Woman, Warrior, Wife

Zine
Title:	Woman, Warrior, Wife
Publisher:	Sheila Willis and Theresa Renner
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Date(s):	July 1981
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Medium:	print zine
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Fandom:	Star Trek: TOS
Language:	English
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front cover, Erin Jahr-Strom

Woman, Warrior, Wife is a gen 110-page anthology dedicated to Nichelle Nichols.

It has art by T.J. Burnside, Erin Jahr-Strom, Mary Stacy-MacDonald, Brian McKissick, Rene Steiner, and Winston A. Howlett.

back cover

Contents

• Sheila's Notes (5)
• Dear Diary, fiction by Gail Pittaway (a Sarek and Amanda story) (7)
• Reluctant Freedom, song by Gail Pittaway, Sheila Willis (26)
• The Time of Weaning, story by Winston Howlett (27)
• Fault, poem by Sheila Willis (32)
• Don't Cry Anymore, It Wasn't Your Fault by Sheila Willis (34)
• The Last Lesson, story by Theresa Renner (52)
• From the Last Kalihari Warrior by Sheila Willis (vignettes, first of a series of stories depicting Uhura's life from birth to death) (60)
• Trilogy, poem by Sheila Willis (64)
• Phantom Rider, song by Erin Jahr-Strom (67)
• A Hard Place, fiction by Margaret Clark (69)
• Fathers, Daughters, and Other Mythical Persona, poem by Sheila Willis (89)
• Winter of the Falcon, fiction by Sheila Willis (a Mirror, Mirror story) (90)
• With Pen in Hand (104)
  • Dear Captain Decker by Theresa Renner (105)
  • Dear Doctor McCoy by Theresa Renner (108)
  • My Friend by Gail Pittaway (109)

Sample Interior

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  Mary Stacy-MacDonald

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  Winston Howlett

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  Erin Jahr-Strom

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  Brian McKissick

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  T.J. Burnside

Reactions and Reviews

Spiral bound, generously sprinkled throughout with lovely calligraphy by Allyson Whitfield, W3 is a very attractive zine with nary a typo to be seen. It is an Uhura zine, with a second emphasis on women in general. Gail Pittaway's "Dear Diary" is an engrossing Sarek/Amanda story in diary form. It keeps the reader's attention throughout, but it is marred by some incongruous 20th century slang and anachronisms. "Don't Cry Anymore, It Wasn't Your Fault," by Sheila Willis, is a Kirk/Uhura story concerning an alien entry that accidentally kills a colony and puts Uhura into a coma. The story's contrasting reality and dream sequences are striking. I felt the the author exaggerated Kirk's penchant for guilt and self-recrimination, but many others would disagree; a fascinating story, nonetheless. "From the Last Kalihari Warrior," by Sheila Willis, is a series of vignettes that is part of a larger series begun in thish. It will trace Uhura's life from birth to death, and it shows great promise. "A Hard Place," by Margaret Clark, is a nice old-fashioned Trek story, made even more interesting by Uhura's demands to Kirk that she be included on more landing parties. "Winter of the Falcons," by Sheila Willis, is the first ' part of what promises to be a fascinating series. It is a Trek adaptation of the play, THE LION IN WINTER, Set in. the "Mirror, Mirror" universe, and is incredibly ingenious! Even if you've never read/seen the play or the film, it's still a very good read. Kirk is terrifically diabolical as Admiral Kirk, Empire representative sent to a conference attended by the Klingon Federation and the Romulan Coalition (whose representative is the expatriate Spock, conmanding his own Romulan vessel) and also by Kirk's tough and estranged wife, Captain Uhura. The purpose of the conference is to decide who gets the strategically desirable planet, Ontig. "Winter of the Falcons" contains a bevy of colorful characters that will delight any reader. This alone is well worth the reasonable price of the zine, but you'll have to buy a few more issues to get to the end. Most of these stories, particularly the ones by Sheila Willis, are intelligent, well-thought-out efforts. Artists gracing these stories include T.J. Burnside, Erin Jahr-Strom, Mary Stacy-MacDonald, Brian McKissick, Rene Steiner, and Winston A. Howlett. Several poems round out the issue. Highly recommended.

Each of these stories show Women in the Federation. How they belong not only as women out as fully active officers in the starship environment. 'Dear Diary - Amanda's courtship by Sarek or is it? Maybe Sarek was ensnared? Perhaps - but the diary entries reflect its author. Amanda. "The Time Of The Weaning" - Uhura's dragon dream because of Sulu and his fantasies. "From The Last Kalihari Warrior" - short excerpts from Uhura s early life, "The Last Lesson' and 'Don t Cry Anymore" are short stories featuring the Enterprise crew in surprising ways - Jim being guilty for once. "A Hard Place", not a nice story but interesting all the same. The hard place is the learning place. "The Last Lesson" is also not very nice with its ending but it could happen to any Starfleet Officer. They all face that danger on any planet. 'Winter Of The Falcons' a Trek A/U story based on "The Lion In Winter" with Kirk, as Henry and Speck as Philip. Uhura is just as devious as Eleanore. Sheila has used Henry Plantagenet as a role model very well, Placing him in this position of supreme power of Lord Admiral Dictorius who always wins. Just how this will come about I cannot say as this is only part one and part two is in another issue. These various stories are well written and all the characters are true with one exception. Amanda, I feel, does not use certain words. This is the only real fault I found in this particular issue. Except perhaps more care could be taken so the beautiful calligraphy could be read easily.