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The Thunder Child: Star Trek Sourcebook
Star Trek's fan magazines
by Edogawa Ranpo


Star Trek 74 (1974)
40 pages
Published by SFCA.
Contents

  • Koenig on Star Trek, by Walter Koenig
  • William Shatner: Mister Versatility, by Steve Jacques (from Fighting Stars magazine)
  • Star Trek's Real Star (Mr. Spock), by Jimmy Thornton James Van Hise
  • An Evening With Leonard Nimoy, by James Van Hise
  • Starship Chronicles (Menagerie photos)
  • TV Guide Blurbs collection
  • Star Trek: The Way it Was - brief actor bios from the Paramount Studios advertisement packet
  • Star Trek bloopers
  • 5 pgs of advertisements
  • New Series Pits 400-Man Craft against Space: Sept 3, 1966 TV Guide article, by Charles Witbeck
  • Star Trek, by James Van Hise


  • Logically Star Trek #1, Winter Issue (1975)
    Contents

  • A Word of greeting, by Dean Gerrold
  • Genesis, by Allan Evans
  • Vulcan physiology, by David Back
  • The Federation Chronicles, by Kelly McClure (fiction)
  • The Youngest Trekkie, by Kathy Connelly
  • Rescue, by Dean Gerrold (Fiction)
  • Word Search puzzle
  • Contents of Next issue


  • A Piece of the Action #36
    March 1976. 14 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Helen Young
    Contents

  • Movie news. (Production date set: July 15)
  • Tomorrow Show Spotlights Star Trek, hosted by Tom Snyder
  • News of the Stars
  • New Products
  • Star Trek reruns on TV
  • Space: 1999
  • Gene Roddenberry Lecture Tours
  • Con notes: Before and after
  • Planetary publicity
  • STW newsclipping service
  • STW Directory of Star Trek organizations


  • A Piece of the Action #37
    April 1976. 12 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Virginia Walker
    Contents

  • News of the stars: Leonard Nimoy as Sherlock Holmes, etc.
  • Con Farr: Before and After
  • Being a volunteer worker
  • Yellow Page updates
  • Personnel updates
  • Computing, Dear, by Cheree Townsend Cargill - quiz
  • Trekkers vs Trekkie, by Terry Whittier
  • News of Note
  • Planetary Publicity


  • A Piece of the Action #38
    May 1976. 14 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Helen Young
    Contents

  • Revival news: Filming for Star Trek Movie pushed back to late Aug or September
  • News of the Stars: Gene Roddenbery's lecture tour and more
  • Profile: Grace Lee Whitney, by Bonnie Chardene
  • New Products
  • Book Announcements
  • Computing, Dear, by Cherry Cargill. Quiz
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek: ST mentioned in various media
  • Con Notes
  • Fandom at Random
  • STW Directory Announcements
  • The Publisher's Page
  • STW Needs fan support, by Helen Young
  • Ads


  • A Piece of the Action #39
    June 1976. 14 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Virginia Walker
    Contents

  • News of the stars: Nichelle Nichols is the model figure for the heroine of a Gothic novel, and more
  • Con Farr: Before and After
  • One Small Step, One Giant step: US Air Force Plant #42: Space shuttle Enterprise
  • A Piece of the Action Reference Index
  • Updats: Yellow Pages, Personnel
  • Patterns of Publicity


  • A Piece of the Action #40
    July 1976. 10 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Helen Young
    Contents

  • Book announcements: Spock Messiah and more
  • New Products
  • Dear Grace Lee (advice column, Grace Lee Whitney
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek
  • A Fan's handy guide to STW services (officers and their home addresses
  • Con Notes: Before and After
  • Fandom at Random
  • The STW page


  • A Piece of the Action #41
    August 1976. 10 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Helen Young, Karolyn Poppovich, Kathe Donnelly
    Contents

  • News of the Stars: William Shatner on The 20,000 Pyramid and more
  • Revival news
  • Book announcementd: Letters to Star Trek and more
  • Announcement: The New Trek Times
  • Dear Grace Lee
  • Fandom at Random
  • Con Notes Before and After
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek
  • The STW Page
  • Patterns of Publicity


  • A Piece of the Action #42
    September 1976. 12 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Helen Young
    Contents

