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From: clements@cs.utexas.edu (Paul C. Clements)
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Subject: ST in Entertainment Weekly
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Date: 22 Jul 1992 19:58:11 GMT
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In the July 9th issue of Entertainment Week, there is:
 
(a) a full-page ad for STVI on laser disc
(b) ANOTHER full-page ad for STVI on laser disc, this one with some
    fairly clever ad copy written for it
(c) a full-page ad for ST:TNG trading cards, featuring a pretty nice
    picture of the Enterprise-D orbiting a red planet
(d) Review of the STVI laser disc (they liked it a lot; called Shatner and
    Plummer "two old hamosauruses" and said it featured lots of "in-your-face
    acting" by everyone, and said it did what Star Trek often does best:
    makes us feel like 13-year-olds.   They also said that moving it to
    small screen actually helped it in places, although the battle scenes
    naturally suffer somewhat)
(e) Review of the ST 25-year anniversary TV special that is now out on
    video tape (they hated it).
(f) Column about which ST is "cooler" - TOS or TNG.
 
pc
 
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From: landis@ltpsun.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Subject: Announcing Version 1.1 of the Star Trek-TNG Episode Guide stack
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         The Star Trek-TNG Episode Guide Version 1.1 is here.
     
The Star Trek:TNG Episode Guide stack (version 1.1) is now available for
anonymous FTP. This stack contains all of Timothy Lynch's plot synopses
for all of the episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, including all
of Season 5. It uses an Enterprise-stype interface to present the
information
to you. You can store information on your video tape collection here, scan
the episodes, and produce three different types of reports on groups of
episodes. It has been upgraded with some new features, many suggested by
the users themselves.
 
This is a HyperCard stack, which will operate only on an Apple Macintosh.
There is no version for any other computer. This stack requires HyperCard
2.1
to operate, and System 6.0.5 or higher.
     
This stack is now available from sumex-aim.stanford.edu (36.44.0.6) in the
/info-mac/card directory, named "star-trek-tng-episodes.hqx".
     
Have fun.
     
David Landis
landis@ltpsun.gsfc.nasa.gov

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From: Edward Chrzanowski MFCF <echrzano@math.waterloo.edu>
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Subject: City on the Edge of Forever book
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Date: 22 Jul 1992 20:09:11 GMT
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>I thought people might be interested in this...
>
>[Summarized from _The Westfield Newsletter_, October 1992]
>
>[_The Westfield Newsletter_ is an advance sheet for comic books and
>certain affiliated genres, and receives its information from news
>releases and distributor's catalogs. I do not represent Westfield,
>and am passing on this information purely in an informational
>capacity. The news item itself cannot be reprinted in full without
>permission.]
>
>
>Last year, Harlan Ellison finally agreed to the publication of his
>original version of the original Star Trek episode, _City on the
>Edge of Forever_, along with an essay detailing the conflict
>between Roddenberry and Ellison. After the death of Gene
>Roddenberry, Ellison was allowed to add previously-withheld
>documents. The novel also includes afterwords by Peter David,
>DeForest Kelley, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Walter Koenig,
>and others. The hardcover novel will list at $25.00 and is
>available from Borderland Press. A slipcased, limited edition
>signed by Ellison is also available from Borderland at $75.00
>(Note: The limited edition price may be inaccurate.)
 
Just some further information I found out about this book.
 
Title: City on the Edge of Forever
Publisher: Borderland Press, P.O. Box 32333, Baltimore, MD 21208, 
           Tel. (301) 484-9649, orders (800) 528-3310 (only in US)
ISBN: 1-880325-02-0
Available: October
 
I just finished talking to Tom Montilioni(sp?) and he mentioned that there
is going to be a special limited signed edition copy of this book priced
at $75.00US+$3.00US (shipping and handling charge).  He also mentioned that
it is a bit late in coming out because he is waiting for some stuff from Harlan
Ellison. There is only going to be 1000 copies issued of this special collectors

n.  He said that Harlan Ellison and the crew of the Enterprise will sign
the copies.
 
