The Yomin

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Title:	The Yomin
Publisher:	The Leonard Nimoy Club
Editor(s):	Barbara Walker
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Date(s):	1996-?
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The Yomin is a Leonard Nimoy zine.

The title is "Nimoy" spelled backwards.

Description

The content is almost all clippings, promotional information, and advertisements.

There is a large focus on Judaism and Nimoy's faith.

In 1998, "THE YOMIN — The Leonard Nimoy Fan Club newsletter is under new management! The newsletter has been redesigned and upgraded with news and facts and interesting tidbits and artwork! of Leonard Nimoy's life, projects, events and things to do with Spock!"

Issue 1

The Yomin 1 was published in 1996.

The editor was Morjana.

Issue 2

The Yomin 2 was published in 1996.

The editor was Morjana.

Issue 3

The Yomin 3 was published in 1996.

The editor was Morjana.

Issue 4

The Yomin 4 was published in 1996.

The editor was Morjana.

Issue 5

The Yomin 5 was published in Feb/March 1997 (though the editorial states that it is the "last issue of 1996") and contains 15 pages.

cover of issue #5, Pat Horowitz

The front cover is by Pat Horowitz, as are several interior illos (all reprinted from 1980s zines).

The editor was Mary F. Garrett.

New editor:

Please join us as we continue our voyage of discovery of the actor Leonard Nimoy - on into the 21st Century! Under new management, the LNC will focus on the actor and his various enterprises - Primortals, new project from "Rumble Seat Productions," and, of course, "Star Trek Classic."

Some "cyberweb" news:

I have finally straightened out my problems with my America Online address book and would like to start a network for LNC members who have internet access. Please E-mail me at [email protected] with your online addresses and I'll add you to the list. I will be sending your information on upcoming appearances, old TV episode alerts, and other stuff which can't wait for the next newsletter.

From "Cyberwebs":

I have not written anything for quite a while about new websites because frankly I was not sure the sites would still be there when anyone tried to access them. Viacom Corp., owner of Paramount, and therefore owner of all Star Trek copyrights and licenses, was sending cease and desist orders to fans who had incorporated Trek pictures, sounds, names etc. into their websites. There was also a clause in the letter sent by Viacom's lawyers which threatened to have much wider implications, as it seemed to claim that Viacom has rights over all "original art work and created fiction", i.e. fan created work. The dust seems to have settled recently and only a few websites were asked to tear down their pictures and sounds etc. that were copied or based on copied pictures from Trek.

There is a great site that I would like to tell you about: http://www.simonsays.com/startrek/ [offline]. Put up by John Ordover, editor of the Star Trek books at Pocket Books, it is the site for all "official" Trek fiction. It has information on books already published, books that are going to be published within the next year, author bios, and terrific graphics of the book covers. There is also information on a fantastic contest for anyone who likes to write their own Star Trek stories. Pocket books is asking for fan written short stories, which it will publish in an anthology called "Strange New Worlds" early next year! For all of you who have said "I can write better stories than that" as you read the latest Star Trek book, this is your big chance. All the rules for the contest are on the website, as well as answers to FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) regarding the contest rules.

The editor/judge for this contest is Dean Wesley Smith, a noted science fiction writer. I would encourage anyone that's interested to enter the contest. If there is sufficient interest, and the caliber of the stories is good enough, this may turn into a series of anthologies.

This site also features information on the Audio books, the CD-ROMs, the reference (Tech) books and the graphic novels. There are links to a BBS, a chat area, reader reviews (tell 'em what you "really" think) a mailing list and a calendar, as well as the Starleet academy exam (would you pass?).

• Editorial (2)
• Sightings (3)
• Alan Nimoy Fund Information (5)
• Cyberwebs, article by Helen Gletsos (6)
• Salute to Mark Lenard, memorial (7)
• A Song of Hope (Spock's Jewish Soul) ("A talk given at a Chaya House dinner in November 1976. Transcribed from a tape made by Diane Merchant and reprinted in Leonard Nimoy Compendium II, by Karen L. Ruark. Edited for length by Audrey Anderson. "I believe... Ani Maamin... I Believe. A Song of Hope. Hope that has kept Jewish people in existence throughout all the difficult times. Hope that kept the spark of Judaism alive. The belief that someday, the Jew will finally live in peace. Ani Maamin. I believe. Ani Maamin. I believe.") (9)
• What It Means to Be Jewish, essay by Leonard Nimoy (reprint of an ad by the American Jewish Committee. New York Times 22 December 1996.) (12)
• Collectibles, Contributions, Ad (13)
• Club Plugs (14)

