Eridani Triad

Eridani Triad is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology with an emphasis on Vulcan.
==Birthplace of a Term==
Judith Brownlee's story, From Whatever Distant Hill, is very likely the birthplace of the fanon word: bond-mate.
In a 1971 letter to another fan, Brownlee wrote: 
==Famous Last Words==
The editors stated: "The name of this zine stems from the James Blish version of the home star of Vulcan, that is, 40 Eridani." They also stated that there would be only one issue: "... this is a one-shot--a ONE SHOT. None of this Spockanalia 2, 3, 4, and 5 nonsense."
In the end, there ended up being three issues of "Eridani Triad."
==Get the T-Shirt!==
Fans could order a t-shirt created and sold by the same zine publisher that produced "Eridani Triad." See The Klingon Rollerball Team T-Shirt.
==A Well-Known Story and Why It's Not in this Zine==
Judith Brownlee remembers ... A Handful of Snowflakes and Other Trek Tales and M.L Steve Barnes:
==Reprints==
In a 1982 personal statement, Devra Langsam wrote that reprints would be available through someone other than the original creators:
Rena writes a personal statement in Universal Translator #17 and disputes her involvement with the reprints: 
==Issue 1==
Eridani Triad 1 was published in 1970 and contains 102 pages. A second edition was reprinted in August 1976, then again in January 1977. Art by Debby Bethurem, Ed Stein, and Gail Barton.
The introduction to Doris Beetem's "Here We Go Round Again" says: "The following story is an unauthorized sequel to Jean Lorrah's "Parted From Me," which appeared in Triskelion No. 3." Boldly Writing says: "...this — as well as Ruth Berman's 'Revisited' story in Spockanalia 5 — shows that fans were beginning to influence each other in their fan writing."
From the editorial: 
* A Vulcan Trilogy:
** The View From Glass Hill (play) by Doris Beetem (3)
** Hadla of Iron Mountain (play) by Doris Beetem (20)
** The Weregild (play) by Doris Beetem (37)
* On Those Plays You Just Waded Through, article by Doris Beetem (52)
* Shadow World Night, poem (54)
* Here We Go Round Again by Doris Beetem (An unauthorized sequel to Jean Lorrah's "Parted from Me" in which the Romulans of the story turn out to have been Klingon impersonators.) (55)
* The Switchblade Sehlat by Gail Barton (A satirical article about just how a "teddy bear"-like creature is supposed to have six-inch fangs.) (63)
* How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Doris Beetem (James T. Kirk, as a boy, goes to San Francisco to visit his aunt, and meets with Spock, whose parents are attached to the Vulcan embassy there. Together, they run into a cadet Scott and a young Dr. Leonard McCoy. The author gets jossed with saying Kirk's middle name is Timothy; Tiberius comes up in a later episode.) (64)
* Bell Song, poem (70)
* To Seek Thee Out by Judith Brownlee (The Enterprise takes on the newly-appointed Vulcan captain T'Pelle to assume command of the starship Saratoga, which has been damaged in an alien attack. T'Pelle and Spock decide that they are suitable mates for each other, and their matrimonial bonding is described. This story was mentioned in Star Trek Lives!.) (71)
* You are Receiving this Zine Because (last page)
File:eridani1art1.jpg|interior art from issue #1, Gail Barton
File:eridani1art2.jpg|interior art from issue #1, Gail Barton
File:eridani1art3.jpg|You are Receiving this Zine Because from issue #1
File:eridani1art4.jpg|interior art from issue #1, Debbie Bethurem
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Eridani Triad 2 was published in June 1971 and contains 120 pages.