  • News of the Stars: Gene Roddenberry's forthcoming record Inside Star Trek and more
  • Revival News
  • Ad for The Star Trek Concordance
  • Dear Grace Lee
  • One Small Step, One Giant Step: Space shuttle news
  • Ad for new zine Spectrum
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek
  • Con notes Before and Actor
  • The WSA Program
  • Patterns of Publicity
  • The STW Page
  • Quote of the Month


  • A Piece of the Action #43
    October 1976. 12 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Helen Young
    Contents

  • News of the Stars: Gene Roddenberry testifies during House Communications Subcommittee hearings about television's family hour, and more
  • Revival News: Star Trek movie will begin filming in 1977 and more
  • Con Notes before and after
  • Help needed from William Theiss to start a costume research library
  • Dear Grace Lee
  • Donations
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek
  • Quote of the month
  • Fandon at Random
  • Book announcements: Roddenberry has signed a contract to do an ST novel and more
  • Directory Notice


  • A Piece of the Action #45
    December 1976. 10 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Sharon Ferraro
    Contents

  • Revival news
  • News of the stars: 3500 people attend Gene Roddenberry's lecture in Cincinnatti, Ohio, and more
  • Dear Grace Lee
  • Book Announcements: Bantam to publish Roddenberry's version of the Star Trek movie that Paramount turned down, and more
  • New products: Dr. Pepper to bring out Star Trek glasses and more
  • Computing, Dear: quiz and questions by Cheree Cargill & Joan Verba
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek
  • Fandom at Random
  • From the Editor


  • A Piece of the Action #46
    January 1977. 10 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Laura R. Virgil
    Contents

  • Revival news
  • Tribute to Trek Power, by Helen Young
  • News of the Stars:Gene Roddenberry's Spectre scheduled to be shown on NBC next spring (filming yet to begin), and more
  • Quote of the montrh
  • Dear Grace Lee
  • New STW Mail room
  • A salute to Shirley Maiewski, by Helen Young
  • Donations
  • New products: AMT has model kits for Enterprise, Romuland and Klingon ships, and more
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek
  • Fandom at Random
  • Book announcements: Doubleday has snapped up Joan Winston's latest book: The Making of the Trek Conventions, and more
  • Con notes before and after


  • A Piece of the Action #47
    February 1977. 10 pgs.
    Star Trek Welcomittee's Monthly Report
    Editor: Kathe Donnelly, Karolyn Popovich
    Contents

  • News of the Stars: Gene Roddenberry is doing a film for Paul McCartney, and more
  • Revival news
  • Book Announcements: Susan SAckett's Letters to Star Trek, and more
  • The Ubiquitous Star Trek
  • Happy 4th anniversary of the Star Trek Welcommittee's A Piece of the Action
  • Dear Grace Lee
  • Con nots before and after
  • Fandom at Random
  • New products
  • Patterns at Random
  • Star Trek Goes to the White House, by Jean Stevenson - space shuttle news
  • My husband...attend! Fiction ad
  • Donations


  • Inside Star Trek #1
    July 1968, 12 pages
    edited by Ruth Berman, illustrations
    by Rae Ladore (cover), Alicia Austin
    (Last Gunfight), and Gilbert Draper (Vulcan Pendant)
    Contents

  • Back to Space, by Ruth Berman
  • Remarks to Television Editors (Century Plaza Hotel - June 22, 1968)-- by Gene Roddenberry
  • Beaming Up: William Shatner
  • Behind the Camera: John Dwyer-- by Dorothy Fontana
  • Vulcan Pendent
  • Announcement: The Making of Star Trek
  • It's A Small Galaxy
  • Terran Activities
  • Just Ask

    THANKS TO ROB TAMBINI for providing the cover and table of contents!


  • Inside Star Trek #8
    1969? 8 pgs.
    Star Trek Enterprises
    Editor: Ruth Berman
    Contents

  • Terran Activities: fan clubs, actors' news
  • Just Ask - questions about the show
  • Beaming up: George Takeii, interviewed by Ruth Berman
  • Special Bonus Offer: ad for actual shooting schedules from Star Trek episodes
  • Ad for film clip frames (to be mounted in slide mounts)


  • Inside Star Trek #9
    1969? 8 pgs.
    Star Trek Enterprises
    Editor: Ruth Berman
    Contents

  • Just Ask
  • Behind the Camera: Charles Washburn, assistant director interview by ?
  • Terran activities


