IDIC (Star Trek: TOS zine 1)

IDIC is a gen Star Trek: TOS zine. It is best known for containing Leslye Lilker's Sahaj series. 
There are six issues.
==From the Editor: 1978==
Warped Space #31/32 contains a personal statement by Lilker addressing the topic of her publication of several zines, as well as the unauthorized use by another fan of a word that Lilker had created: 
==From the Editor: 1980==
==General Reviews and Reactions==
==Issue 1==
IDIC 1 was published in September 1975 (first reprint: May 1976: 100 copies) and contains 52 pages. It is digest-sized. 
The editor-in-chief was Leslye Lilker, Linda Silverman was the editor "at time of publication."
It contains the first Sahaj story. 
This zine has a front cover by Douglas Drexler and and interior illustration by Leslye Lilker (LES).
 
"This issue is dedicated to James Blish, for without his Star Trek - 1 none of this madness would have happened. It Is also dedicated to Leonard Nimoy, who has very warm hands."
* The Auction by Linda Silverman and Leslye Lilker ("Kirk, McCoy, Sulu and Chekov are captured and sold into slavery by the Vulcan-like inhabitants of the planet H'Tuos. Spock leads the rescue team just in time to save McCoy's life.") (3)
* Where's the What? by Leslye Lilker (27)
* The Ambassador's Son by Linda Silverman and Leslye Lilker (The first in the Sahaj series. McCoy is very close to Sahaj in these stories of Spock and his son.) (28)
 
Image:Idic1-1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Leslye Lilker
Image:Idic1-1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Leslye Lilker
Image:Idic1-1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Leslye Lilker
==Issue 2==
IDIC 2 was published in February 1976 (reprinted August 1976) and contains 99 pages. 
It is digest-sized.
The front cover is by Doug Drexler, the back cover by Trinette Kern. The interior art is by Kern and Drexler.
* Get That Lollipop Out of My Computer ("Also known as Where No Child Has Gone Before") by Leslye Lilker and Linda Silverman ("The entire crew, except for Spock and Chapel, are deaged. Guess who has to babysit?") (reprinted in Archives #3) (2)
*What Price Perfection by Linda Silverman (37)
*The Bonding by Leslye Lilker 	(55)
* Eagle Man/Chanting Woman, poem by Trinette Kern (78)
* The Stowaway by Leslye Lilker and Linda Silverman (98)
* You Don't Mess Around With Jim, filk to the tune by Jim Croce, by Trinette Kern (98)
 
Image:Idic2-1-1.jpg|from issue #2, Douglas Drexler
Image:Idic2-1-2.jpg|from issue #2, Douglas Drexler
Image:Idic2-1-3.jpg|from issue #2, Trinette Kern
Image:Idic2-1-4.jpg|from issue #2, Trinette Kern
Image:Idic2-1-5.jpg|from issue #2, the filk
Image:Idic2-1-6.jpg|from issue #2, Trinette Kern
==Issue 3==
IDIC 3 was published in July 1976 and contains 85 pages. 
This issue of IDIC is when the zine switched to a full-sized format, rather than digest-sized. 
It has two Sahaj stories, one illustrated by Gee Moaven.
The other art is by Trinette Kern, Leslye Lilker, and W. Neckameur.
From the zine: 
* Editor's Notes 
*Twilight and Evening Bells, poem by Trinette Kern (1)
* Twilight and Evening Bells, fiction by Leslye Lilker (From Lilker: "takes up where 'The Bonding' left off... starts a new, and hopefully more in-depth, look at the relationships stemming from Sahaj's unexpected arrival.") (3)
* Patient Child, poem by Trinette Kern (39)
*Only Once a Year by Nancy Kippax (40)
* Triad, poem by B. Schaffer (46)
* Stones by Trinette Kern ("patterned on "Stones" by Neil Diamond") (47)
* Confrontation by C.R. Faddis (This story takes an AU side trip from D.T. Steiner's novel Spock Enslaved.) (48)
* T'Pring, poem by T. Kern (57)
* Friends, filk to the tune of "Captain Sunshine" by Neil Diamond, by T. Kern (58)
* Starship Officer, filk to the tune of "Piano Picker" by The Carpenters, by T. Kern (59)
* Halfbreed, poem by P.J. Greenberg (60)
* McCoy's Lament, poem by John R. Calen (61)
* The Son, poem by T. Kern (62)
* Wanting, poem by Trinette Kern (62)
* Haiku for Sahaj, poem by T. Kern (62)
 
*And Watch Till Daylight Comes, fiction by Leslye Lilker (63)
* Reflections and Recall, poem by T. Kern (85)
 
