Trek Movie Special
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Trek Movie Special / Trek Fanfare |
| Publisher: | Trek Publications |
| Editor(s): | Leslie Thompson |
| Date(s): | 1982-1985 |
| Frequency: | quarterly |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Trek Movie Special is a Star Trek: TOS non-fiction fanzine.
It measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2.
It was renamed "Trek Fanfare" for the last two issues. Trek Fanfare was mostly non-fiction, but included two fictional "in-universe" essays and a poem in the first issue under that title.
Issue 1
Trek Movie Special 1 was published in 1982 and contains 40 pages.
- Wrath of Khan review by Walter Irwin
- On Spock's Demise, essay by Mark Alfred
- Spock Meets Spock by Rowena Warner
- Fathers And Sons The No Win Scenario, essay by Larry Sisson
- editorial content
cover of issue #1, also the cover to the special issue "Fanfare"
another version of the cover of issue #1
inside page, issue #1
back cover, issue #1
Issue 2
Trek Movie Special 2 was published in 1982. It was edited by Leslie Thompson.
- Spock Resurrectus -- Or, Now That They've Killed Him, How Do We Get Him Back, essay by Pat Mooney (2)
- Indiana Skywalker Raids the Lost Trek, essay by Kyle Holland (19)
- Kirk at Spock's Death by Rita Clay (36)
- Trek Movie Special Roundtable, Letters from Our Readers (43)
Issue 3
Trek Movie Special 3 was edited by Leslie Thompson and published in March 1983 and contains 60 pages.
It is composed mostly of LoCs about the movie, The Wrath of Khan.
In the introduction, the editor writes "When we suggested in Trek Movie Special #1 that a forthcoming issue be devoted to your letters, we had no idea that your response would be so overwhelmingly in favor of such an issue."
Issue 4
Trek Movie Special 4 contains 32 pages and is digest-sized and center-stapled.
While it has no publication date, the entire issue is devoted to fans discussing their responses to "Star Trek 3: The Search For Spock." The lead article mentions that the author has "only seen [it] once" and plans to go back, which would put the publication date at June, or maybe July, 1984.
The zine also contains several black and white covers and interior illustrations, 4 of which are signed by Rita Clay.
- Some Thoughts on The Search For Spock by Arden Lowe
- Wither Star Trek? by Barbara Devereaux
- The Search for Spock Unrepentant by Kyle Holland
- Will The Real Lt. Saavik Please Stand Up? by Nancy Buchhorn
- A Discussion of The Search For Spock by Rita D. Clay
- A Return to the Big Story by Joyce Tullock
inside pages, issue #4
back cover issue #4
Trek Fanfare 1
Trek Fanfare 1 was published in Winter 1984 and contains 28 pages of fiction, articles, photos, and artwork.
It was edited by Leslie Thompson.
The cover art is by Lana Tyler. The interior art is by Alix Scott and Gina Godwin.
There is no specific statement in this issue to connect it with the "Trek Movie Specials", or to explain the change in the title. However, it has the same editor, the same business address, and repeats one author from the previous issue.
- Kobayashi Maru: An Essential Exercise in Reality-Based Decision Making, by Karen Rhodes (fictional "in-universe" essay)
- Spock's Death: Responsibility and Ramifications, by Karen Murphy
- Death in Star Trek, by Jody Morse
- The Federation and the Prime Directive, by Rita D. Clay (fictional "in-universe" essay)
- Confessions of a Vulcan, poem by Rita Clay
- Where has Spock Gone?, by D.S. Carlson
Trek Fanfare 2
Trek Fanfare 2 was published in Spring 1985 and contains 28 pages of articles, photos, and artwork. It was edited by Leslie Thompson.
It has art by Monica Miller.
The indicia in this issue claims that it was published in Spring 1984. But that would have been well before Star Trek III came out, and one of the essays in here discusses the events of that movie. So this is clearly a typo, and "Spring 1985" was intended. (This is also consistent with the dates on the other issues.)
- Out of the Womb, fiction by Joyce Tullock (in 2 parts)
- Love in Star Trek, "Approaching Evil" — A Rebuttal, by Philip Carpenter
- Why Kirk Will Remain an Admiral, article by Joseph A. Rochford (reprinted in "The Best of Trek" #10, June 1986)
inside art, Trek Fanfare #2, by Monica Miller
back cover of Trek Fanfare #2
