Fleet

Fleet is subtitled, "The Newszine for Starfleet Command." It began as a Star Trek: TOS newsletter containing fiction, art and news and later branched out into a science fiction multimedia content (mainly Star Wars).
This zine series is the successor to Starbase Ten.
The series contains the long-running, and often maligned, serial "Dreadnought Incidents."
It is likely that the scathing letter in issue #25, along with the end of the seemingly disliked long-running serial (The Dreadnought Incidents), combined with a lack of focus coupled with a general weariness in trying to drum up content led to issue #26 being the last in the series.
==General Fan Comments==
==A Fan's Scathing Letter of Comment==
In the second to the last issue, a fan (M. David Johnson) wrote a detailed and highly critical letter of comment:
The editor of the zine replied:
==Issue 1==
Fleet 1
==Issue 2==
Fleet 2
==Issue 3==
Fleet 3
==Issue 4==
Fleet 4
==Issue 5==
Fleet 5
==Issue 6==
Fleet 6 was published October 1976.
==Issue 7==
Fleet 7 was published January 1977 and contains 21 pages. The front cover is by Dean Calin. The interior artwork is by Dean Calin and Bill Eubank. The editor was Rudy Linke, art director was Dean Calin, and the layout director was Karen B.
*Editorial by Dean Calin (1)
*Night Searcher, fiction by James Colton (2)
*Science Notes by M. David Johnson. (4)
* The Specter, fiction by Beverly C. Zuk (5)
*Artwork by Bill Eubank (13)
*Trivia by Karen B (15)
*Death of the Belvedere, poem M. David Johnson (16)
*Incident at Cruxus, (part three of six), fiction by M. David Johnson (17)
File:Fleet7-1.jpg|from issue #7, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet7-2.jpg|from issue #7, Dean Calin
File:Fleet7-3.jpg|from issue #7, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet7-4.jpg|from issue #7, Dean Calin
==Issue 8==
Fleet 8 was published February 1977 and contains 20 pages. The front cover is by Bill Eubank. The interior artwork is by Dean Calin and Bill Eubank. The editor was Rudy Linke, art director was Dean Calin, and the layout director was Karen B.
*Guest Editorial (2)
*Incident at Cruxus (part four of six), fiction by M. David Johnson (4)
*book review of Imperial Earth by Arthur C. Clarke, review by Karen B (8)
*Science Notes by M. David Johnson P.E. (9)
* The Spectre, fiction by Beverly Zuk (10)
*Trivia by Karen B (20)
File:Fleet8-1.jpg|from issue #8, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet8-2.jpg|from issue #8, Bill Eubank
==Issue 9==
Fleet 9 was published in March 1977.
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part 1) by Al Witkins
*other unknown content
==Issue 10==
Fleet 10 was published in April 1977.
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part 2) by Al Witkins
*a comic strip titled "Spock is Gay!"
*other unknown content
File:Fleet10.jpg|cover of issue #10 by Bill Eubank
==Issue 11==
Fleet 11 was published in May 1977 and contains 20 pages. The interior artwork is by Dean Calin and Bill Eubank. The editor was Rudy Linke, art director was Dean Calin, and the layout director was Karen B.
*Editorial by Dean Calin (1)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part 3) by Al Witkins (2)
*Wizards: A Tale of Sword and Sorcery in the Year 2,000, 000 A.D. (movie by Bakshi), a review by Joanne Papin (10)
*a review of the zine Pegasus by Sandy Sietmann, see that page (13)
*Spock, the Best of Two Worlds, article by Noreen Sulski (14)
*Treknology by Dean Calin (17)
* Ads for "The New Fantasy Shop" and "Uncle Dennis's T-Shirts," two stores in Chicago (19)
*Trivia by Karen B (2)
File:Fleet11-1.jpg|from issue #11, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet11-2.jpg|from issue #11, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet11-3.jpg|from issue #11, Dean Calin, image from the movie Wizards
==Issue 12==
Fleet 12 was published in June 1977 and contains 22 pages. The interior artwork is by Dean Calin and Bill Eubank. The editor was Rudy Linke, art director was Dean Calin, and the layout director was Karen B.
