The Vulcanian Chronicle
| Zine | |
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| Title: | The Vulcanian Chronicle |
| Publisher: | out of Washington D.C. |
| Editor(s): | Kelley Wickham ("regional editors" were Mel Frame, Sher Bochenek) |
| Date(s): | 1976-? |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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The Vulcanian Chronicle is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology. It has at least three issues.
Issue 1
The Vulcanian Chronicle 1 was published in 1976 and is 11 pages long.
Writers: Kelley Wickham, Sher Bochenek, Mel Frame, Paula Lyons, T'Pree, T'Dessa, Sandi Necci, Pegge George, Lissa Greenberg, Jgene Allen, Shirley Franklin, Denise Rodgers, Jeanne Powers, Betsy Rodgers, Hermann Hesse, David Curtis Pearson, and Stephen O'Neil
Artists: Peggy George, Troy Axtens, Pam Baddeley, Debbie Smith, Bobbi-Ann Honeysette, and David Everett.
From the editorial:
Shaturas [Vulcan for "greetings", hereafter written as a single glyph]. to all, and welcome to our zine! As the editors of this compilation, we extend our wishes for enjoyment, challenge and reaction to this creation of ours. We hope that you will inform us of your objections, of likes, of ideas you've always wanted to see happen - our publication is only as good as the material we receive, our purpose that of reflecting you. Next issue, we'll try to have a page of your comments.
But who are we? Our editorial staff consists of three demented souls, each of whom recently wrote a paragraph describing herself, in order to introduce herself to you readers.
Kelley Wickham, the besieged editor-in-chief of this thing, is generally on the receiving end of all manner of short jokes, simply because people seem to think 5 foot 2 is somewhat on the small side... (Harlan would understand.) She enjoys unicorns, dragons, and similar strange creatures, which could explain her getting into this at all. Reading sf and fantasy is a major interest, as well as listening to and playing medieval music on recorder, in between Beethoven, piano and guitar. She sketches when the opportunity arises, as well as practicing her Vulcan script and studying the wisdom of Vulcan's sages. On the aforementioned planet, she is known as T'Dessa Lashted'oi. (Moon Woman. Daughter of the Wind.) (Symbols after summaries are Vulcan names, in Vulcan script.)
A 17 year old Sagittarius, Sher Bochenek's interests include wilderness camping, biking and crafts. A radical feminist, T'Pree (as her Vul can associates know her - Night Sand) admits to a passion for Spook. She spends much of her time writing Paramount and talking to herself, and loves ice cream and Hrlan Ellison. A movie buff, Sher's life ambition is to someday dance with Gene Kelly. (Ed. note - T'Pree has also recently acquired a fondness for a certain ape of Scottish heritage, and has been known to keep a full-size knight-in-shining-armor in her room.)
A Romulan-Hobbit, Mel Frame (known to others of her race as Leeia) is a recent escapee of Elba Two. She professes an undying love for all males in general, especially those with pointed ears. Secretly, she wants to become a sf writer. Unfortunately, her keepers try to keep her away from a typer. She also specializes in "short jokes" and has an infectious sense of humor. (Ed. note - No known antidote has been found, but we'll let you know.) Leeia is perhaps best known for her immortal utterance when she was rescued by the Big E; "Kirk, huh? What a stoonid name! Must be some sort of attention-getting device!" A frequent artist, Leeia is now kept at Father Frame's Home for the Terminally Misunderstood.
Well, folks, there you have us — we never promised sanity, you understand! But read on, we pray you! Perhaps our writers can offer something new...)
- Introduction to staff (1)
- Maiden Wines, poems by Paula Lyons, Sandi Necchi, T'Pree, T'dessa, Peggy George (2)
- All Shall Come to Pass, fiction by "T'Pree" (3)
- Short Story, fiction by Amy Chase (4)
- Accommodation, fiction by Jgene Allan (5)
- Dawn, poem by Shirley Franklin (5)
- Eternal, poem by Denise Rogers (6)
- Vulcan, short article about some Earth mythology by Bernice Surovec (6)
- Vulcan Mother's Lullaby, poem by Sandi Necchi (6)
- We Are Not Alone, article by Betsy Rodgers ("first of a series of articles postulating the existence of a certain planet and race.") (7)
- Misery Is, vignette by Jeanne Powers ("Misery Is... going to a con an finding you forgot your camera film. You find a shop, buy four rolls of film, all the wrong size... and then discover it doesn't matter because you also forgot your camera. Misery Is... going to NY for a ST con and discovering that was last week... this week is an accounting convention.") (7)
- Bestiary, art (8)
- Project: Star Trek by Stephen Langford (9)
- Muggs Presents Sehlat Training, article by David Curtis Pearson (10)
- A Brief Analysis of the Romulans by Stephen O'Neil (11)
from issue #1, note the glyphs
from issue #1, about Project "STAR TREK", artist is David Everett
from issue #1, artist is Melody Frame
from issue #1, artist is Melody Frame
Issue 2
The Vulcanian Chronicle 2 was published after 1977.
Issue 3
The Vulcanian Chronicle 3