These Are The Voyages (Star Trek: TOS and Star Wars zine)

Zine
Title:	These Are The Voyages
Publisher:	Illinois' largest Star Trek fan club, (S.T.A.R. Northbrook)
Editor(s):	Stuart Weiss
Type:	club zine
Date(s):	late 1973-?
Frequency:
Medium:	print
Size:	digest sized
Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS at first, then also contained Star Wars material
Language:	English
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These Are The Voyages is a gen club zine of non-fiction and news about Star Trek: TOS and Star Wars. The zine first began publishing in 1973.

V.1 N.1

These Are The Voyages v.1 n.1 was published in late 1973.

V.3 N.1/2

These Are The Voyages v.3 n.1/2 was published in August/September 1976 and contains 10 pages. It was printed on extra-long paper.

front cover of v.3 n.1/2

first page of v.3 n.1/2

• club and ST news
• The Greatest Show Since Earth (review of something called "The Space Circus" ("All in all, excepting the dealers, the Space Circus - no, make that space circus- was a monumental flop, and a waste of time, money, and effort. Those who stayed home and watched reruns of "Lost In Space" were actually the fortunate ones.) by Sue Smith (2)
• Kert Rats (cartoon) by Jerry and Stuart Weiss (2)
• The Rubies of the Dead (fiction) by Hank Andrews (3)
• con calender (4)
• An Indirect Creation of Star Trek by Hank Andrews (fan-written article with a lot of footnotes) (5)
• trivia contest winners and answers (8)
• Movie Review: Logan's Run, Book Review: "Log Seven" (9)

Anniversary Issue (1976)

front cover 1976 special edition

These Are The Voyages: The Anniversary Issue - Special Edition Number 2 was published in the fall of 1976 with a print run of 500 copies. It celebrated Star Trek's 10th Anniversary and the third anniversary of the club zine.

Contents:

• News (the next S.T.A.R. meeting date of January 8, 1977 at the Northbrook Public Library; the names of two new members - one in state and one out of state)
• Commentary: Star Trek, Does It Deserve Its Pitiful Treatment? by Hank Andrews
• Commentary: The New Star Trek Cartoon by Stuart Weiss
• Commentary Rebuttal: The New Star Trek Cartoon by Sue Smith
• "Vengence" by David Reed (fiction)
• Con Man Cons Convention by Hank Andrews - a report on the bank problems that Star Trek Lives! (convention) was having. In February 1974, Albert Shuster was "fired" by the other officers. He then persuaded a bank official to cash a $6,000 check and transfer the remaining $6,000 into an account in his name, thereby emptying the convention's bank account. A lawsuit was pending in Long Island courts.
• The Future and Legacy of Star Trek by Hank Andrews
• "Objectively Speaking" by Catherine Anne Johnston (fiction)
• "Falling" by David Reed (fiction)
• "The Chain" by Barry Waterman (fiction)
• Special insert - reprint of a newspaper article "Trekkies Carry On Nostalgia" that ran in the Lake County Edition on March 26, 1976.
• Special insert: fan club questionnaire

V.4 N.?

These Are The Voyages v.4 n.? was published in September 1978 and contains 18 pages.

front cover of issue #4

inside page of issue #4

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