From the open letter by Richard Curth: 
*Editorial (1)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (parts four and five), fiction by Al Watkins (2)
*a review by Sandra Sietmann of The Climb, see that page (16)
*an analysis by Karen B of Star Wars (17)
*Trekology, article by Dean Calin and Karen B (19)
*An Open Letter to the Readers of FLEET by Richard Curth (21)
*Trivia by Karen B (22)
File:Fleet12-1.jpg|from issue #12, the "editorial" (unclear if this "note" was the entire editorial, or leftover from the editing process
File:Fleet12-2.jpg|from issue #12, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet12-3.jpg|from issue #12, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet12-4.jpg|from issue #12, Dean Calin
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 12==
==Issue 13==
Fleet 13 was published in July 1977 and contains 20 pages. The front cover is by Bill Eubank. The interior artwork is by Dean Calin and Bill Eubank. The editor was Rudy Linke, art director was Dean Calin, and the layout director was Karen B.
*Editorial (1)
*Luck, original science fiction by Rich Curth (2)
*review by Rich Curth of the book The Price of the Phoenix , see that page (6)
*review by Sandra Sietmann of the zine R & R #3, see that page (8)
* The Dreadnought Incidents, (part six), fiction by Al Watkins (9)
*Poem of a Dream by Linda Moore (14)
*Want Ads (humor) compiled by Rich Curth and Rodger Gondor (15)
*Letter of Comment by Mary Kay Willey (16)
*More "Letters to FLEET" (cartoon) (18)
*Trivia by Karen B (20)
File:Fleet13-1.jpg|from issue #13, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet13-2.jpg|from issue #13, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet13-3.jpg|from issue #13, Bill Eubank
==Issue 14==
Fleet 14 was published in August 1977, contains 20 pages, and has a Tuscan Raider cover.
File:Fleet14.jpg|cover of issue #14 by Bill Eubank
==Issue 15==
Fleet 15 was published in September 1977, contains 39 pages, and is an all-art issue with art by Bill Eubank, Paulie Gilmore, Joyce Dvorak, Michael Goodman, Mark Peters, Scott Sodaro, and Jeanette Spacone.
*Introduction by Dean Calin (2)
* Han by Dean Calin (3)
*Attack on the Suleiman by Dean Calin (5)
*from Amok Tim by by Joyce Dvorak (7)
*Captain Pike by Bill Eubank (9)
*Kirk by Bill Eucank (11)
*Do You Remember When... by Scott Sodaro, Bill Eubank (13)
*Hector, D'Wan & Pailuen by Paulie Gilmore (15)
*Aren't you a little bit short for a .... by Michael Goodman (17)
*M'Ress by Mark Peters (17)
* Kor & Mugatu by Bill Eubank (17)
*Sulu & Chekov by Bill Eubank (19)
* The Menagerie Castle by Scott Sodaro (21)
*McCoy, Scott, Sulu, Chekov & Kirk by Bill Eubank (23)
*Three Views of Spock by Bill Eubank (25)
* The Aircab from "Incident at Curxus" (fanfic in previous issues) by Dean Calin (27)
*Thelev & Kirk by Bill Eubank (27)
*Gav, Lal & the Keeper by Bill Eubank (29)
*C3Po & R2D2 by Bill Eubank (31)
*A Picture by Jeanette Pacone (33)
*Kirk's I.D. Chart by Bill Eubank (33)
*Luke & Han by Paulie Gilmore (35)
* The Princess & the Wookie [sic] by Paulie Gilmore (37)
*Greetings from the Parody by Paulie Gilmore 939)
File:Fleet15inside.jpg|from issue #15, Dean Carlin
File:Fleet15inside2.jpg|from issue #15, Joyce Dvorak
File:Fleet15inside3.jpg|from issue #15, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet15inside4.jpg|from issue #15, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet15inside5.jpg|from issue #15, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet15inside6.jpg|from issue #15, Mark Goodman and Mark Peters
File:Fleet15inside7.jpg|from issue #15, Scott Sodaro
File:Fleet15inside8.jpg|from issue #15, Dean Carlin
File:Fleet15inside9.jpg|from issue #15, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet15inside10.jpg|from issue #15, Paulie Gilmore
==Issue 16==
Fleet 16 was published in October 1977 and contains 29 pages. The editor is Rudy Linke, art director is Dean Calin, typing by Karen B, typesetting by Jeanie Dziekan, layout by Dean Calin and March Lupescu. The art is by Dean Calin, Marc Lupescu, Cohman Markel, Bill Eubank, and Paulie Gilmore.
