The Weight Collected

The Weight Collected is a gen and het (with hints of slash) 520-page perfect bound Star Trek: TOS anthology. It has the subtitle, And Other Stories. It consists of three stories written and illustrated by Leslie Fish and one by Ed Zdrojewski, to which the others are sequels. 
The zine is a collection of the "The Weight" which was serialized in eleven issues of Warped Space between 1976-79. The art by Leslie Fish from the "Warped Space" serialization is included in "The Weight Collected." 
It was added to AO3 in 2022, as part of the Open Doors Fan Culture Preservation Project.
File:Weightcollected.jpg|front cover by Leslie Fish
File:Weightcollectedback.jpg|back cover by Leslie Fish
File:Weightcollectedflyer.jpg|A 1979 flyer advertising "The Weight" in collected form, something that didn't happen for another eleven years; there's a reason fans called it "The Wait."
Fish won the first FanQ best author award in 1977 for first part of this story. 
The main story first appeared in serial form in Warped Space between 1976 and 1979. It was then collected and published as a standalone in 1988.
Some fans referred to "The Weight" series as "The Wait" in reference to the time it took for this story to be finished (3 years) and then to be collected in one publication (11 years). ""The Weight" -- This heavy piece should better be retitled: "The Wait," 'cause that's what you do... wait for the next installment." -- from a fan's letter of comment in Warped Space #28 (August 1977) 
==Contents of "The Weight Collected":==
* "The Sixth Year" by Ed Zdrojewski (1)
* "The Weight" by Leslie Fish, illustrated by Leslie Fish (18)
* "A Brief Encounter in a Timeless War" by James Van Hise, illustrated by Michael Verina (reprinted from Enterprise Incidents #7) (491)
* "Invaders Great and Small" by Leslie Fish, Joanne Agostino, and James Van Hise, illustrated by Martin Cannon (reprinted from Enterprise Incidents #8) (507)
==About==
==The Delay in Publication==
After the series was completed in installments, fans had to wait again for the entire story to be published in one piece as the zine The Weight Collected. Joan Verba wrote: 
The zine had at least three different typists, Joyce E through May 1984, Karolyn through Datazine, and later, Bill Hupe. From Datazine #42 in July 1986: "I am now responsible for the typing of The Weight Collected so there will be a delay in Abode of Strife #6 and #7. I haven't received the text, however I hope to get this out with as little weight as possible... Fandom has been waiting too long for this zine."
In 1984 typist Joyce penned a long apology in the Mediawest Program Guide after suffering devastating personal health and family losses: 
She officially resigned in the 1986 MediaWest 2nd Progress Report: "I wish to thank everyone for kindness and compassion over the past couple of years; they have made a difficult time easier to deal with; my only regret is that these personal and family considerations have forced me to leave the task I undertook still unfinished. "
==From the Editorial==
==Sample Pages from "The Weight Collected" ==
Two sample pages from "The Weight" as it appeared as a standalone zine: shows some of the varying font and type used, as well as art placement on page, as well as art reproduction.
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==Sample Pages from "A Brief Encounter in a Timeless War" ==
Image:weightcannon3.jpg|artist is Leslie Fish
Image:weightcannon4.jpg|artist is Leslie Fish
==Sample Pages from "Invaders Great and Small"==
Image:weightcannon1.jpg|artist is Martin Cannon
Image:weightcannon2.jpg|artist is Martin Cannon
 
==Reactions and Reviews==
===Specifically for "The Weight Collected"===
 
===For the Fiction Overall===
See The Weight#Reactions and Reviews.
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1988 Zines
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