The Prime Directive (Star Trek: TOS zine 2)

See also Prime Directive (disambiguation).

Zine
Title:	The Prime Directive
Publisher:	The Federation, Star Trek Command (a New York fan club founded in October 1975)
Editor(s):	David Solo
Date(s):	1975-1976
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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The Prime Directive is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology published by The Federation. It is 8.5 x 11.

v.1 n.1

The Prime Directive v.1. n.1 was published in August 1975, contains 19 pages. The zine was reprinted on August 29, 1976.

• Front Cover by Alexis Layton
• Contents and Information (2)
• Editorial by David Solo (3)
• The Edge of Infinity by Daniel Gordon (4)
• Review of Space:1999 by David Solo (10)
• Interview with Gene Roddenberry by Ira Rampil, originally for "The Engineer" (11)
• Trivia Quiz by Alexis Layton (15)
• Sequel to "The Trouble with Tribbles" by Tonia Michos and Daniel Gordon (17)

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  cover of v.1 n.1, Alexis Layton

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  inside pages from v.1. n.1

v.2 n.1

The Prime Directive v.2. n.1 was published in 1975 and contains 25 pages.

partial cover of v.2 n.1

• Vulcan Standard Time (fiction)
• Confrontation (fiction)
• Future Past, poem

Reactions and Reviews: v.2 n.1

Volume 2, Number 1 of THE PRIME DIRECTIVE starts off with a short story entitled "Vulcan Standard Time." It is a satire of the episode "Amok Time." If you enjoy laughing at Trek satire, you'll love this. The last act of "A Piece of the Action" is also

offered in this ish of THE PRIME DIRECTIVE. If you recall the episode, you'll appreciate considering this "last act". The Iotians had copied the Federation's uniforms, technology, language, and so on. But the story's real point is that humans will be humans, and humanoids will be humanoids. The Federation considers the fact that since the lotians copy everything, they should give the Iotians something really worth imitating. So the Iotians receive 20th century Earth, only without pollution, crime, war, violence, prejudice, without anything that ruins a society. The Federation gave them this world in the form of a book that was "accidentally" left behind. The Iotians tried to copy the book's philosophy but they eventually developed all the bad things anyway. After all, they were only "human". Also highly recommended is a truly beautiful poem called "Future Past" about Kirk's loneliness and Edith Keeler. To finish off the issue is a story titled "Confrontation" which ranks with the dramatic content of "Balance of Terror".

v.2 n.2

The Prime Directive v.2. n.2 was published in September 1976. It has 36 pages, higher quality art work, clear photos and includes "Asimov, Doohan transcripts, stories, trivia, features, more." This issue also includes the first issue of a science fiction publication called Orion.

cover of v.2 n.2

Contents of "The Prime Directive v.2. n.2"

• Editorial by David Solo (3)
• Letters (4)
• Collision Course by Daniel Gordon (5)
• Interview with James Doohan (15)
• Review of "Spock, Messiah" by David Solo (22)
• Trivia Quiz by Alexis Layton (23)
• Isaac Asimov Transcript (25)
• Not Today by Gina Martin (30)
• Sequel to "I, Mudd" by Daniel Gordon (31)
• Journals to Darkness by Gina Martin (32)
• Report on the 1976 Star Trek Convention by Alexis Layton (33)
• Excerpt from Nebula Award Stories (35)
• Issue #2 Survey Results (37)
• art by David Solo, Edith Gordon, Mike Chicchelly, and J. Fletcher

Contents of "Orion"

• Editorial by David Solo (2A)
• Insanity Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry by James Hershberg (3A)
• Science Fiction Hall of Fame by James Hershberg (6A)
• Science Fiction Art by James Hershberg (6A)
• The Flying Sorcerers by David Solo (12A)
• Excerpts from Asimov Question and Answer (7A)
• Report on Non-Con #1 by Daniel Gordon (two fans trip to the 1976 Science Fiction Expo in New York which was canceled when they arrived) (10A)
• Logan's Run by David Solo (11A)

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