Tom mentioned, for those people in Canada, this book can be ordered from
Full Moon Books Brampton Ontario,  (416) 846-5036. Ask for Peter Griffin.
 
Note:  I am not affilated with either Borderland Press or Full Moon Books.
 
Edward Chrzanowski

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From: mears@hpinddf.cup.hp.com
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Subject: January launch seen for `Star Trek' spinoff
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Date: 22 Jul 1992 19:15:21 GMT
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The following are a few of the questions from the Celebrity Questions
section (By Stacy Jenel Smith, Tribune Media Services) of the Television
supplement to the San Jose Mercury News for the week of 5 - 11 July 1992.
 
        Q  When is the ``Star Trek:  The Next Generation'' spinoff
           series supposed to come on?  Please provide information as
           to plot, etc.  Also, is it true that the new series is going
           to replace ``Next Generation''?
 
        A  The ``Deep Space Nine'' spinoff series is supposed to debut
           in January.  It'll follow the adventures of a team of
           Starfleet officers on an alien space station that sits near
           a ``wormhole'' -- a shortcut to unexplored parts of the
           galaxy.  It'll include crossovers by ``Star Trek:  The Next
           Generation'' characters (Captain Picard is already lined up
           for the debut).  The lead character will reportedly be a
           single dad with a 12-year-old son.  Producers say it'll have
           more of an edge than ``ST:TNG'' -- surroundings will be dingy
           and run-sown; there'll be quarrels among officers.  As for
           the future of ``ST:TNG,'' don't expect it to last more than
           one or two seasons.  After next season, Paramount will have
           enough episodes to keep the show comfortably in syndication
           well into the next millennium.  No production costs means
           it's gravy time for the studio.
 
        ----
 
        Q  I'm certain a very young DeForest Kelley appeared in the
           late '40s in a movie entitled ``Fear in the Night.''  Is
           this wonderful film available on video?
 
        A  Kelley, best known as Dr. ``Bones'' McCoy in the ``Star Trek''
           series and films, did star in the 1947 ``Fear in the Night''
           with Paul Kelly and Ann Doran.  The chiller, about a man who
           commits murder while under hypnosis, is out on video.  If you
           can't find it, try a mail order company such as Movies
           Unlimited, (800) 523-0823.
 
        ----
 
        Q  Who is Genie Francis of ``General Hospital'' married to?  Is
           it Riker or Lt. Worf of ``Star Trek:  The Next Generation''?
 
        A  Francis is married to Jonathan Frakes, who plays Cmdr.
           William Riker on ``Star Trek:  The Next Generation.''
 
David B. Mears
Hewlett-Packard
Cupertino CA
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From: larry@world.std.com (Larry Appleman)
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Subject: Sirtis's Wedding in Nat'l Enquirer
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Date: 22 Jul 1992 19:56:22 GMT
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Summary: Headline, "No-show Whoopi leaves 'Star Trek' bride in tears"
Keywords: Marina Sirtis Troi Whoopi Goldberg Guinan wedding
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Here are some tidbits excerpted from this week's National Enquirer article
(p. 10) about Marina Sirtis's wedding.  The article is by David Perel, and
is accompanied by photographs of Whoopi Goldberg (a file photo); Sirtis and
groom Michael Lamper (a wedding pose); and LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, and
Patrick Stewart (looking like wedding guests, not Federation officers).

[Note - I'm accepting this against my better judgement.  When reading this
	as anything other than a source of amusement, please keep the source
	in mind - ed.]

