Spin Dizzie

Spin Dizzie is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology.
The name of the zine comes from "Spindizzy", a term coined by James Blish.
 
==General Reactions and Reviews==
==Issue 1==
Spin Dizzie 1 was edited by Kay Brown and Marilyn Johansen and published in 1978.
* "I am a Dreamer" by Nikki Cadwell (2)
* "Missing, Presumed Dead" by Jan Greville (McCoy has escaped an alien prison only to crash land on a planet of underground cave dwellers. Although befriended by these people, he is lonely and isolated and longing to return to the Enterprise. The Klingons decide they have an interest in this planet and McCoy is caught in the middle of the conflict.) (3)
* "Requiem to a Starship" by Debby Chapman (17)
* "Lenore's Lament" by Dayle S. Palko (18)
* "Sea of Tears" by Nikki Cadwell (While swimming, McCoy is claimed by Nerissa, the sea nymph. She plans to keep the doctor for herself but changes her mind when the doctor's friends come searching for him.) (19)
* "Don't Stare at His Ears" by Virginia Zanello (21)
* "From the Lost City" by Carolyn Seaton (22)
* "An Acceptable Number of Casualties" by Carol Christensen (23)
* art by Gerlinde Junggunst and Marilyn Johansen
 
Image:spindizzie1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Gerlinde Junggunst 
Image:spindizzie1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Gerlinde Junggunst 
Image:spindizzie1-3.jpg|from issue #1 
Image:spindizzie1-4.jpg|from issue #1 
 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Spin Dizzie 2 was published in June 1979 and contains 86 pages. It was edited by Marilyn Johansen, Kay Brown, Nikii Cadwell, and Carol Christensen.
This issue contains some zine reviews. The reviewer includes this statement: 
* The Wolves of Eos by Lynda Carraher (One summary: The Enterprise becomes involved with a Romulan-backed rebellion on an [allied] planet and Spock finds himself intrigued by the planet's fierce telepathic princess." Another summary: "McCoy thinks Spock is suffering from a 'knight in shining armor complex' when the Vulcan come to the rescue of a dethroned princess and attempts to return her kingdom to her.") (3)
* The Observation Deck, zine reviews by Carol Christensen (31)
** Star Trek Nuts & Bolts (various issues), see that page
** Alpha Continuum #2, see that page
** Saurian Brandy Digest #15, #17, see that page
** Fans, see that page
** Berengaria (various issues), see that page
** Ship to Shore, see that page
* The Peegrun Effect by Carol Christensen (One summary: "When the Romulans and the Federation work together to dispose of a dangerous substance, an accident leaves Mr. Scott and a Romulan guard sealed in a cave and lethally contaminated; the Enterprise must find a way to treat the effect or be forced to leave the two to die." Another summary: "Scotty becomes a walking bomb when he and a Romulan officer are buried alive with peegrun, a highly unstable explosive that is absorbed into the skin.") (34)
* The Praetor's Challenge, poem by Dayle S. Plako (54)
* I Didn't Go to Space to Do the Laundry, poem by Virginia Zanello (55)
* To Sleep, Perchance to Dream by Linda Knights (One summary: "McCoy and Spock work to find a cure for a strange nerve disease that threatens Kirk." Another summary: "The Enterprise races against time to return her dying captain to Star Fleet Central, but could the cure that awaits him contain a fate worse than death?") (57)
* Admission, poem by Kay Miller Brown (81)
* Nixie by Dayle S. Plako (82)
* ads (83)
* The Last Word from the editor (86)
* art by Randy Ash, Teri Thorowgood, Gloria-Ann Rovelstad, Gerlinde Junggunst (back cover), Marilyn Johansen
 
Image:spindizzie2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Randy Ash
Image:spindizzie2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Teri Thorowgood
Image:spindizzie2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Teri Thorowgood
Image:spindizzie2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spindizzie2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Gloria-Ann Rovelstad
Image:spindizzie2-6.jpg|from issue #2 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Spin Dizzie 3 published in February 1980 and contains 66 pages. 
It was edited by Marilyn Johansen, Kay Brown, Nikii Cadwell, and Carol Christensen.
The art is by Barbara P. Gordon, Gloria-Ann Rovelstad, and Marilyn Johansen.
From the editorial: 
The author's note for "The Gift":
* First Word, editorial (1)
* Journey to Dostra by Carol Christensen (4)
* Lament of a Retired Captain, poem by Jane Freitag (20)
* Homeward Bound by Joy Mancinelli (21)
* The Observation Deck, zine comments and reviews by Carol Christensen (27)
** Sublight Reading
** Ship to Shore #2, see that page
** Clipper Trade Ship #26, see that page
** Odyssey #3, see that page
** Archives #3, see that page
* Star Trek, the Movie -- a Review, poem by Virginia Zanello, see Star Trek: The Motion Picture (29)
* The Gift by Lynda Carraher (includes a bit of meta at the end that breaks the fourth wall) (also in Archives #5 (Winter/1980) (30)
* The Vulcan Remembers Rayna, poem by Jane Freitag (63)
* ads (64)
 
