Viewscreen
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Viewscreen |
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| Editor(s): | Keith Littlejohn, Sue Brady, John Whiting (all were high school students "struggling to put out this issue in time for Equicon '74") |
| Date(s): | 1974 |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Viewscreen is a 49-page, offset mimeo zine of fiction, poems, reviews, and articles. It was edited by Keith Littlejohn, Sue Brady, John Whiting (all were high school students "struggling to put out this issue in time for Equicon '74").
This zine contains no interior illustration.
The Editorial
Anyone who has read The Voyages will notice some similarities between our 'zine and that great 'zine. Some of those similarities are so strong that perhaps we should be sued for plagiarism. But Pat Zotti, the editor of The Voyages decided that having the same lawyer we do (Sam Cogley) would make a law suit too complicated. So, Pat graciously allowed us to "borrow" here and there. (You DID allow us, didn't you Pat? Pat? Oh, uh, Mr. Cogley, what are you doing here?)
This fanzine is different from most other 'zines in that most of them specialize in one character. But since each of the three editors has a different favorite, we decided to stick to STAR TREK'S format and not center on one character very much.
In the future, we would like to print interviews with various members of the cast and crew of STAR TREK. We will also have a letter column, articles about science fiction on television (including the animated STAR TREK, GENESIS II, and QUESTOR) and any news articles we can find concerning STAR TREK, any related activities, cast and crew, etc. This is of course in addition to the stories, poetry, and miscellaneous.
After reading this, our first issue, and noticing the same few names recurring, the average uniformed reader might get the impress that we would like a few more writers. Noticing the dearth of illos, that same reader might conclude that we could use an artist or two. Both conclusions are absolutely, unequivocally, and irrevocably wrong. We are DESPERATE for writers and artists. If YOU have a story, poem, puzzle, news article, or you're handy with a pen or brush, send your work in. If for one reason or another we can't use it, we'll submit it to another 'zine for you. So if you like the idea of seeing your name in print and eceive nothing but a free issue in return or even if you just have comments on "The Viewscreen," write [address in Glendora, California redacted].
I think it is only fair at this time to identify your friendly editorial triad. I am John Whiting and my fellow editors are Sue Brady and Keith Littlejohn. We are all a high school students, struggling to put out this issue in time for Equicon '74. We hope to see you there and hear from you soon. We also hope to be good enough to make a second effort at publishing this thing.
Peace and long life.
Contents
- Dedication (2)
- Viewscreen Views, an editorial (4)
- The Outpost, fiction by John Whiting (5)
- Animated Star Trek Review: Is It Really STAR TREK? by John Whiting (19)
- Anything Goes, puzzle by Sue Brady (22)
- Just One of Those Days, fiction by Sue Brady (23)
- Guess Who by Keith Littlejohn and John Whiting (27)
- Medical Log by Dr. Leonard McCoy (28)
- A Little Something Extra (29)
- Family Reunion by Pat Zotti (29)
- Edith Keeler, poem by Anonymous (32)
- Shoreleave Party, in dialogue using episode titles (33)
- Guess Who Answers (34)
- Enterprise Incidentals, news bits by Keith Littlejohn (35)
- The Twelve Days of Star Trek, filk by Bob Miller (38)
- Can I Quote You, contest (39)
- Fool Me Once, story by John Whiting (40)
- Scarborough Faire Revisited, filk by Kevin Riley (49)
Reactions and Reviews
A very nice first effort, nice hard covers, well put together, but with no illustrations and irregular printing — neatly typed, but hard to read.
The four stories were fair— not as well done as some I've read— but concise and interesting, especially the last one, "Fool Me Once..." by John Whiting, about a space battle between the Enterprise and a Romulan ship, and the partial capture of the Enterprise.
The zine also contains quotes, poems, and a couple of articles, including reviews of most of the animated Star Treks. [1]