The editorial, once again, discusses the laziness and apathy of club members. Excerpt: 
*Guest Editorial by Rich Curth (1)
* The First Camping Trip Log, a detailed account of a club camping trip by Dean Calin (4)
* The Stormtrooper Song, filk to the tune of the Myopic Mouse Tune by The Camping Crew (10)
*review by Sandy Seitmann of The Castaways, see that page (12)
*review by Rich Curth of the tie-in book "Planet of Judgement" (12)
*Calin Column, compares Star Trek and Star Wars by Dean Calin (13)
* UFP Bulletin Board, announcement of a regular section of this zine for fan communication (14)
*Star Wars—It's Smarter Than You Think, article by Randy Kaempen (15)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part eight), fiction by Al Watkins
*Halloween, poem by Karen B (25)
*Trivia by Karen B and Coleen Cunningham (26)
File:Fleet16inside.jpg|from issue #16, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet16inside2.jpg|from issue #16, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet16inside3.jpg|from issue #16, Paulie Gilmore
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 16==
==Issue 17==
Fleet 17 was published in November/December 1977 and contains 46 pages. Editorial staff is Karen B, Dean Calin, and Mark Lupesou. The art is by Dean Calin, Joyce Dvorak, Bill Eubank, Janet Eubank, Paulie Gilmore, Stefani Hirsch, Cohman Markel, and Jeannette Spacone.
*Letters of Comment (2)
*Chess Games, fiction by Gale Stolz (5)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part nine and ten), fiction by Al Witkins (12)
*Short Takes, reviews of pro Trek books, by Karen B (30)
* UFP Bulletin Board (30)
*review by Rich Curth of the book "Damnation Alley" (32)
*review by Sandy Sitemann of Off the Beaten Trek #3, see that page (35)
*review by Rich Curth of the Ralph Bakshi movie, "The Hobbit" (37)
* UFP Interpersonal Communique, parody (41)
*Treknology: How I Learned to Love the Transporter and Stopped Worrying, article by Don Boyd (42)
*Calin Column (How to create a persona.) by Dean Calin (44)
*Trivia by Karen B (46)
File:Fleet17-1.jpg|from issue #17, Joyce Dvorak
File:Fleet17-2.jpg|from issue #17, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet17-3.jpg|from issue #17, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet17-4.jpg|from issue #17, Paulie Gilmore
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 17==
==Issue 18==
Fleet 18 was published in December 1977.
==Issue 19==
Fleet 19 was published in January 1978 and contains 19 pages. It was edited by Karen B and Dean Calin. The art is by Bill Eubank, Paulie Gilmore, Cohmen Markel, Jeannette Spacone.