This issue contains the famous article: 
Production note from the zine: 
From the editorial in the zine: 
* Let Me Count the Ways by Judith Brownlee (mentioned in Why a Star Trek Fanzine?: "Just WHY was it so terribly logical for Sarek to pick out Amanda to marry? The number of logical reasons for Sarek to marry Amanda increases each year within fandom. One fan author thought it was to help increase understanding between the two races and aid in persuading T'Pau that the Federation was a worthwhile organization for Vulcan to join.") (32)
* Report on the Tribble, article by Gail Barton p. (33)
* The Return of the Native by Doris Beetem (37)
* The Vulcan Love Story or Being in Pon Farr Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry by Doris Beetem (57)
* Mimir's Well by Doris Beetem (reprinted in Despatch #18-#19) (63)
* Star Dregs: A Soap Trek by Doris Beetem (A satire that has all the characters confessing to one another, "I have always wanted... loved you!") (75)
* From Whatever Distant Hill by Judith Brownlee (Another story of T'Pelle, Vulcan captain of the Saratoga and Spock's bondmate, takes place six months after the story in issue #1.) This story was mentioned in Star Trek Lives!. (81)
* Filks: The Ballad of Salmon and Tuna (Frankie & Johnny) / Doris Beetam
* Further Verses to "A Slanderous Song" (Sloop John B) - earlier ones in Spockanalia
* a handwritten letter from Barry Atwater (Atwater is the actor who portrays Surak. He says received a copy of "Eridani" #1: "Eridani Triad blew my mind! Out of sight that a commercial TV series should be able to stimulate the kind of thought and energy your people demonstrate. I suspect it is really the 'philosophy' of Vulcan that turns you on and Surak is a visible symbol of that-- well, the idea of Surak turned me on, too, and I had to fight with the director and the two lead actors in order to play Surak the way I wanted to. I'm pleased you picked up on it. May you live long and prosper.")
* You are Receiving this Zine Because (last page)
File:eridani2art1.jpg|interior art from issue #2, S. Carol Roberts
File:eridani2art2.jpg|interior art from issue #2 for the article by Dee Beetam
File:eridani2art3.jpg|You are Receiving this Zine Because from issue #2
File:eridani2art4.jpg|interior art from issue #2, Gail Barton
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Eridani Triad 3 was published in 1972 and contains 122 pages. Art by M.L. Barnes, Gail Barton, Liz Danforth, Bill Guy, Jim McLeod, Roz Oberdieck, D. Carol Roberts, and Mary Ann Walther.
* A Rose For Miranda by Ruth Berman (A post-script story for the episode. Kirk hangs around a bit too long in the transporter room and sees Kollos as he and Miranda dematerialize. Kirk goes mad, and all Spock's attempts to bring him out of it fail. McCoy suggests that Spock should cry, appealing to Kirk's instinct to help his friends.) (1) (reprinted in And Starry Skies)
* To the Half-Breed by Judith Brownlee (7)
* The Mating Game by Judith Brownlee (It is amazing when Spock requests leave on Wrigley's Pleasure Planet and even more amazing when he is the only one missing when the crew is recalled. All evidence points to the fact that Mr. Spock is in Jenny's House of Joy. When McCoy readily admits he was the one who gave Spock the address, it is logical that McCoy be the one to accompany Kirk as he attempts to 'rescue' Mr. Spock.) (8)
* Space -The Final Frontier by Doris Beetem (article) (23)
* A Little More Than Kin, But Less Than Kind by Devra Langsam (Sara, a young Vulcan girl comes aboard as a passenger. She has been raised by humans and has very little knowledge of things Vulcan. Spock thinks she should be trained as a Vulcan on Vulcan and Sara rebels. But there is more to her "thoroughly human" behavior pattern than there might appear. This time McCoy is the one to come up with the logical solution to their conflict.) (30)
* Three Haiku by Carrie Peak (51)
* Warp in Logic, article by Hal Clement (52)
* Bonding by J. Lichtenberg (58)
* The Hunting by Doris Beetem (62) (McCoy accompanies Spock on a hunt which is the Vulcan rite of passage into adulthood. It turns out to be the most trying time for both participants. This was reprinted in Star Trek: The New Voyages in 1976.
* The Vulcan Love Myth by M.L. Barnes (article) (Barnes' idea of the true nature of pon farr and why women who write stories about putting Spock in that state are making a mistake. Quotations from this appear in Star Trek Lives!.) (72)
* Meet Me at Infinity by James Tiptree, Jr. (written as a script Tiptree had drafted for the series) Tiptree was a Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer. Toward the end of Tiptree's life, it was revealed that he was actually Dr. Alice Sheldon. Phillips, Julie, James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon. St. Martin's, 2006. This biography describes Tiptree's fascination with Star Trek in some detail. (76)
* Sonnet—to Surak from a Far-Traveled Kinsman by Gail Eirann (89)
* And Maybe Tell You About Phaedra by Doris Beetem (90)
* Strangers When We Meet by Judith Brownlee (100)
* The Taste of Home by Judith Brownlee (121)
* You are Receiving this Zine Because (last page)
File:eridani3art1.jpg|interior art from issue #1, Jim McLeod
File:eridani3art2.jpg|interior art from issue #1, M.L. Barnes
File:eridani3art3.jpg|You are Receiving this Zine Because from issue #1
File:eridani3art4.jpg|interior art from issue #1, Gail Barton, page from the Tiptree story
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1970 Zines
Category:1970s Zines