Image:idic1-3-1.jpg| from issue #3, one of three illos by Gee Moaven, reprinted in Probe #9 only a month later, then in Sol Plus #4 in 1977
Image:idic1-3-2.jpg| from issue #3, W. Neckameur
Image:idic1-3-3.jpg| from issue #3, Leslye Lilker
Image:idic1-3-4.jpg| from issue #3, Leslye Lilker
Image:idic1-3-5.jpg| from issue #3, poems
Image:idic1-3-6.jpg| from issue #3, filk
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4==
IDIC 4 was published in November 1976 and contains 64 pages. Art by Signe Landon, Doug Drexler, Kathy Carlson, Gee Moaven, and Alice Jones.
* Editor's Page (2)
*In Answer Let the Record Show by Trinette Kern (3) (A landing party is formed to evacuate Federation citizens from a planet in rebellion. McCoy is not required nor is he intending to go with the landing party until a premonition of disaster compels him to accompany his Captain.) (3)
* My Private Little War by P.J. Greenberg (10)
* Song Parodies by Mary Frey (11)
* A Child of the Bosom by Wade Smith (12)
* I Feel a Smile Coming On, filk by Mary Frey (16)
* Tribute & Starship Weekly by Brenda Shaffer (17)
* Once Bitten by Alice Thompson (18)
* Found on the Library Computer & In Answer by Linda Grech (34)
* All Our Yesterdays & The Empath & This Side of Paradise & The JLAPG42831DB Bridge Crew Song by David Lubkin (35) 
*A Fantasy of Alienation by Lynn Holland (37) (set in the same universe as Kirk's Challenge, this is a story with Jai and Sahaj)
* Unspoken Truth by P.J. Greenberg (also in Off the Beaten Trek #2) (39)
* Sahaj by P.J. Greenberg (40)
* The Kid by S. Kirwan, K. Carlson, R. Provost, D. Stahl, D. Lubkin (41)
* It's Boring! by Trinette L. Kern (43) (song, reprinted in Starsong)
* The Lesson by Leslye Lilker (44)
* Child of IDIC by T.L. Kern (64)
Image:idic4-1.jpg|from issue #4, Alice Jones for "In Answer Let the Record Show"
Image:idic4-2.jpg|from e issue #4, Alice Jones for "In Answer Let the Record Show"
Image:idic4-3.jpg|from issue #4, Signe Landon for "The Kid"
Image:idic4-4.jpg|from issue #4, Kathy Carlson illos for filks
Image:idic4-5.jpg|from issue #4, Doug Drexler for "A Child of the Bosom"
Image:idic4-6.jpg|from issue #4, Signe Landon for "Once Bitten"
Image:idic4-7.jpg|from issue #4, Signe Landon for "Once Bitten"
Image:idic4-8.jpg|from issue #4, Kathy Carlson
Image:idic4-9.jpg|from issue #4, Gee Moaven 
Image:idic4-10.jpg|from issue #4, Doug Drexler for "A Child of the Bosom"
Image:idic4-11.jpg|from issue #4, Signe Landon for "The Lesson"
Image:idic4-12.jpg|from issue #4, "I Feel a Smile Coming On," filk by Mary Frey, illo by Kathy Carlson 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
==Issue 5==
IDIC 5 was published in May 1977 (reprinted again as a sort of a standalone in 1983 with 200 pages) and has 220 pages. It is subtitled, "The Forging." The front cover and extensive interior art is by Alice Jones, the back by Gee Moaven. This zine is a sister zine to Sahaj Collected.
Lilker won the Best Writer Fan Q with this volume.
In the editorial, author says she has "two more novels to write, including the infamous 'Thy Beloved Wilderness,'" a zine which was never published. It is possible it was a sequel to He Who is Close to Nature.
Also from the edtiorial:
Contents:
*The Forging (Sahaj novel) by Leslye Lilker
*Reunion, Rebel Style by Leslye Lilker
* art by Alice Jones, P.S. Nim, and Gee Moaven
* poetry by Trinette Kern
Image:idic5inside1.jpg| from issue #5 
Image:idic5inside2.jpg| from issue #5 
Image:idic5inside3.jpg| from issue #5 
Image:idic5art1.jpg| from issue #5
Image:idic5art2.jpg|i from issue #5
Image:idic5art3.jpg| from issue #5
Image:idic5art4.jpg| from issue #5
Image:idic5art5.jpg| from issue #5
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
==Issue 6 (6/7/8)==
IDIC 6 was published in December 1978 and contains 172 pages. It is subtitled, "What If...?" The inside front cover says "Triple Issue // IDIC #6, (7 and 8)". The cover only lists it as "IDIC 6".
It has a front cover by Monica Miller and a back cover of a Mirror Universe Spock by Gayle F. 
