The Oracle Speaks

The Oracle Speaks is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology by Theresa Holmes. 
It contains fiction, art, and non-fiction. 
An ad in the back of Mahko Root #2 lists it as a "Christian-focused" letterzine. Each issue was fifty cents. 
One fan describes this zine: 
By the fourth issue in 1980, the focus of the zine shifted to space exploration and colonization. As per a 1980 flyer, the publisher hoped that more issues would be forthcoming. The fourth issue, though, appears to have been the final one.
==Issue 1==
The Oracle Speaks 1 was published in July 1978. 
* Psalm 8 (1)
* First Person Personal (3)
* Author's Note (5)
* Death, Where is Thy Sting (reprinted from The Sehlat's Roar #1) (6) 
* Center Spread by Randy Ash (14)
* Conversation Between Friends (16)
* Psalm 23 (23)
* Food for Thought (24)
* Oracular Pronouncements (26)
* Closing Thoughts (Psalm 33:6-9, 13-19, 22 RSV) (28)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
The Oracle Speaks 2 was published in October 1978 and contains 24 pages.
* Psalm 100 (1)
* First Person Personal (3)
* Author's Note (5)
* Man's Best Friend (7)
* Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold (submitted by Eileen Roy) (11)
* Centerpiece: Surak's Lament (12)
* Food for Thought, letters of comment (14)
* Review of the book "Lucifer's Hammer" (18)
* Oddy-Con con report by Cathy Czene, see that page (19)
* Zines (21)
* News Notes and Quotes (22)
* Why Did I Get This Zine This Time? (23)
* Psalm 131 (24)
From Holmes' introduction: 
 
Image:oraclespeaks2-1.jpg|from issue #2
Image:oraclespeaks2-2.jpg|from issue #2
Image:oraclespeaks2-3.jpg|from issue #2
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
The Oracle Speaks 3 was published in April 1979 and contains 40 pages. 
From the editorial: 
* A Song of Ascents, Psalm 120 RSV (1)
* the editorial, First Person Personal, contains I was going to do an editorial on the "pernicious evils" spawned by the K/S relationship stories (3)
* Author's Note (5)
* "Concerto for Sehlats," fiction by Theresa Holmes ("Author's Note: Originally the story you're about to read was part of the middle section of "The Danforth Gambit," the next major novella after "The Fall of Babel." TDG, interestingly , enough, was one of two novellas first conceived behind the dealer's table at SeKWesterCon -- the first one. Unfortunately, the other one comes even later in the chronology, so it will likely be quite awhile before you see it, for all that it's more or less printable. Anyway, about "Concerto", I removed it from TDG for two reasons; first, Randy wanted it for the mythical SR VI. And second, it eventually be-came obvious to me that TDG was going to have to be rewritten in such a way as to leave the incident out. It's too interesting for oblivion, so here it is, probably the only place you'll ever see it.") (6)
* "The Starlight Night" by Gerard Manley Hopkins (Hopkins was a 19th Century Jesuit priest and an avid amateur naturalist, this centerpiece is one of his poems, plus some fan art) (20) 
* "To Cut or Not to Cut" by Kathy Czene (article: How do Vulcans tolerate getting touched so often seeing how very short exact haircuts dictate frequent haircuts?) (22)
* Food for Thought, letters of comment (25)
* Oracular Pronouncements
** Reviews: Double Vision (two reviews, one by Lori Chapek-Carleton and one by Theresa Holmes, of the movie "Superman," two reviews, one by Lori Chapek-Carleton and one by Theresa Holmes, of Battlestar Galactica) (30)
** Zines and a Con (34)
** News, Notes, and Quotes (36)
** Next Ish (38)
* Why did I get this zine this time? (39)
* A Song of Ascents, Psalm 121 RSV (40)
 
Image:oraclespeaks3-1.jpg|from issue #3, from "Concerto for Sehlats," illo by Holmes
Image:oraclespeaks3-2.jpg|from issue #3, from "Concerto for Sehlats," illo by Holmes
Image:oraclespeaks3-3.jpg|from issue #3, from "Concerto for Sehlats," illo by Holmes 
Image:oraclespeaks3-4.jpg|from issue #3, centerfold
==Proposed Issue 4==
The Oracle Speaks 4 was to have been published in 1980, but it is very likely it was never completed.
The plans in April 1979, from issue #3: 
The plans in February 1980, from a flyer printed in Warped Space #43: 
==References==
Category:Non-fiction Zines
Category:Star Trek TOS Zines
Category:1978 Zines
Category:1979 Zines
Category:1980 Zines
Category:Christianity & Fandom