 1992, Admiral Lyndon Cartman suggested to me that we should startup a fan club. It is strange, because I was thinking along the same lines several months earlier. I discussed the possibilities with him and Admiral Randy John. You could imagine my surprise when hearing that two close friends recommended that we get into the fan club business again. You see all of this isn't exactly new to us.

Back in the early 80's, we had another Star Trek SF club, The Federation Fan Club. Hopefully, we have become better story tellers and publishers. At least the journal looks allot better now.

As we look forward to our second year, there are some things I'm sure we would all like to see. We have a good start, but we need your help. WE NEED MORE CONTRIBUTIONS! We would like to see more newspaper clippings, comics, stories, factual articles, etc... Together, we can make this next year bigger and better. If you are busy and can't find the time to write an article, why not just send us a post card letting us know what you think? What you liked or disliked. What you would like to see in the future. It's your club. Why not make it the club you want?!?

It has been an interesting year for sci-fi on tv and on the silver screen with the debut of Sea Quest and movies like Jurassic Park. Unfortunately, this is the final year of Star Trek The Next Generation.

What will become of the gallant crew of the Enterprise? Time will tell! For information about sci-fi tv and movies check out RUMORS & INNUENDO.

  • message from the president
  • Member Profile: Lyndon Cartman
  • Rumors & Innuendo by Randy John
  • Book Review by Chris Rassmusson (Star Trek Memories by William Shatner and Chris Krenski)
  • fan art by P. Bessler (sp?)
  • What Lies Ahead, essay by Lyndon Cartman (ruminations on telescopes and space and the future)
  • Movie Review by Alan Arnold (The Night Before Christmas)
  • Star Trek Trivia Quiz
  • 10 Forward by Lyndon Cartman (thanking club members for their work)
  • The Gift, Star Trek: TOS fiction by Randy John (5 pages)
  • Star Trek TNG cartoon (not credited)
  • Starship Life, original science fiction by Lyndon Cartman (3 pages)
  • Where Do Shooting Stars Come From?, newspaper clipping from "Awake" in March 1993
  • Spockology, a Star Trek trivia quiz
  • Quantum Leap Word Find
  • Teachers Explore NASA's Project Laser, news clipping from River View Times, spring 1993
  • Klingon: The Final Frontier: "Forget French; with a little effort you can learn to say what no one has said before", news clipping by James Gorman from Time Magazine, April 5, 1993
  • fan art by O'Neal
  • cartoons, clippings
  • NCC-1701-D Today (cartoon, not credited)
  • Everything I Need to Know About Life I Learned from Star Trek