 
Image:spindizzie3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Barbara P. Gordon
Image:spindizzie3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Barbara P. Gordon
Image:spindizzie3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Barbara P. Gordon
Image:spindizzie3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spindizzie3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Gloria-Ann Rovelstad
Image:spindizzie3-6.jpg|from issue #3 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Spin Dizzie 4 was published in 1980 and contains 72 pages. It has art by Barbara P. Gordon, GAR, Caro Hedge, and Marilyn Johansen. It was edited by Marilyn Johansen, Kay Brown, Nikii Cadwell, and Carol Christensen. 
* Editorials (2)
* "Starbound" by Jimmy Galli (5)
* "Opening Gambit" by Rayelle Roe (6)
* "A Purchase Worth the Price" by Lynda Carraher (11)
* "Scotty's Quest" by Joy Mancinelli (17) 
* "The Shield" by Merlin Thomas (22)
* "Constant Companions" by Kay Miller Brown (24) 
* poem by Liz Bowling (35)
* "The Observation Deck" by Carol Christensen (essay and reviews of Interstat, Back Trekkin', Star Shadows, Emuebsor, see those pages) (36)
* "On Being Late Or Having to Wait" by Liz Bowling (43)
* "Side Trip" by Virginia Zanello (46) (Answers the question of how would the crew of Enterprise would act if an actual Mary Sue showed up on the ship.)
* "Lost Child" by Jimmye Galli (69)
* "Bonkers in the Twilight Zone" by Nikki Caldwell (Comedy) (70)
Image:spin4art1.jpg| from issue #4, Barbara P. Gordon
Image:spin4art2.jpg| from issue #4, Marilyn Johansen, Spock encounters the CB radio craze of the late 1970s
Image:spin4art3.jpg| from issue #4, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spin4art4.jpg| from issue #4, GAR
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
Spin Dizzie 5 was published in February 1981 and has 105 pages. It was edited by Marilyn Johansen and Kay Brown. The editor says this is the first issue in which there are death stories, and she notes there are three of them.
"What would you give to be a fly on the wall when Spock and McCoy are trapped in the turbolift together? Meet a strange flowered creature that causes havoc for Chekov's roommate, and has Kirk finally met his match in Captain Devra Prentiss?" from an ad in Datazine #11 (April/May/1981) 
* Editorials by Marilyn Johansen and Kay Brown (2)
* Letters of Comment (4)
* The Final Voyage by Hazel A. Williams (10)
* The Silent Sitter in the Sun" by Judy Darnell (story) (10)
* Turbo-lift Review by Rayelle Roe (15)
* Daydreams by Jimmye Galli (story) (15)
* The Severing by Kay Miller Brown (story) (20)
* Time Travels by Carolyn Rafferty (44)
* Silent Night, Lonely Night by Judy Darnell (45)
* The Observation Deck by Carol Christensen, zine reviews (46)
** Trek Continuum #1 (05/1980) Oversize Issue, see that page
** Time Warp (multifandom zine)|Time Warp #4 (1980), see that page
** Guardian #2 (09/1979), see that page
** Sublight Reading #2 (01/1981), see that page
** Friends & Strangers, Near & Far, see that page
* How to Get in Touch with Other Star Trek Fans, article by Joan Marie Verba (50)
* Other Windows, Other Worlds by Lynda Carraher (article, reviews of pro science fiction books) (51)
* To Seek Yet Not Find by Jimmye Galli (53)
*A Partnership of Lions by Lynda Carraher (story) (54)
* The Unknown Technician by Virginia Zanello (81)
* A Song for the Doctor by Jane Frietag (82)
* Wallflower by Joan Marie Verba (story) (83) 
* Goodbye, Mr. Spock by Mary A. Smith (96)
* Poem by Pati Hall (95)
* Enigma by Virginia Zanello (106)
* art by Dawna Snyder, Caroline Hedge, Vel Jaeger, Marty Siegrist, Kathy Marschall, Christine Myers, Nancy Gervais (back cover), Marilyn Johansen, and Joan Marie Verba (calligraphy)
Image:spin5art1.jpg| from issue #5, Christine Myers
Image:spin5art2.jpg| from issue #5, Vel Jaeger
Image:spin5art3.jpg| from issue #5, Vel Jaeger
Image:spin5art4.jpg| from issue #5, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spin5art5.jpg| from issue #5, Marty Siegrist
Image:spin5art6.jpg| from issue #5, Christine Myers
Image:spin5art7.jpg| from issue #5, Vel Jaeger
Image:spin5art8.jpg|a from issue #5, Kathy Marschall
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5==
==Issue 6==
Spin Dizzie 6 was published in April 1982 and contains 98 pages. Cover: Marilyn Johansen, back cover: Mel White. Art by Diane Christensen, Ann Crouch, Nancy Gervais, Marilyn Johansen, and Mel White.
From the editorial: "I am sorry to say this is going to be the last issue of 'Spin Dizzie'." There was, however, one more issue, one that consisted of a single novel.
