Plak Tow (Star Trek: TOS zine edited by Bonnie Guyan)

See also Plak Tow (disambiguation).
Plak Tow is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology edited by Bonnie Guyan. 
 
Fantasy is a sister zine.
==Issue 1==
Plak Tow 1 was published in October 1978 and contains 98 pages. 
thumb|left|front cover of issue #1, Nan Lewis
* Blood Rage by Bonnie Guyan 
* The Last Night for This by Dayle Palko (8)
* For This by Trinette Kern (After Jim Kirk is killed with Tyree and his people, Spock and McCoy seek to maintain a relationship without the cementing influence of their friend.) (9)
* Lines You'd Like to Hear by Michelle Waterloo (21)
* Puzzle for McCoy by Dayle Palko (22)
* An End, A Beginning by Ronnie Molnar (23)
* Tholian Interlude, Caesura by Ellen Kobrin (35)
* The Moon of Trius X-2 by Toni Cardinal-Price (also in Fantasy #12) (36)
* Patterns by Dayle Palko (69)
* The Devil in Music by Carol Mularski (70)
*Spock, Are You Still Speaking to Me? by Kathie Babal (80)
* The Vulcan that Wasn't by Carol Mularski (82)
* Phantasm by Ellen Kobrin (86)
* Aspects of the Stars by Kathie Babal (88)
* I am Alone by Bonnie Guyan (92)
* The Vulcan's Monologue by Bonnie Guyan (93)
* Plomeek Soup (club ads) (96)
* Spock...? by Bonnie Guyan (98)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
thumb|front cover of issue #2, Nan Lewis 
Plak Tow 2 was published in May 1979 and contains 94 pages.
* I Am Here by Jimmye Galli, art by Virginia Lee Smith (8)
* A Loss of Innocence by Carol Mularski, art by Virginia Lee Smith (9)
* One Might Have Said So by Bonnie Guyan (19)
* Universal Father by Kathie Babal, art by Michelle Waterloo (20)
*Star Struck by Cheree Cargill, art by Cargill and Virginia Lee Smith (21)
* Interrupted Journey by Ellen Kobrin, art by Eddie Willett and Virginia Lee Smith (33)
* The Winged Rider by Cheree Cargill (35)
* Ponderlings by Margaret Krause, art by Eddie Willett (36)
* The Kinship: The Siblings by Bonnie Guyan, art by Michelle Waterlood (The first story in a series. After the death of his parents, Spock learns that he has a half-sister. He is unsuccessful in trying to locate her and then is shocked to find that a new member of the medical staff, Pamela-Jean Grayson, is his missing sister. The situation is further complicated when Leonard McCoy falls in love with Pamela-Jean.) (part of The Kinship) (39)
* The After by Virginia Lee Smith (68)
* Search the Stars by Kathie Babal (Horoscope analysis of DeForest Kelley.) (69)
* Reflections by Jimmye Galli (76)
* Uhura by Bonnie Guyan (77)
* Is This Any Way to Run a Shoreleave? by Rayelle Roe, art by Virginia Lee Smith (78)
* Old Doc Spock by Bonnie Guyan, art by Virginia Lee Smith (91)
* Plomeek Soup (zine ads) (93)
* If I Should Lose Him by Jimmye Galli (94)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
thumb|front cover of issue #3, Nan Lewis
Plak Tow 3 was published in November 1979 and contains 118 pages. 
* Song of a Vulcan Lyre by Dayle Barker Palko, art by Virginia Lee Smith (8)
* Things of a Child by Carol Mularski, art by Evallou Richardson (9)
* Friend by Jimmye Galli, art by Virginia Lee Smith (29)
* Leonard McCoy CMO by Jimmye Galli (30)
* Tradition by Jimmye Galli, art by Virginia Lee Smith (32)
* Duplication of the Heart, chapter 1 "I Seek to Know" by Bonnie Guyan, art by Teri Thorowgood, (33)
* Invitation by Dayle Barker Palko, art by Virginia Lee Smith (54)
* Broken Promis by Della Van Hise, art by Virginia Lee Smith (55)
* Finale by Dayle Barker Palko (57)
* Recalled to Live by Dr. Vida Hull, art by Hull (58)
* In Other Words by Bonnie Guyan (87)
* Tunnel Vision by Ellen Korbrin (88)
* A Devil in the Dark by Liz Persic, art by Virginia Lee Smith (89)
* The Kinship: A Second Chance by Bonnie Guyan, art by Virginia Lee Smith (The continuing story of McCoy's involvement with Pamela-Jean Grayson, Spock's half-sister. When Spock is seriously injured during a landing party mission, his interment on a Starbase Facility brings Leonard McCoy and Pamela-Jean Grayson back together in a stormy conflict. Spock's death though, erases all past disagreements, bringing the couple back together once again.) (89)
* Where Does the Night Begin by Della Van Hise (111)
* Amok Time, the Physician's Choice by Liz Persic (112)
* A Logical Hunch by Liz Persic, art by Virginia Lee Smith (113)
* Ahn-woon by readers viewpoint (115)
*IDIC by Mindy Glazer
* Plomeek Soup (zine ads) (117)
* Amok Time by Jimmye Galli, art by Virginia Lee Smith (118)
==Issue 4==
Plak Tow 4 was published in May 1980 (the table of contents is dated November 1979) and contains 82 pages. 
From the editorial: 
* Where Have I Heard That Before by Bonnie Guyan (6)
* Lament by Jimmye Galli, art by Vel Jaeger (8)
* Consolation by Jimmye Galli, art by Vel Jaeger (10)
* Rape of a Rock by Bonnie Guyan, art by Virginia Lee Smith. (Spock's mind has been wiped clean by the mind sifter. We learn of the events that led up to the tragedy, and we are with McCoy as he bids a gentle farewell to his friend. Months later, Kirk and McCoy return to Vulcan where they accompany a partially recovered Spock on a trip to the mountains. Their adventure endangers McCoy's life, but helps restore Spock's memory and leads to his return to the Enterprise.) (also in Fantasy #7) (p. 11-45) 
* This Side of the Mirror by Ellen Kobrin, art by Vel Jaeger (46)
*Dreams and Nightmares by Jimmye Galli, art by Vel Jaeger (47)
*Beamdown by Liz Persic, art by Vel Jaeger (48) 
* Side Effects by Joyce Tullock, p 49-57, art by Vel Jaeger (In quarantine after an encounter with a well-armed plant, McCoy wanders in and out of stupefied sleep and some heart-to-hearts while Spock tends him.) 
* Toupees, Caps and Velvet by Bonnie Guyan (57)
*Strangers by Liz Persic, art by Vel Jaeger (58)
* Just One of Those Days by Liz Persic, art by Vel Jaeger (60)
* Blessed are the Believers by Liz Persic, art by Bonnie Guyan (62)
* Survival of the Fittest by Rayelle Roe, p 64-78, art by Evallou Richardson 
* From Christine, the Unfound Lover by Kathie Babal, art by Vel Jaeger (79)
* Requiem to a Love by Bonnie Guyan (81)
Image:plaktow4inside.jpg|inside page from issue #4, art by Virginia Lee Smith for "The Rape of a Rock"
Image:plaktow4inside1.jpg|inside page from issue #4, art by Virginia Lee Smith for "The Rape of a Rock"
Image:plaktow4inside2.jpg|inside page from issue #4, art by Vel Jaeger from "Side Effects"
Image:plaktow4inside3.jpg|inside page from issue #4
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
Plak Tow 5 was published in October 1980 and contains 82 pages.
* Dedication illustrated by Christine Myers (2)
* Credits (3)
* Kah-if-farr -- editorial (4)
* Endless Time by Bonnie Guyan (7)
*Forward to Shanelia by Carol Mularski, art by Bonnie Guyan (8)
* Shanelia by Carol Mularski, art by Christine Myers (9)
* Duty by Cathi Brown, art by Christine Myers (14)
* This He Will Know by Bonnie Guyan (18)
* Father by Bonnie Guyan, art by Christine Myers (51)
* Welcome Companion by Bonnie Guyan, art by Virginia Lee Smith (57)
* Chance Met by Cathi Brown (76)
* Letter from Spock by Della Van Hise (78)
* Letter to Plak Tow Readers by Bonnie Guyan (80)
* Plak Tow LTD (82)
==Issue 6==
 