*Editorial by Karen B (2)
*Broter, poem by Ubele (3)
*review by Sandy Sietmann of R & R #5, see that page (4)
*review by Randy Kaempen of Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( (6)
*Communications Breakdown, poem by Paulie Gilmore (7)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part 11) by Al Witkins (9)
*Trivia and Word Search by Karen B (18)
File:Fleet19-1.jpg|from issue #19, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet19-2.jpg|from issue #19, Bill Eubank
==Issue 20==
Fleet 20 was published in April 1978 and contains 20 pages. The art is by Scott Sodaro, Bill Eubank, Paulie Gilmore, Joanne Maya, and Cohmen Markel.
*Editorial by Rodger Gondor ("Where Is the Space Program? What has happened to it? Does anyone care? Now how are we going to get off this planet?") (2)
*Letter to Fleet (4)
*Goodbye, Friend, original science fiction by Dean Calin (5)
*review by Sandy Sietmann of Contact, see that page (9)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part 11), fiction by Al Witkins (11)
*A Page to Color by Bill Eubank (16)
*Trivia by Karen B (19)
*full-page ad for a paint-it-yourself art shop in Chicago called "Bill's Bee Hive" (run by Bill and Ruth Eubank) (20)
File:Fleet20-1.jpg|from issue #20, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet20-2.jpg|from issue #20, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet20-3.jpg|from issue #20, Bill Eubank
==Issue 21==
Fleet 21 was published in April 1978 and contains 30 pages. The art is by Paulie Gilmore, Bill Eubank, David Hockey, Cohmen Markel, and Joanne Maya. The editor is Karen B, the art editor is Paulie Gilmore, other editorial staff is Jeanie Dziekan and Rodger Gondor.
*Editorial by Karen B (2)
*Letter to Fleet (3)
*Maiden Voyage (Or, Is This Any Way to Run a Vacation?), a persona science fiction story by Rich Curth (club member/personas all on a space ship together) (4)
*T'Con Report by Dean Calin, see that page (18)
*review by Sandy Sietmann of Warped Space #31/32, see that page (20)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part 13) by Al Witkins (22)
*Trivia by Karen B (28)
*Fleet Cover Art Contest (29)
File:Fleet21-1.jpg|from issue #21, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet21-2.jpg|from issue #21, Bill Eubank
==Issue 22==
Fleet 22 was published in May 1978 and contains 28 pages. The interior art is by Bill Eubank, David Hosky, Joanne Maya, and Joyce Dvorak.
*Editorial by Karen B (2)
* The God Wars, original science fiction by Paul Finer (3)
*Metamorphosis, Star Trek TOS art by Joyce Dvorak (15)
*review by Rich Curth of Splinter of the Mind's Eye, see that page (16)
*review by Sandy Sietmann of Sahaj Collected, see that page (18)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part fourteen) by Al Watkins (20)
*A Page to Color by Bill Eubank (26)
*Trivia by Karen B (27)
File:Fleet22-1.jpg|from issue #22, Joyce Dvorak
File:Fleet22-2.jpg|from issue #22, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet22-3.jpg|from issue #22, first page of zine review
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 22==
==Issue 23==
Fleet 23 was published in May 1978 and contains 30 pages. The art is by Bill Eubank, Paulie Gilmore, Cohman Markel, David Hosky, Joanne Maya, Catlin Wells, Joni Wagner.
*Guest Editorial by Rich Curth (2)
*Letter to Fleet by David Hosky (3)
*No Last Farewell, persona fiction by Dean Calin (4)
*review by Sandy Seitmann of Moonbeam #3, see that page (14)
* The Galaxy-Ad Infinitum! by Rich Curth (17)
*A Quark of Nature, article by Cohman Markel (19)
*Want Ads (humorous) by Rodger Gondor and Rich Curth (20)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part fifteen) by Al Witkins (21)
*Trivia by Karen B (29)
*Intergalactic Flea Market (30)
File:Fleet23-1.jpg|from issue #23, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet23-2.jpg|from issue #23, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet23-3.jpg|from issue #23, Joni Wagner
==Issue 24==
Fleet 24 was published in August 1978 and contains 51 pages. It is a persona issue featuring club members.
