Star Trek Action Group (newsletter)/Issues 081-100

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==Issue 81==
Star Trek Action Group 81
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==Issue 82==
Star Trek Action Group 82 is undated and contains 32 pages. It is the first issue to go to a reduced, digest-sized format.
* the K/S debate continues; a fan writes: 
* a fan comments on AIDS and fandom: 
* a fan writes: 
==Issue 83==
Star Trek Action Group 83 is undated, but appears to have been published in June 1988 and contains 32 pages.
* it publishes a list of 11 known TNG episodes and very short synopses 
* the editors remind folks that the newsletter will now be printed four times a year in March, June, September, and December
* there is a con report for UFP '88
* there are some pro book reviews
==Issue 84==
Star Trek Action Group 84 is undated and contains 40 pages. 
* the editor says that she has been receiving more information she can use in four issues a year and proposes going back to six
* it contains an episode guide to TNG
* this issue has some blueprint-type diagrams of TNG starships
* there is a con report for UFP Con
* there are two pro book reviews
* there is another installment of a regular feature about news regarding the space shuttle
* a fan complains about the different release dates for TNG in different countries, saying it fragments fandom: 
==Issue 85==
Star Trek Action Group 85 is undated, but appears to have been published in December 1988 and contains 34 pages.
* the editor says the newsletter is going back to six times a year
* there is a article which examines the BBC's cutting of Star Trek episode reruns and describes some missing scenes
* there is a transcription of a interview with John DeLancie at Confetti Con in August 1988
* this issue contains a very reduced print listing and descriptions of all ST: TOS episodes
* there are some pro book reviews
==Issue 86==
Star Trek Action Group 86
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==Issue 87==
Star Trek Action Group 87 is undated and contains 32 pages.
* it contains many newspaper reprints, info about the movie...
==Issue 88==
Star Trek Action Group 88 is undated but appears to be June 1989. It contains 36 pages. 
* the editor is one of several that came with raffle tickets (see image): 
* there is a con report for Sol III 1989
* there is a pro book review
* a fan writes: 
==Issue 89==
Star Trek Action Group 89 was published in August 1989 and contains 34 pages. It has an inside back cover and back cover by Richard McGinlay and a front cover by Greg Halpin.
* there is a pro book review 
* this issue has a installment of "Space Column" by Bo Maxwell 
* the editor apologizes that there are no LoCs in this issue because there were so many articles in this issue
==Issue 90==
Star Trek Action Group 90 is was published in October 1989 and contains 34 pages.
* a fan comments on an earlier letter from a fan complaining how Star Trek conventions were getting boring: 
* there is part two of a long article by Bo Maxwell about the music in the ST motion pictures (part one appeared in issue #86)
* there is a pro book review
* there is a full-page ad for "Frontiers," the 29th British Star Trek Convention
==Issue 91==
Star Trek Action Group 91 was published in December 1989 and contains 44 pages.
* the editor hints at big changes coming to the newsletter and says more will be revealed in February
* a fan, David Deakin, writes an article called "A History of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" which details his wait for the movie to be released
* a number of fans write about their reactions to the movie
* there is a review of a pro book, and of a TNG computer game
* there is an installment of "Space Program" by Bo Maxwell
* this issue has some fanfic, a story called "Star Trip -- Where Every Man Has Gone For" by Dhugal Gibbons
==Issue 92==
Star Trek Action Group 92 was published in February 1990 and contains 32 pages.
* the editor says that after six years of running the zine, she is handing over the reigns of the newsletter to Lynne Collins
* there is a fan's review of the fifth Star Trek movie; she despised the movie
* there is another long review of the movie by a fan who thought it was pretty bad, but not deserving of terrible reviews she'd been reading
* another fan writes a movie review and says it was "not bad but not my favorite" and that she was disappointed
* most fans say of the movie: they thought the bar scene was a Star Wars cantina rip-off, that Kirk telling Spock to shoot Sybok was out of character, that the slapstick humor was dumb, and that it was out of character for Spock to distract Kirk on the mountain climb 
* there is a pro book review
* a fan writes of Star Trek merchandising and bemoans the slickness and lack of quality: 
* this issue has two full-page comics by D. Rhea
==Issue 93==
Star Trek Action Group 93 was published in April 1990 and contains 30 pages. It is the first issue edited by Lynne Collins.
