Beta-Niobe (Star Trek newsletter)

Beta-Niobe is a newsletter for the UK Star Trek fan club Beta-Niobe.
Regarding the covers, a 1984 comment from the May issue: "We had a complaint last year that it was difficult to tell which was the last issue, and so on, because they all looked the same. This was why we decided to try a different colour each issue."
==August 1983==
Beta-Niobe August 1983 contains 17 pages.
* club officers: chairman—Denise Pennington, secretary—Jennie Gough, membership secretary—Jan Burton, treasurer - Graham Armitage, printing—Graham and Barbara Amritage
* an untitled poem by Jennie
* a very short story in scriptform by Geraldine Page called "The Trials of 'Yer Man'"
* an interview, see Why ST? A 1983 Interview with Mr and Mrs Armitage
* club members want to raise money in order to create a zine; they are asking for donated items to sell at a table at Empathiccon II in Liverpool next February
* a quiz, and answers (one question was how much of the Enterprise crew was female: answer is 1/3)
* Warped Space: short jokes (one is mildly racist)
* "Cosmic Considerations," a poem by Susan McCutchen, reprinted from W.K.F.S.'s mini journal
* a con report for Triple C Con, see that page
* book review of Triangle, see that page
* con report for Sol III, see that page
* "A Moment Shared," fiction about Chekov first meeting Captain Kirk by Jennie Gough
* "To Touch!", poem by Jennie Gough
* list of UK zines, cons, clubs, and one series of tape shows
* the editorial is by Jennie Gough—in it, she notes this is the club's third year, was glad to see folks at Sol III (but wished to have seen more people in club shirts), writes of "the zine that's almost ready," welcomes some American members
* it is mentioned that William Shatner was "enjoying great success over here with T.J. Hooker, and said Leonard Nimoy would "be in the Director's chair on some future episodes and indeed Leonard does appear in an episode shortly where he plays the part of a rapist. March appeared in an episode alongside her husband some weeks back."
* regarding Sol III and Walter Koenig: 
* an open letter by Lynn Campion regarding some actions of fans at cons regarding poor behavior and accidents regarding the smoke alarms—an excerpt: 
==May 1984==
Beta-Niobe May 1984 contains 17 pages.
* there is an apology: 
* a con report for Empathicon II, see that page
* "Love," poem by Sharon Lowe
* Quotes Quiz by Barbara Armitage
* an ad for Albacon
* an ad for Visions published in the UK by Steve, an ad for Tesseract #2
* "Admiral Kirk's Goddaughters," part one of a two-part story by Sharon Lowe
* word search by Maggie Symon
* a con report for UFP Con '84, see that page
* answers to a questionnaire sent out in the last issue; it garnered six short replies
** one question was which was your favorite tie-in book/zine: (seven suggestions and six ballots—someone must have voted twice!) 1) Price of the Phoenix, 2) Blackfire, 3) "Vulcan!," pro book by Kathleen Sky, 4) Yesterday's Son, 5) The Forging, 6) Beta Niobe (formally called "Enterprise Incidents", unclear what this was referring to), 7) Triad
* some information about the London Group and William Shatner Fellowship
==August 1984==
 Beta-Niobe August 1984 contains 20 pages.
* the club has created some bumper stickers to order: they say:
: Live Long and Prosper
: Out there, that-a-way
: USS Enterprise, NCC 1701
: Beam me up, Scotty
: Ahead Warp Factor One
: I am and always shall be your friend
* a con report for Space Trek #3, see that page
* a vague, positive description of the new Trek movie
* "ST III and Beyond", a review by Jan Burton of the new movie, includes speculation about what the next movie will be about, ends with "So here begins the long wait till ST 4. The only consolation is the thought of all the lovely new zines that will inevitably spring up after such an open ending."
* a quote quiz
* two full pages of photos from Star Trek: The Search for Spock (four photos in total)
* the Genesis II Star Trek Fan Club (out of Birmingham) is compiling a booklet of available zines
* word find by Maggie Symon
* part two of the story by Sharon Lowe, "Kirk's Goddaughter" ("Kirk's Goddaughters" in part one—summary: Andrea (Andy) is Kirk's godchild, she is a historian who knows everything about Tudor England, she has long, dark luxurious hair, she is charming and has a terminal illness which she hides from everyone except McCoy, there is an intense death scene with Chekov kissing her forehead, she survives due to a serum Spock finds, and she and Chekov become engaged. The end.)
* the editor makes a decision about spoilers: 
* on diversity, and dread: 
* in "ST 3 and the Triple Bill," by Barbara Armitage, a fan writes of some clearly desperate and disappointed press people; the article is about a private screening of the new movie that was supposed to be some sort of a fan event; the fan goes back to the theater the next day to see all three movies which were shown in succession: 
==November 1984==
* the editor writes: 
* there are two con reports for Galileo Con, see that page
* "Look at Me?" poem by Jennie Watkins
* comments by Jim Nolan about the first DC Star Trek comics
* an printed extract from The Washington Post, April 21, 1983 in which Leonard Nimoy talks about the first Star Trek movie
* Why Star Trek? A 1984 Interview with Chris Bignell, see that page
* An 1984 Interview with Carla Salveta, see that page
* "Alfo Priol," fiction by Maggie Symon
* a fan, Sharon Lowe, writes "A Trip to London and ST III"
* a book review by Jan Burton of "My Enemy, My Ally" by Diane Duane, it begins with: "The biggest compliment I can pay this book is to say that if it were not fro the fact that you are holding a paperback you'd think you were reading a zine." It ends with: " "It has plenty of depth, adventure, humor and imaginative resourcefulness, so read it."
* "Out & About in Darkest Vulcan," a satiric look at Vulcan phrases, by Jan Burton
* "What is Fandom?" a poem by Diane Susan Spencer
==February 1985==
Beta-Niobe February 1985 contains 21 pages.
* "Relapse," fiction by Sharon Lowe, another story in the "Kirk's Goddaughter" series, starring Andy the historian (to be continued in the next issue)
* quote quiz
* an article by Stephen Bell, see Star Trek: The Banned Episodes
* a con report for Santacon, see that page
* "A Letter Home from an Enterprise Crew Member After the Incident with Khan," fiction by Jan Burton
* "Fate Worse Than Death," fiction by Maggie Symon
* "Figure in the Darkness," fiction, the author is not credited
* a word search
* information/announcement about Gene Roddenberry's Hollywood star
* an account of a an "Empathy Get-Together," a fan gathering on November 3, 1984
* Star Trek Diary, by Maggie Symon, a collection of recent Star Trek mentions in popular culture
* the editor writes: 
==May 1985==
Beta-Niobe May 1985 contains 24 pages. This is the last newsletter as the club is shutting down.
* a quote quiz and a word find
* a untitled poem by Ann Long and Sharon Lowe (a love poem about Spock)
* a con report for Sol III, see that page
* "Albion II," fiction by Maggie Symon, features Gary Mitchell
* info on the Gene Roddenberry Hollywood star project
* "Relapse," fiction by Sharon Lowe, part two of the story begun in the last issue, stars Andy the bravely ailing historian
* there is info about the Midcon Special, created for fans (DeForest Kelly could not attend the October Midcon due to filming commitments, so postponed his visit to the UK to April)
* from Jan: 
* from Barbara: 
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