The headline:  "No-show Whoopi leaves 'Star Trek' bride in tears."  Excerpts
from the article:
 
    "Star Trek" beauty Marina Sirtis was heartbroken and in tears when her good
 pal and co-star Whoopi Goldberg skipped her wedding to rock musician Michael
 Lamper.
    Whoopi was scheduled to help host the Los Angeles wedding and give a speech
 -- but only hours before the June 21 ceremony she phoned Marina and said she
 wasn't coming, confided a guest....
    ...
    Marina, 32 -- who plays sexy counselor Deanna Troi on 'Star Trek:  The Next
 Generation" -- was "embarrassed and sad about Whoopi's absence," said a close
 source.
    But it was Whoopi's loss.  The comic actress, who stars in the new hit
 film "Sister Act" and has a recurring role as Guinan on "Star Trek," missed
 one of the wackiest weddings ever!... 
    ["Wacky" details:  wedding photographer dropped camera, ruining photos;
 6-year-old flower girl (not identified) ran around in circles; Marina's
 wedding train was caught in doors; best man forgot rings.]
    ...
    Marina made it to the alter on the third try.  "But then the groom started
 to cry with emotion -- and the little flower girl became frightened and
 started screaming," said the guest.
    Most of the "Star Trek" cast was on hand including the captain, Patrick
 Stewart -- who beamed in from London.
    Said the guest:  "Despite the problems that plagued the day, Marina and her
 husband said it was the happiest of their lives."
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Larry Appleman                         P.O. Box 214, Cambridge B, Mass. 02140

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From: Art Mulder <art@cs.ualberta.ca>
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Subject: r.a.s.i submission
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Date: 22 Jul 1992 19:40:22 GMT
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This probably falls into the ``what a silly thing to post to r.a.s.i''
category, but heck, *someone* probably will be interested.
 
(feel free to due your moderatorial duties and chuck this one :-)
 
The July 1992 issue of MacWorld magazine has a picture of John
Delancie on pg 183.  The article commences on pg 182,  ``Home Office
How-To'' and contains no mention of DeLancie at all.
 
The text of the picture blurb reads something like:
  ``Acting is really a small independant business,'' says John
  Delancey [sic?], known for his portrayal of the villain Q on the
  ``Star Trek: The Next Generation'' series.  He uses a Macintosh Plus
  and a PowerBook 170 to manage his contracts and residual payments
  from his Hollywood home office.
 
The ``[sic?]'' in the preceding quote is mine, as I think they got his
name wrong.
 
The picture (a face close-up, showing a mac in the background) is
really quite a good one, with some interesting lighting.
 
...art
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// ...art mulder                       Department of Computing Science \\
\\ art@cs.ualberta.ca          University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada //
 
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From: trek-info@dweeb.fx.com (Jim Griffith - Moderator)
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Subject: Administrivia
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Date: 27 Jul 1992 22:09:16 GMT
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OK, I'll try to be a bit more civil about this one.  Yet again, I'm beginning
to be besieged with inappropriate mail.  If you're one of those people who
were instrumental in creating this group, then you probably don't need to
read this.  Otherwise, read on, and when you're done, forward this to anyone
to whom you may forward r.a.s.i. articles.

When you post an article to r.a.s.i., it does *not* automatically become
readable by everyone and their brother.  It gets mailed to me.  I don't care
what your local site may do, or how your major gateway may handle it.  By and
large, all that happens is that it gets mailed to me.  I then read it and
determine if it is suitable for posting (based primarily upon guidelines
established and concerns voiced during the group's creation).  If it is
suitable, I post it, and everyone in the Four Corners of the world can then
read it.  Regardless, I attempt to send mail to the poster, informing him or
her of my decision.  There are two standard replies:

	'This is unacceptable for r.a.s.i.  I'd suggest posting it to
	 r.a.s.m.'

	'This is acceptable.  Thanks.'

If it's a borderline case, I may personalize the note a bit.

If you receive mail like this, it is *not* mail from an outraged r.a.s.i.
reader who is chastising you for inappropriate net.behavior.  It is a
message from the moderator to the submitter.  There is no reason for going
off half-cocked and sending back a response saying "well, excuse me for
not understanding how this system works, and who appointed you God anyways?"
If you're not sure what you're doing when you use USENET, then for God's
sake, ask the person who introduced you to USENET before you go wasting the
time of either a moderator or the general readership.

