The Night of the Twin Moons

The Night of the Twin Moons is a Star Trek: TOS het fanfiction 159-page novel by Jean Lorrah.
It is about Sarek and Amanda.
Other fans that contributed to this zine: Caroline Carrock (poem), Theresa Holmes (art), and Monica Miller and Signe Landon (art) (the latter two in later editions, not in the first one). "In the second printing, some of my... illos have been replaced by artwork by Monica Miller and Signe Landon. Both Theresa Holmes’s illos remain, of course." - comments by Lorrah in Despatch #29 
 
This zine was followed by other NTM Universe stories. 
The sequel to this zine was the 1984 tie-in pro Trek novel The Vulcan Academy Murders, also by Lorrah.
==From Early Ads==
* "If you enjoyed Visit to a Weird Planet, here is a whole novel by the same author, Jean Lorrah. It's a Sarek-Amanda adventure-romance... the role-reversal story you've heard so much about!" from A Piece of the Action #41 
* "Over 1000 copies sold -- now in its fourth printing. It's 'The Night of the Twin Moons,' Jean Lorah's notorious role-reversal novel. 'Worth every penny you pay for it.' -- Sharon Ferraro. 'A Vulcan that anyone could love.' -- Anna Mary Hall. 'Overall, it is superb!' -- Diane Fouquet." from A Piece of the Action #49 
==About==
It was a huge seller, The zine was first published (300 copies) in April 1976, with the tenth printing in August 1986. It was hugely popular for it's time. We don't know exactly how many copies there were, but one of the other zines of the NTM universe had 500 copies each printing; if that was true of The Night of the Twin Moons as well, it would have sold at least 5,000 copies.(especially for a non-K/S zine). By April 1977, over 950 had been sold. The author says in The Halkan Council #24 that it was "now in its fourth printing; over 950 have been sold." 300 copies were printed each for the first and second printings (April and September 1976), 400 for the third printing in November 1976, and 500 copies for each of the 4th-6th printings, February 1977, July 1977, and October 1978.
This zine was discussed in the 1978 essay: How about a discussion of one of everybody's favorite topics: money?.
This zine had a long-lasting influence on fans' view of Sarek and Amanda's relationship, on Vulcan culture, on pon farr, and on Amanda herself. (NTM Amanda created the first universal translator; an idea that later appeared in many stories.) In some ways, the NTM universe Vulcan was the anti-Kraith Vulcan -- interestingly, since Jean Lorrah also wrote Kraith stories. 
The story could be considered a fix-it novel, as it spent a long time giving a possible explanation why Spock's parents didn't show up for his Kali-fi (in the TOS episode "Amok Time"), and why Sarek and Amanda's relationship could be both strong, and as we saw it on screen in "Journey to Babel."
In a few places in the novel, there are short references/flashbacks to pieces of their history together that had already been written in the NTM universe, followed by rather formal footnotes and references to the other stories being referenced. Generally, the text gave enough information, but the footnote allowed the reader to know there was more to the story if they were interested.
From Halliday's Zinedex: "The author has a refreshing view of Vulcan emotional control as something like a religious ideal - people strive for it, but keep falling short. This lets her write stories with convincing family dynamics in Sarek's household. She has a sensible vision of Sarek as not being your average Vulcan - Spock is more a standard model than Sarek is; Sarek is emotional and sensual."
==Zines, Stories, and Essays in the NTM Universe==
* The Night of the Twin Moons (April 1976)
* Full Moon Rising (November 1976)
* NTM Collected #1 (April 1978) and #2 (November 1979) (contains original material, plus works reprinted from The Halkan Council #20/21, Archives #1, Sol Plus #3, #4, Warped Space #16, #29/30, R & R #2, #2 #10, In a Plain Brown Wrapper #1, an unknown issue of Despatch, and Stardate Unknown #5)
==Age Disclaimer==
The zine first came out during the first controversy over adult fiction and art in Trek, and was held up as an example of an "erotic" work -- literary and adult without being pornographic. 
An ad in the newsletter, A Piece of the Action, said it required an age statement requirement, making it the first zine to do so. The statement said, "Not for sale to persons under the age of sixteen." Today, it might be rated NC-17.
Shortly after the zine was published, Lorrah explained her age statement: 
==From the Editorial==
==The Pro Book Sequel==
==Further Transformative Works==
While Jean Lorrah asked that fans not write in her Epilogue universe, she "heartily encouraged" fans writing in The Night of the Twin Moons (and Full Moon Rising) universe: 
* Tradition's Move by Allyson Mann is a story in this universe. It was printed in Vault of Tomorrow #10 (1986) "with permission."
==Translated into German==
"The Night of the Twin Moons" has also been translated into German (with permission) and was published as Die Nacht der Zwillingmonde by Edition Pegasus. The zine has 142 pages in A4 format and contains many illustrations and a color cover. The same publisher also published a zine called Nacht der Zwillingsmonde with fanfiction and essays (about Vulcans and their sexuality) set in the Twin Moon universe. The zine has 80 pages in A4 format and the color cover shows Sarek with a Sehlat.
Image:nightoftwinmoonsgerman.jpg|cover of "Die Nacht der Zwillingmonde": "Das Storyfanzine umfaßt 142 Seiten A4, enthält viele Illustrationen und ein Farbcover."
Image:nacht.jpg|cover of "Nacht der Zwillingmonde": "Storysammlung mit Stories und Essays (vulkanischer Charakter und Sexualität) aus dem Zwillingsmond-Universumvon Jean Lorrah u.a. Farbcover (Sarek m. Sehlat), ein Muß für Vulkan-Fans!"Edition Pegasus Fanzines (accessed 23 Jan 2010)
==Gallery==
Image:twinmoon1.jpg|uncredited, perhaps by Lorrah
Image:Night_twin_moon_interior_art_2.jpg|interior art, Theresa Holmes
Image:twinmoon2.jpg|Theresa Holmes
Image:twinmoon4.jpg|uncredited, perhaps by Lorrah
File:Twinmoons1.jpg|interior at by Monica Miller
File:Twinmoons2.jpg|interior art, uncredited 
File:Twinmoons4.jpg|interior art by Signe Landon, later reused for the cover of NTM Collected vol 1.
==Strong Women==
In May 1980, there was much discussion in Interstat about the role of strong women, and often the lack thereof, in Treklit. After reading this fan's comment: "Trek-lit seemingly always uses at least one of the three main characters," Jean responded: 
==Story Tree==
Like Kraith, the this was a sort of shared universe:
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Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Novel Zines
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