 
Plak Tow 6 was published in December 1980 and contains 83 pages. It is also referred to as "Plak Tow Ltd." 
 
"The Kinship series continues in novel form. Contains chapters 1 through 4 of the series."
* chapters: The Siblings, A Second Chance, And I Shall Return, and Carousel (6-61) 
* So THAT's Bonnie (80)
* special stationary offer (81)
* Christine's Monologue Dedication (83) 
==Issue 7==
 
Plak Tow 7 was published in February 1982 and contains 81 pages. 
"This is the raved about and somewhat controvresial story Plak Tow readers have been talking about!" from an ad in Datazine #7 
"The complete novel as it originally appeared in Plak Tow and Fantasy. Savor all seven chapters as Spock finds a sister, and McCoy a love. Span a multitude of years, encounter life, death, and the 'beyond' as never imagined before as The Kinship brings into full view aspects of Spock's life and family, never before imagined in fandom! from an ad in Datazine #47 
* The Kinship by Bonnie Guyan, art by Christine Myers (6)
*Foot and Mouth Disease by Bonnie Guyan (32)
* My Wish by Nancy Gervais, art by Virginia Lee Smith (35)
* Daddy's Home by Della Van Hise, art by Virginia Lee Smith (also in K/S Collected) (36)
* Jim by Nancy Gervais, art by Bonnie Guyan (41)
* Spock's Soliloquy by Christine Myers, art by Myers (42)
* Different Dreams by Lori Paige, art by Virginia Lee Smith (44)
* Nancy by Nancy Gervais (61)
* Love Among the Ruins by Rayelle Roe, art by Ann Crouch (62)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1970s Zines
Category:1980s Zines