The art by Clare Bell, Gordon Carleton, Celia Cosentini, Merle Decker, Gerry Downes, Connie Faddis (reprinted from Interphase), Gayle F, Leslie Fish, Linda Grech, Dale Holman, Alice Jones, Marian Kelly, Signe Landon, Monica Miller, Gee Moaven, P.S. Nim, Juanita Salicrup, and Pat Stall. 
In 1980, the editor wrote: 
Excerpt from the editorial, regarding the artwork: 
From the editorial, regarding the time and energy into editing a zine: 
From the zines afterword: 
Contents:
* Editorial (1)
* What If...? by Linda Grech (3)
* The Same Rainbow’s End by Nancy Kippax (5)
* Haj-toon by Linda Grech (8)
* Stormbringer by Jean L. Stevenson (9)
* Rain by Melanie R. (11) 
* Sarek's Lament by Rose Marie Jakubjansky (12)
* Winds of the Old Days by David Lubkin (12)
* The Price Of Silence by Leslye Lilker (13)
* Affections by David Lubkin (16)
* Haj-toon by Linda Grech (16)
* The Phantom Caravan by Ellen Blair (17)
* Some Things Never Change by Lynn Holland (23)
* Spock's Soliloquy by Linda Grech (25)
* Miscellanea ~1 by Leslye Lilker (26)
* Sarek’s Meditation by Jean Lorrah--Kraith story; a Disaffirmed Sarek contemplates his future and realizes he has surprising new options. (28) (reprinted in Jean Lorrah's Sarek Collection and Kraith Collected Vol. 6)
* IDIC by Adrienne Shanler (30)
* After The Children by Winston A. Howlett--After the episode "And the Children Shall Lead", Uhura tells Chapel about an old trauma that the Gorgan's mind-control wakened. (31)
* The Song of Miramanee by Marian Kelly (32)
* Kirk: In Retrospect by Marian Kelly (33)
* Victims by Carolyn Verino (34)
* Haj-toon by Linda Grech (35)
* Miscellanea 2 by Leslye Lilker (36)
*Legacies by David Lubkin (36)
* Harvest by Juanita Salicrup (37)
* Thou Among Women? by Jean Stevenson (40)
* Miscellanea 3 by Leslye Lilker (41)
* Vulcan's Forge (art portfolio) by C.G. Cosentini (42)
* Coda by Signe Landon--An alternate ending to the episode "All Our Yesterdays" in which there is no return to the Enterprise for Spock and McCoy. (46) (reprinted from Beta Niobe Revisited)
* Festival of Flowers by Eileen Roy--Prequel to "Kirk's Challenge" from Interphase; Kirk has a festival interlude with the telepathic Amalthea, who chooses to bear his son. (48)
* Miscellanea 4 by Leslye Lilker (50)
* Thoughts on Alice's Portrait of Spock by Juanita Salicrup (52)
* Haj-toon by Linda Grech (54)
* Miscellanea 5 by Leslye Lilker (55)
* Days of Future Past by Cynthia Levine (57)
* Haj-toon by Linda Grech (68)
* You Reap What You Sow by Carol Mularski (69)
* Miscellanea 6 by Leslye Lilker (70)
* Limmerick [sic] by Wilma fisher (72)
* Bread Upon the Waters by Carolyn Venino--An alternate ending to the episode "Bread and Circuses" in which both Spock and McCoy are wounded by the machine gun bullets of Claudius Marcus' guards. We see Kirk's vigil at the bedside of his two friends. (73)
* Miscellanea 7 by Leslye Lilker (78)
* Jackie Lee's Lament by Jean Stevenson (79)
* Uhura's Crewman by Brenda Shaffer (80)
* Nor All Your Piety Or Wit by David Lubkin (82)
* Ode to Galactica by Leslye Lilker (84)
* What if Alice Jones worked with pen and ink? (86)
* Miscellanea 8 by Leslye Lilker (88)
* A Private Little Conflict by Alice Thompson (89)
*Illogical by Marian Kelly by (93)
* Kirk's Triumph 	by Linda Deneroff, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Frances Zawacky	(94) (reprinted in Kraith Collected)
* No Bones About It	 by Linda Grech	(103)
* Kitrana by	Monica Miller	(105)
* Wanna Bet On It? by	Alice Thompson	(106)
* Thoughts On Strange Visitors by	Leslie Fish	(110)
* Miscellanea 9 	by Leslye Lilker	(111)
* Vulcan Storm by 	Jean Stevenson	(114)
* McCoy's Naked Time by	Linda Grech	(116)
* Haj-toon by	Gordon Carleton	(118)
* Guardian	by Leslye Lilker	(119)
* I'Chiya by	Jean Stevenson	(131) (song, reprinted in Starsong)
* The Question Song by	Leslye Lilker	(132)
* Haj-toon by	Linda Grech	(133)
* Crystal Visions 	(134)
* Who Am I? by	Henry Betancourt	(135)
* Reminiscence by	Linda Grech	(136)
* Time Of Mating by	Marian Kelly	(139)
* If Not The Stars by	April Valentine	(141)
* The Nearer The Dawn by	Trinette Kern	(147)
* Look Of Eagles by	Lucy Miner	(159)
* A Real Universe by 	Jean Stevenson	(160)
* Crosswinds	by Leslye Lilker	(162)
* Unsatisfied by Lucy Miner (172)
 