Perhaps I might choose a different rejection message, but any message I come
up with has the potential for being misunderstood when read by someune
unfamiliar with USENET mechanisms.  I don't fault those who are ignorant
(although careless use of a resource isn't that wonderful either) - I fault
those nitwits who are running around saying to all of their friends "hey,
try this, isn't it neat?" without spending a minimum amount of time to
describe how the system works.

			Jim
			Whose finger is sore from cutting and pasting...

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From: cshjw@pyr.swan.ac.uk (Hywel Williams)
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Date: 27 Jul 92 21:30:25 GMT
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This is the latest information regarding Star Trek in the UK:
 
I called the BBC yesterday and they told my that they no longer have the rights
to Star Trek: The Next Generation in the UK.  These rights have been bought by
Sky Television for 1992 - 1994.  This means that there will be no TNG on BBC
until at least 1994 :-(
 
The BBC told me that they intend to start showing ST:TOS in October :-)  No 
more information was available about which episodes would be shown or the 
exact start dates.
 
I then called Sky who told me that they intend to start showing ST:TNG in
September/October of this year.  Details are still sketchy but it is likely
that they will start at the beginning of Season 1, showing 5 nights a week
Monday - Friday.  They will be broadcasted in Stereo and will not have the
"violent" bits cut out a la BBC. The only episode not to be shown will be 
The High Ground (for the same reasons as the BBC refused to show it).
 
It's unclear whether Sky will continue straight through to Season 5 (They now
own the rights for these episodes so I think it's likely they may)
 
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From: mears@hpinddf.cup.hp.com
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Subject: Star treks
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:00:25 GMT
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The following is some information I found in the 5 July 1992 edition of
WEST magazine.  (WEST is a Sunday supplement of the San Jose Mercury
News.)  The info is in a section which used to contain mini-interviews,
but now appears to just contain various Hollywood news items.
 
                Star treks
 
        For someone who was going nowhere only a couple of years ago,
        Whoopi Goldberg is living proof of the maxim that nothing
        succeeds like success.  All it took was ``Ghost,'' and the
        consequent Oscar, to make her one of the busiest people around.
        This summer's ``Sister Act'' will be followed this fall by
        ``Sarafina,'' the film in which whe plays a South African
        schoolteacher battling apartheid.  And she'll also be doing a
        syndicated talk show, with a guest lineup that, the AP reports,
        already includes Robert De Niro, Danny Glover, Sting and, most
        interestingly, Spike Lee, with whom Whoopi has feuded in the
        past.  Meanwhile, Interview found Goldberg in a philosophical
        mood:  ``I believe if I had not become an actor, I'd probably
        be in some . . . institution somewhere.  Having really good
        days where `Caryn Johnson' lives, and there'd be `Whoopi
        Goldberg' days, and then there'd be `Fontaine' days.  And then
        sometimes they'd interchange with Caryn -- which is who I really
        am, because Whoopi Goldberg is a character.  There is no Whoopi
        Goldberg; she's a persona in people's minds.  . . . Like shamans
        go on these vision quests to find the plane they're living on --
        that's what we do.  We are time travelers, actors are.''
 
                Career moves
 
        . . .  On his vacation from the Starship Enterprise, Patrick
        Stewart is filming a Western in Puerto Vallarta.
 
David B. Mears
Hewlett-Packard
Cupertino CA
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From: cgregory@ziggy.cs.uiuc.edu (Christine Gregory)
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Subject: Hallmark 1992 Christmas Ornaments
Date: 22 Jul 92 19:42:58 GMT
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Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but I hadn't seen anything
about it...
 
About a week or so ago, hubby and I were in a local mall, and saw that
the Hallmark stores were already putting up their Christmas ornament
displays (in June!).  We didn't see any ST ornaments, but asked the
salesclerk anyway out of curiousity.  We found out that there will
be a startrek ornament for '92, and there was already a waiting list. (!)
 
Specs:
 
        It will be the Galileo Shuttlecraft.
        It will have sound:  Spock's voice saying
                "Peace to the people of Earth" or something to that
                 effect.  (Not sure of the exact wording).
        There was no picture of it available, yet.
 
Happy Holidays!  :-P
 
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