  • Inside Star Trek #10
    1969? 8 pgs.
    Star Trek Enterprises
    Ruth Berman
    Contents

  • Just Ask
  • Behind the Camera: Interview with Richard Laphan, music editor


  • Inside Star Trek #11
    1969? 8 pgs.
    Star Trek Enterprises
    Editor: Ruth Berman
    Contents

  • Just Ask
  • Where It's At, by Kay Anderson - the ST soundstage
  • Crossword puzzle
  • Yes, Star Trek has been cancelled


  • Inside Star Trek #12
    1969?. 8 pgs.
    Star Trek Enterprises
    Editor: Ruth Berman
    Contents

  • Beaming Up: George Merhoff, Star Trek's gaffer
  • Planets built to order, articel on Walter "Matt" Jeffries
  • International crew of the Enterprise
  • Spock goes to Paris, by R. Dyan (Nimoy as Paris on Mission Impossible)


  • Star Trektennial #16
    1976. 8 pgs.
    Lincoln Enterprises
    Editor: Susan Sackett
    Contents

  • Questions and Letters
  • Tribblings (Comic strip featuring tribbles)
  • Penpals
  • Contest Page
  • Fan drawings
  • One to beam up: Grace Lee Whitney
  • Star Treks: Actors news (Roddenberry's record "Inside Star Trek" and more)


  • Star Trektennial #17
    Sept-Oct 1976. 8 pgs.
    Lincoln Enterprises
    Editor: Susan Sackett
    Contents

  • Questions and Letters
  • Movie Writer's Set: Popular 'Star Trek' series spawns multi-million dollar Paramount feature version: reprint from Variety, August 11, 1976
  • Penpals
  • Inside Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry recording "Inside Star Trek"
  • Contest page
  • One to beam up: Bill Theiss
  • Star Treks: Actors news (William Shatner finished filming an episode of Columbo and more)

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    Star Trektennial #18
    Sept-Oct 1976. 8 pgs.
    Lincoln Enterprises
    Editor: Susan Sackett

    Contents

  • Phil Kaufman signed to direct movie
  • Penpals
  • Tribblings
  • Contest page
  • Star Trek poetry
  • One to Beam Up: Majel Barrett
  • Letters and Questions
  • Star Treks: William Shatner's college lecture tour and more


  • Star Trektennial #20
    Mar-Apr 1977. 12 pgs.
    Lincoln Enterprises
    Editor: Susan Sackett
    Contents

  • Letters and Questions
  • One to Beam Up: Jerri Isenberg interview
  • Tribblings
  • Contest of the month
  • Gene Roddenberry plans new productions (Spectre)
  • Penpals
  • Star Treks: Williams Shatner received a Grammy nmination for Best Spoken Word recording for Asimov's Foundation, and more.


  • Star Trektennial #21
    May-June 1977. 16 pgs.
    Lincoln Enterprises
    Editor: Susan Sackett
    Contents

  • Questions
  • The Movie
  • Penpals
  • Spectre (7 pages)
  • Contest page
  • One to beam up: Phil Kaufman (the original director of Star Trek: The Motion Picture [before Robert Wise]
  • Star Treks: William Shatner will be releasing a two-record album set of his campus lecture appearances, and more.


  • Star Trektennial #23
    Sep-Oct 1977. 8 pgs.
    Lincoln Enterprises
    Editor: Susan Sackett
    Contents

  • Letters & Questions
  • One to Beam Up: Interview with Gene Roddenberry by Susan Sackett
  • Penpals
  • Contest page
  • Editor's log - buyer warning for the Godbar Company Ltd, who were gypping clients trying to buy Star Trek merchandise
  • Star Treks: All of the actors from Star Trek (except Leonard Nimoy) are prepareing for their roles in the return of Star Trek as a telelvision series, and more.


  • Star Trektennial #24
    Nov-Dec 1977. 8 pgs.
    Lincoln Enterprises
    Editor: Susan Sackett
    Contents

  • Letters & Questions
  • Star Trek II - Star Trek is supposed to be returning as a two hour movie and then a TV series...
  • One to Beam Up: Gene Roddenberry interviewed by Susan Sackett
  • Penpals
  • Contest page
  • Cartoons
  • Editor's Log: Susan Sackett resigns as editor, Virginia Yable is to take over with the next issue.
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