* the new editor say that while she has been a closet Trekkie as well as active in fandom from many years, this is her first foray into publishing a zine and running a club, referring to Star Trek Action Group
* the editor writes that "due to the inefficiency of the Post Office," she hasn't received everything from the former editor, so some regular features might not be present in this issue
* there is a transcript of a 1990 radio interview between Gloria Hunniford and William Shatner; in it he plugs "Tek War" (his "first novel"), talks of his love for science fiction, and ruminates about the fifth ST movie
* there is a review of A Human Kind of Learning, see that page
* there is a review of "Tek War"
==Issue 94==
Star Trek Action Group 94 was published in June 1990 and contains 42 pages.
* there is a con report for Frontiers
* the newsletter is sponsoring a story contest that members of STAG can enter: 
* a fan, Nikki White, writes a long essay on the decline of zines, of home-grown fandom, and the proliferation of laziness and entitlement: 
* a fan makes a prediction: 
* the con com for Frontiers reported on the business meeting and the complaints they had received: one interesting note -- the number of fans at the business meeting: 
* there are three pro book reviews, a crossword puzzle, two full-page comics
* this issue publishes the results of the STAG reader survey
==Issue 95==
Star Trek Action Group 95 was published in August 1990 and contains 58 pages.
* this issue has some clippings from German newspapers
* there is much news on what the stars are up to
* a fan comments on conventions: 
* a fan comments on cons: 
* there are three pro book reviews
* there is a review of All Loss Restored, see that page
* there is another installment of the comic by Darren Rhea
==Issue 96==
Star Trek Action Group 96 was published in October 1990 and contains 58 pages.
* there is a con report for Holodeck
* there is a section of short bios, along with photos, of the TNG actors
* this issue has many detailed TNG episode synopses
* there are several pro book reviews
==Issue 97==
Star Trek Action Group 97 was published in December 1990 and contains 50 pages.
* a fan writes that he "has just discovered the wonderful world of computer mail at Cardiff University"
* the former editor has sold the old typewriter for forty-five pounds; the duplicator is free to anyone who drives up to Newcastle to get it
* the editor reminds fans that anything they write to STAG can be edited and may be printed in the newsletter unless the letter specifically says it is not for public eyes
* fans are still trying to decide if they like TNG
* there are some movie rumors, as well as the usual numerous newspaper article reprints
* there is a con report for MidCon which was held in October 1990 in the Holiday Inn in Leicester
* there is a long article addressing a fan's question about the money paid to cons and where it goes -- most of the money goes to pay the celebrity guests...
* the editor feels the need to answer common questions from new fans -- two of these questions is "What is a zine?" and "What is a convention?"
* there are some pro book reviews, and many TNG episode synopses
==Issue 98==
Star Trek Action Group 98 was published in February 1991 and contains 62 pages.
* the editor notes she got 200 letters last month
* a fan comments about the negative comments he's been reading in the newsletter about TNG: 
* there is an article by Stephen Kember called "Defending 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'"
* there are a number of TNG synopses, two book reviews, and one TNG episode review
* this issue has an article by Ian Thompson called "Star Trek in Comics"
* this issue has an article by John Evans called "Physics in Star Trek"
==Issue 99==
Star Trek Action Group 99 was published in April 1991 and contains 40 pages.
* regarding the story contest that was announced in an earlier issue: the editors received only two entries; there were two judges, and each one picked other other story as a favorite; both judges, however, felt neither story was "sufficiently outstanding to merit the award of the prize"; the stories were by Sandy Catchick and John Mariani and would appear later in the newsletter in serial format
* there is yet more debate about TOS vs TNG
* a fan, Paul Spencer, writes an article called "Epilogue for the Original Crew" in which he speculates on what became of the old crew
* there are three pro book reviews, as well as a review of an audio book
==Issue 100==
Star Trek Action Group 100 was published in June 1991 and contains 66 pages.
* Lynne Collins publishes two pages of STAG stats regarding fans and their age, gender, and their preference for TOS, TNG, and/or both shows
* there is some fiction written script-style by Nigel Futter called "Trial by Q"
* this issue contains several pro book reviews
* there is a full-listing of all ST pro books that had been written
* there are two long con reports for UFP Con '91
* there is some fiction by Daniel A. Allshouse called "Tribbles" 
* this issue has lengthy personal recollections of STAG and early British Star Trek fandom, see: 
** A History of Star Trek Action Group by Janet Quarton
** Memories of STAG and Star Trek Fandom by Sheila Clark
** Memories of STAG and Star Trek Fandom by Valerie Piacentini
** Memories of STAG and Star Trek Fandom by Beth Hallam
** Memories of STAG and Star Trek Fandom by Margaret Richardson
** Memories of STAG and Star Trek Fandom by Jenny and Terry Elson
** Memories of STAG and Star Trek Fandom by Sylvia Billings
==References==
Category:Star Trek ZinesCategory:1980sCategory:1990s