*"An Obligation" by Rosalie Blazej (Spock has undertaken a mission on a planet with an atmosphere of Epsilon wave radiation which is fatal to Vulcans. McCoy blames himself far letting this happen and when Spock returns, the doctor is prepared to allow him a 'dignified death' without attempting treatment which would be useless. An enraged Christine refuses to allow this to happen.) (4)
* "Drums on the Wind" (poem) by Judy Darnell (20)
* "To Do, For You"(poem) by Crystal Ann Taylor (21)
* "The Gift" by Joy Mancinelli (McCoy and Scotty's expensive, elaborate and exotic gift for their Captain ends up being given unexpectedly to another member of the Enterprise crew.) (22)
* "The Bells Are Jingling" (poem) by Denise Habel (28)
* "Dream With No Name" (poem) by Dian Hardison (29)
* "A Question of Loyalty" by Virginia Zanello (30)
* "You Have to Say Hello Before You Can Say Goodbye" (poem) by Judy Darnell (39)
* "Fair Exchange" by Carol Christenson (40)
* "Leila's Song" (poem) by Judy Darnell (47)
* "Tales of Wreck and Wrong" by Rosemarie Eierman (48)
* "Brief Encounter" (poem) by Judy Darnell (51)
* "A Child in the Night, Cries" (poem) by Rene Arceneaux (52)
* "The Last Gift" by Carol Maschke (Spock, attempting to rescue McCoy, is now stranded with the doctor. Both are victims of a rapidly acting poison. McCoy strives to devise a means to keep them alive until the return of the Enterprise.) (53)
* "Starship" (poem) by Linda Neel (61)
* "Perceptions" (poem) by Linda Neel (61)
* "Kirk Enslaved" by Rayelle Roe. Kirk and Spock make an undercover visit to a planet where Vulcanoids run the government. Several hilarious episodes result. (62)
* Filk Song by Linda Lakin & Sandra Randant (76)
* "Come to Me Spock" (poem) by Pat Seiler (77)
* "The Legend of Werner's World" by Denise Habel (78)
* "Orphan's Father" by Carol Christensen (80)
* "A Civilized Man" by Lynda Carraher (McCoy is on a fishing trip with an alien friend. A Ka'ardeshi kills his friend and takes McCoy captive. The Ka'ardeshi maintains that to kill is instinctive and that McCoy would kill him if he could. When the Ka'ardeshi is badly burned, McCoy proves he is a civilized man by doing his utmost to save his enemy.) (also inArchives #7 (Fall 1983)) (87)
* "Transition" (poem) by Sharon F (96)
* "Reena, If Only I Could Forge"t (poem) by Nancy Gervais (97)
* Ads (98)
* "Reruns" (poem) by Virginia Zanello (p. 98)
Image:spin6art1.jpg| from issue #6, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spin6art2.jpg| from issue #6, Ann M. Crouch
Image:spin6art3.jpg| from issue #6, Diane Christiansen
Image:spin6art4.jpg| from issue #6, Nancy Gervais
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6==
==Issue 7==
Spin Dizzie 7 is a 110-page novel,"Kin of the Same Womb Born" by Rosalie Blazej. It was published in August 1984 and is the zine "Spin Dizzie Seven". Illustrated and edited by Marilyn Johansen. Co-editor: Kay Brown. It was nominated for a 1986 Fan Q winners for both Best Star Trek Zine and its author for Best Star Trek Writer. Due to complications with publication dates, it did not win; in fact, in the end, there was no Star Trek zine winner that year, though the "Best Star Trek Writer" award went to Syn Ferguson for Courts of Honor. 
Its original/working title was "Out of the Dark."
Summaries:
'The story involves Romulans and life-entity transfer (putting a personality in a different body)." from Boldly Writing 
'A Spock and Christine story, this is a 'what if?' novel that tackles some very basic questions about identity, interweaves those with a delicate and touching love story, and sets the whole thing against a convincing and wondrous other-worldly backdrop.' from EBay seller in 2011
'The device is awesome. Its potential for good is great, making possible Spock's survival, but its potential for evil is even greater. Spock and Christine hold its secret, Kirk its trigger. The enemy wants both.' from an ad in Datazine #4 (May/July 1980) 
 
The author writes: 
Image:spin7art1.jpg|art from issue #7, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spin7art2.jpg|art from issue #7, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spin7art3.jpg|art from issue #7, Marilyn Johansen
Image:spin7art4.jpg|art from issue #7, Marilyn Johansen
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
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==References==
 
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1979 Zines
Category:1980s