Issue 6

The Yomin 6 was published in April/May 1997 and contains 16 pages.

cover of issue #6, Pat Horowitz

From the info on the America Online Chat:

I have distributed copies of the AOL chat to all the members of the LNC who are online. If you are online and haven't given me your E-mail address, please E-mail the LNC at [email protected]. Those of you who aren't online (that's about 75% of you, so you aren't alone) can get a copy of the chat by sending a SASE to the club address: P.O. Box 17096, St. Paul, MN 55117-0096. Unfortunately it's too long to print in it's entirety in the Yomin.

• Reviews and Ads (the reviews are for "David," a television miniseries, "Alien Voices" -- Nimoy and John de Lancie narrations of a rendition of H.G. Wells radio dramas) (2)
• Archives (reprinted review of an older Nimoy project, this one "The Balcony") (7)
• New Products (description of Leonard Nimoy's book: Primortals: Target Earth by Steve Perry, and CD-ROM: "This CD-ROM is comprised of three major sections, Play, Evolution and Tekno-Files.") (9)
• Alan Nimoy Fund (12)
• Cyberwebs and Editorial (description of the chat session with Nimoy on America Online on 3 April 1997) (13)
• Club Plugs and Other Stuff (14)

Issue 7

cover of issue #7, Pat Horowitz

from a fan testimonial in issue #7

The Yomin 7 was published in June/July 1997 and contains 16 pages.

The editor was Mary F. Garrett.

• Sightings (mainstream press reviews and news) (2)
• Close Encounter of a Rare Kind by Helen Gletsos ("Leonard Nimoy recently made a number of personal appearances in the northeast and I was fortunate to be able to attend two of them. I had always wondered or fantasized, as I guess every fan has, "What is he really like close up? Would he be as friendly as he appears from a distance. Would he actually ta lk to me? What would I say to him?" The answers are contained in the following reports. Please, come along with me and experience two very special events in my life.") (3)
  • a fan testimonial of seeing Nimoy on April 14, 1997 "ALIEN VOICES" booksigning at Barnes & Noble, Manhattan ("I feel like I am still walking on the wobbly edge of reality! Did I really get to see Leonard Nimoy this close? Did I actually talk to him and shake his hand? If life really is a dream, I don't want to wake up!... I then did as almost everyone else was doing - hung around the immediate area ogling and taking more pictures (and trying not to dissolve into an "Odo-like" puddle of goo at being so close)! He looked fantastic - younger and more handsome than he looks in pictures, and he was in such a happy mood. One tiny little old lady stood talking to him and holding and patting his hand for many minutes and he was very patient, giving her his full focused attention until she moved on.")
  • report of attending Creation Con, May 3, 1997 Hynes Center, Boston, MA with Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner
• a retyped article: Mr. Spock Talks of His Long and Prosperous Life College Press Exchange, printed in the Minnesota Daily, 5/6/97 Providence, R.I. ("Nimoy told the story of his brief but memorable meeting with JFK while speaking yesterday (5/ 5/97) to the graduates of the New England Institute of Technology in a ceremony at Brown University's Meehan Auditorium.") (9)
• Archives (a review from "Variety" of Kid Monk Baroni) (11)
• Ads and Credits (12)
• Announcement (info about the club's first raffle, proceeds to benefit the Alan Nimoy Memorial Fund) (13)
• Club Plugs and Other Stuff (14)

Issue 8

cover of issue #8, Pat Horowitz

Issue 9

The Yomin 9 was published in late 1997 and contains 9 pages.

front cover of issue #9

• The Latest News from Leonard Nimoy's Office, no, Nimoy "will not be involved with the next Star Trek movie, nor will he be directing it. What news has been printed in 'TV Guide' etc. is purely speculation. However, Cyndi wants us to remember that situations change rapidly in Hollywood, and everything is open ended."
• news that Nimoy would be "doing a convention" in Orlando, Florida on June 17-19 called Starfleet Int'l Conference

• Memory Alpha: Nimoy Collectables, compiled by Audrey K. Anderson (books, LPs, fanzines)
• The Touch of Spock: Don't You Wish the Future Really Were in These Hands!, essay by Barbara Walker
• info and description of a little-known biography of Leonard Nimoy from 1988, a sixty page hardcover with twenty photos, called "Leonard Nimoy: A Star's Trek," written for the "Taking Part" series of books for children.
• excerpts from an interview with the editor of the above book (John Micklos, Jr.)
• the back cover is a very cute full-page photo of Nimoy with a kitten

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  header for the essay in #9: "The Touch of Spock: Don't You Wish the Future Really Were in These Hands!"