Image:idic678-1.jpg| from issue #6, Merle Decker for "The Same Rainbow's End"
Image:idic678-19.jpg| from issue #6, Merle Decker for "The Same Rainbow's End"
Image:idic678-2.jpg| from issue #6, Gee Moaven for "Some Things Never Change"
Image:idic678-3.jpg| from issue #6, sample poem, words and illo by Marian Kelly
Image:idic678-4.jpg| from issue #6, Signe Landon, possibly for "Thou Among Women" 
Image:idic678-5.jpg| from issue #6, sample text, short-short about the destitute family Kirk stole clothes from in the episode "City on the Edge of Forever"
Image:idic678-6.jpg| from issue #6, Celia Cosentini 
Image:idic678-7.jpg| from issue #6, Pat Stall for "Bread Upon the Waters"
Image:idic678-8.jpg| from issue #6, Pat Stall for "Bread Upon the Waters"
Image:idic678-9.jpg| from issue #6, filk by Jean Stevenson
Image:idic678-10.jpg| from issue #6, Connie Faddis, reprinted from Interphase
Image:idic678-11.jpg| from issue #6, Gerry Downes for "Not All Your Piety or Wit"
Image:idic678-12.jpg| from issue #6, Alice Jones for "What If?"
Image:idic678-21.jpg| from issue #6, Alice Jones for "What If?"
Image:idic678-13.jpg| from issue #6, Monica Miller for "No Bones About It"
Image:idic678-14.jpg| from issue #6, Dale Holman for "Wanna Bet?"
Image:idic678-15.jpg| from issue #6, Leslie Fish for "Thoughts on Strange Visitors," a filk from Solar Sailors
Image:idic678-16.jpg| from issue #6, Gordon Carleton, a bit of a Star Wars riff
Image:idic678-17.jpg| from issue #6, Merle Decker for "If Not the Stars"
Image:idic678-18.jpg| from issue #6, Alice Jones for "Guardian"
Image:idic678-22.jpg| from issue #6, Alice Jones for "Guardian"
Image:idic678-23.jpg| from issue #6, Alice Jones for "Guardian"
Image:idic678-24.jpg| from issue #6, Alice Jones for "Miscellanea IV" 
 Image:idic6art.jpg| from issue #6, "Pride of the Clan" by Alice Jones -- This piece was a major inspiration for Caren Parnes: "The first major influence and the style I most wanted to emulate was Alice J.’s. She was the ultimate “realist” artist and that was my natural inclination anyway. I recently ran into a copy of IDIC 6 (1978) that has a slew of her artwork in it and saw a piece I had forgotten; one that had a huge impact on fandom at the time, a piece called “The Pride of the Clan”—a young, bare- chested Spock with long hair and a Star of David on his chest. I remember several conversations about that piece of art when I got into fandom (and that was seven years after it was published!)” from Dribbling Scribbling Women: The History of Our Art 
File:Idic6spock.jpg|from issue #6, art by Alice Jones, "Portrait of Spock" - includes Juanita Salicrup's thoughts on this art: "Soft, lambent eyes, so sorrowful and intelligent - Deep, sable brown, liquid eyes that seem to - Beseech an answer to the puzzle of why - Life hurts so much. - He seems so young - And yet again so sadly mature, - Carrying gracefully the weight of his - Alien, half-human, always different identity. - It is the face of a man - Nobly resigned to his own lack of fulfillment - To the burden of loneliness rather than - The realization of love. - Crowned by a startling intellect, - Blessed, or cursed, with an iron will, Gifted with gentle compassion, he is -- For all his lack of laughter or smiles -- Worthy to be loved, - Compelling the lover, - And unwilling to reach out for it. - As forbidden as the fruit of the tree of knowledge - Is that golden essence to him. - And yet, the sensual mouth seems to yearn for it so! - Tell me, gentle Spock, - What is it you would reveal? - What secrets, sorrows, curiosities and joys are crowding Behind your fine eyes, waiting to be told? - To one who will listen, - There are all the treasures of the galaxy to be had - In this one sweet manVulcan, - For he is a truly wonderful example of - The Creator's Art."
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6/7/8===
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1970s Zines