The art is by Paulie, Dean Calin, and David Hosky.
*Editorial by Karen B (2)
*Introduction to Personas, article by Dean Calin (3)
*Welcome to Elfrakland by Paulie Gilmore (4)
*Pauline G'Moerli by Paulie Gilmore (7)
*Zyggy Zil by Liz Bouras (9)
*Tanje L'Iswe by Janet Wells (10)
*Jerys Brenn by Rich Curth (12)
*Stopover by Rich Curth (12)
*Anra Elrody by Sandy Sietmann (24)
*Mi-Sha by Coleen Cunningham (26)
*K'Tal by Rodger Gondor (28)
*Tyranth Exposed by Joanne Papin (31)
*Freawaru Covenry by Jeanie Dziekan (34)
*Melacasta Hrothgar by Diane Wright (36)
*Melalyza Covenry by Mary Gapa (37)
*Encounter at Dawn by Jeanie Dziekan (39)
*Loswarian Time Line by Dean Calin (41)
*Jason Nilak by Dean Calin (42)
*Sean Kamler by Cohmen Markel (43)
*Arwen by Renee Alper (44)
* The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, poem by Renee Alper (44)
*Dragon Encounter, a con report for the then-recent DragonCon by David Hosky (45)
*To Tell the Truth, fiction by Randy Kaempen (50)
File:Fleet24persona.jpg|from issue #24, Dean Calin portrays Tanje L'Iswe
File:Fleet24-1.jpg|from issue #24, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet24-2.jpg|from issue #24, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet24-3.jpg|from issue #24, page one of the DragonCon con report (report includes photos of guests and fans)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 24==
==Issue 25==
Fleet 25 was published in October 1978 and contains 46 pages. The art is by Paulie Gilmore, Bill Eubank, David Hosky, and Cohmen Markel.
*Editorial (2)
*Letter to Fleet by M. David Johnson (3)
*Gorean Turnabout by Rich Curth (6)
*David's Diary: The 1978 UFP Camping Trip—Campers, Racoons & Bears, Oh My! by David Michael Hosky (13)
*In Search of Fire by Rudy Linke (19)
* The Spacer by Leslie Carlisle (21)
*review by Sandy Sietmann of Pern Portfolio, see that page (22)
*review of Battlestar Galactica by Randy Kaempen (24)
*Want Ads, numerous (27)
* The Dreadnought Incidents (part sixteen and seventeen) by Al Watkins (28)
* UFP Bulletin Board (43)
*Trivia by Karen B (44)
*Intergalactic Flea Market (45)
File:Fleet25-1.jpg|from issue #25, Paulie Gilmore
File:Fleet25-3.jpg|from issue #25, Paulie - Mork and Mindy
File:Fleet25-2.jpg|from issue #25 Bill Eubank
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 25==
==Issue 26==
Fleet 26 was published in October 1978 and contains 34 pages. The art is by Dean Calin, Bill Eubank, Paulie Gilmore, David Hosky, and Cohmen Markel.
*Editorial by Karen B (1)
*Letters to Fleet (there are three of them, a record) (2)
*Memento, fiction by John P. Frey, Jr. (4)
*Interview with Geoffrey Mandel (1978), conducted by Dean Calin (10)
*Fiawol, or, How to feel at home in a purple wig and a cape, article by Joanne Papin (12)
*Con Report for Windy Con V by Rich Curth (20)
*review by Sandy Sietmann of R & R #8, see that page (24)
*poem by Anonymous (26)
*Chess Games, Rematch, fiction by Gale Stolz (sequel to an earlier story) (27)
File:Fleet26-1.jpg|from issue #26, David Hosky
File:Fleet26-2.jpg|from issue #26, Bill Eubank
File:Fleet26inside.jpg|from issue #26, Paulie Gilmore
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:Star Wars Zines
Category:Multimedia Gen and Het Zines
Category:1976 Zines
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