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  back cover, issue #9

Issue 10

The Yomin 10 was published in 1994 and contains 15 pages. It has a P.O. Box in Batavia, N.Y.

• Homeward Bound: Celebration, part two, fiction by Helen Gletsos

wraparound cover of issue #10

• excerpt from an interview transcript conducted by Joyce Mason of Trektalk: The Convention-on-the-Air (air date: April 22, 1994)
• full-page ad for The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• some photos of Leonard Nimoy

Issue 11

The Yomin 11

cover of issue #11, Pat Horowitz

Issue 12

The Yomin 12

cover of issue #12, Pat Horowitz

Issue 13

The Yomin 13 was published July/Aug 1998 and contains 16 pages.

cover of issue #13

The editor is Mary F. Garrett.

Join the crew and boldly go to the new Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. Tour the museum timeline, where past, present and future occurrences are depicted in the star trek uni- verse. Observe clothing and artifacts of all their races; my personal favorites pertain to Spock (his tricoder and 3-D chess set) and the garments worn by Sarek and Amanda.

Enter a shuttlebay, and be beamed into an experience you will be talking about for a while; one where you don't just watch it unfold, but where you are a part of the unfolding.

Engage your senses as you materialize on a transporter pad, wind through narrow halls as you go to the Bridge; interact with Star Trek personnel (TNG representatives); see Commander Riker on the big screen explaining the situation; Klingons, of course, have time- warped US to change the future. Ride the turbolift back to the shuttlebay, and board a shuttlecraft. Blast through the doors to a distant galaxy at warp speed; find the time distortion and attempt to return to the present; be fired upon by Klingon Bird of Prey ships; and be saved by the USS Enterprise; return to the present, flying over the night-brightness of the Las Vegas strip, and crashing into the roof of the LV Hilton Hotel.

Once out of harms way, relax; enjoy food and beverages at Quark's bar; or shop on the DS9 promenade deck.

Beam aboard for an unparalled [sic] adventure; one I highly recommend for all ST fans.

Info and tickets are available by calling 1-888-GO-BOLDLY; or going to the ticket counter at the Las Vegas Hilton. Shows start at 11:00 daily.

• Sightings (2)
• This Time It's Real: The Star Trek: The Experience, description (aka slick ad) by Layne Burgess Hoffman of the new for-profit Star Trek Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel (4)
• Titanica (5)
• English Leonard Nimoy Con Info (this is a flyer for the 1998 Leonard Nimoy Convention) (6)
• Lost World Review (the live performance of "The Lost World", Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book produced as a radio play by the" Alien Voices" troupe.) (7)

• Personal Appearance: Phoenix, a fan testimonial by Ruth A. Smart about Nimoy's appearance at an unidentified Creation Con) (11)
• Nimoy Revisits Original Trek (Transwarp #44 - August 11, 1998 NIMOY REVISITS ORIGINAL TREK LITTLE NIMOY IN TREK LAND) (13)
• Inner Space & Webpage News by Morjana Coffman, LNC Webmaster ("The LNC is pleased and happy to announce that as of May 25th, the Leonard Nimoy Club's web site now has its own domain name! We are now at: http://www.nimoy.com/- a web address that should be a lot easier to for everyone to remember!") (14)

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  from issue #13, about The Star Trek Experience

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  from issue #13, about The Star Trek Experience

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  from issue #13, about the club's new website

Issue 14

The Yomin 14 was published in Sept/Oct 1998 and contains 16 pages. The cover is by Shelley Butler.

cover of #14, artist is Shelley Butler

From the fan testimonial by Butler:

The two of us drove to the book-signing early with my art portfolio in tow. While we waited in line, we tried (as discreetly as possible with lots of curious eyes) to sort through the prints and various artworks for just the right one for him to see and sign. ("No, no! Not that one! He'd be embarrassed-too revealing, too sexy! Now this one shows him to be the suave, sophisticated man that he is!")

We'd been told he'd only sign one item and we'd brought plenty of items. 50 the plan was to flip through the portfolio while he saw each one until he got to the one he'd autograph. We were let in (there were only about sixty people, so it was almost personal) and we went upstairs to a section the bookstore with a small podium and some chairs.

[...]

He comes in.

"This is a wildly attractive man!" I don't say this out loud. I'd seen him before on large stages from farther away, but this was so..so...different. He was so close and so relaxed and it felt like we were all at a cocktail party and he was just chatting with us. His hair was cut with that short haircut that makes you want to run your fingers through. He's got gorgeous cheekbones, eyes and his...neck. I just loved his neck - it was strongly corded and the curve of his gray cotton sweater lay softly across his collarbone. And of course, those beautiful hands.

Now I'm not one to gush (I just wax enthusiastic), but this man has charisma. And at the same time, he's warm and accessible and superbly intelligent. But I don't gush.

[...]

He spoke to us for a nice long time and answered some questions that were thankfully reasonably rational and pertinent. There have been times at conventions when the questions are so bad that I wouldn't want anyone to think I'm actually a member of the same group. But here, everyone was on their best behavior.

[...]

Then it was my turn, and after having previously rehearsed the wittiest, most clever bon mots that Mr. Nimoy would ever have heard in the most sophisticated manner possible, I mumbled something inane about a mutual friend. "Who do you want this signed to?" he responded. I should have said, "To one of the most beautiful, charming, intelligent, creative women I have ever met...besides my wife." In lieu of that, I said, "To Shelley".

[...]

Well, next time I'll say something like, "Oh, by the way, I'm Jewish, I just love Vincent Van Gogh's art, I believe in IDIC, I adore poetry, I love photography, I've seen 'Zombies from the Stratosphere, 'I'm sure there are extra-terrestrials, I'm very logical, and please sign this 'To Shelley.'

• Sightings (blurbs from internet sources) (2)
• Future Trek Ponders Trek's Fame (Excerpts from "FUTURE TREK" PONDERS TREK'S FAME. How Star Trek Conquered Planet Earth. Jeff Greenwald: Around the World With Star Trek by Michelle Erica Green - Mania Magazine, 9/19/1998.) (4)
• Inner Space/Webpage News by Morjana Lee Coffman, the fan club's website admin (the club's site is now one year old. "As of October 11, 1998, we have had 15,033 visitors to our web site, over 3000 guests since my last report in August. Our average weekly hits are 353.") (7)
• Artist Meets Icon by Shelley Butler (meeting Nimoy at a book signing in Pasadena, CA for "Alien Voices"(8)
• Hundred Make Trek to Nashua (From the Lowell Sun, 3/25/98 (Lowell, MA): Hundreds make Trek to Nashua to meet 'Mr. Spock' Wednesday, March 25, 1998 - By DAVID PERRY, Sun Staff) (10)
• Taste of Eternity: A Musical Shabbat (this is an ad for Part I Friday Night Service and Table Songs (Z'mirot) Art by Mark Podwal A New Recording from The Western Wind Leonard Nimoy, Guest Narrator) (12)
• Trek Stars Share Memories ("Star Trek" Memories Series Begins Exclusive Run On Sci-Fi Channel, Copyright 1994-1998 UltimateTV - UltimateTV News, 9/9/98) (13)
• LNC Raffle News (14)

Issue 20

cover of issue #20, Pat Horowitz

Issue 24

The Yomin 20 was published Jan/Feb 2000 and contains 16 pages.

cover of issue #24, Shelley Butler

The content is all clippings, promotional information, and advertisements.

• Sightings (news and ads) 2)
• Alien Voices News (3)
• Spock & Q Live in Vegas ("Leonard Nimoy and John Delancie team up on November 19 at STAR TREK: The Experience" at the Las Vegas Hilton to release their new audio book, STAR TREK: SPOCK VS. Q") (4)
• Alien Voices & NeoPlanet: Take 5 Team Up (5)
• So Human by Leonard Nimoy ("They admired me as "Spock." But how would the Germans perceive me as a Jew? And could I ever forgive them? - taken from the fall issue of Reform Judaism." - Nimoy was a member of Temple Israel in Hollywood, CA) (6)
• Souls on Fire (ad: "Narrated by Leonard Nimoy. Hailed at its premiere in December 1998 as "stunning, impassioned and beautifully conceived," Souls On Fire is a full-length oratorio that tells the story of the founders of European Hassidism. Based on the book by Elie Wiesel, adapted by Aryeh Finklestein, this exciting new work "combines the sweep of a musical saga with the thoughtfulness of a highly personal composition.") (10)
• Miscellaneous News (12)
• Alien Voices Invades Schools (13)
• LNC Membership Information (14)