Great Bird of the Galaxy (Star Trek: TOS zine)

Great Bird of the Galaxy is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology put out by a high school club in Lake Ronkonkama, NY. Sachem High School 
The zine title is a reference to Gene Roddenberry's nickname: Great Bird of the Galaxy.
==Issue 1==
Great Bird of the Galaxy 1 is not dated, but published in 1972 or 1973. It contains 32 pages. 
It contains illos by Nick Greenko and Barbara Salage.
Note: something that may be in a different edition: Finagle's Folly by B. Craig. 
From the editor's notes: 
* Editor's Notes by Maieve Dolfsky (2)
* Features: Table of Contents (2)
* Naryh by Margaret Clark and Sue Hochmen (the first of a planned regular column of Star Trek quotes and discussion) (4)
* untitled poem by T'rpsi (sp?) (5)
* It Shall be Deemed, fiction by J.R.M. Elizabeth (6)
* Glorious Conflict, article by April Leonie Lindevald (an article/character study about the relationship between Spock and McCoy) (12)
* Trivia by ercan (15)
* Greater Love Hath No Man, part one, fiction by April Leonie Lindevald (16)
* Fanzines and Things by Maiaeve Dolfsky (28)
 
 
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==Issue 2==
Great Bird of the Galaxy 2 is not dated (likely 1972) and contains 86 pages.
The illos are by Indian, Ercan, Mac, and Geoffreye.
Two things that may be in a different edition are: Fury of the North by M. Inngoth and Who Lives By the Sword by G. Smith.
 
* Credits (ii)
* Editor's Notes by ercan (1)
*Fanzine and Things by Maieve Dolfsky (2)
* A Salute to Star Trek: It Shall Not Die, poem by April Leonie Lindevald (3)
* Con I, con report for Star Trek Lives! (convention)/1972 by Maieve Dolfsky (all about sneaking off to one of the Star Trek Lives! cons) (6)
* Greater Love Hath No Man, part 2, fiction by Geoffreye (April Leonie Lindevald) (10)
* Trivia by ercan (32)
* Naryh: Mac and the Hobbit (the Hobbit is Susan Hope Hochman) (33)
* poetry by Maieve (34)
* A Letter to the GBOTG (I) by Geoffraye (35)
* Con II by M. Clark	 (36)
* IDIC (40)
* A Letter to the GBOTG (II) by Dr. McCoy (41)
* poems by Maieve and "one by the Plebe" (Willy Rottmann) (43)
* Glorious Conflicts, article by April Leonie Lindevald (about the relationship between Spock and McCoy) (44)
* Unchanged Like the Stars, a Star Trek teleplay by J.R.M. Elizabeth (48)
* ST Word Search by the Hobbit (82)
* poetry (83)
 
 
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==Issue 3==
Great Bird of the Galaxy 3 was published in 1973 and contains 63 pages.
The art is by Evelyn Rysdyk, Ercan, and Phyllis Baron.
Maieve Dolfsky and Eric are the only editors, as the rest of the staff has fled.
The fanzine column has been eliminated as Maieve Dolfsky was bored by it.
* Editor's Notes by Maieve Dolfsky (1)
* Table of Contents (2)
* My Precious, poem by Eric (about the horta) (3)
* That Which Survives, poem by Eric (4)
* Who Lives By the Sword, fiction by Geraldine Smith (5)
* Trauma by Maieve Dolfsky (19)
* My Time Has Come by Maieve Dolfsky (20)
* New York Star Trek Con '73, con report by Abby Uklan (21)
* The Forgivers, fiction by Phyllis Baron (24)
* The Ways of Love, fiction by Kerri Smithline (25)
* poetry by Maieve Dolfsky (33)
* Yes, Virginia, There is a Mr. Spock, article by April Leonie Lindevald (34)
* All Our Yesterdays, poem (40)
* The Fury of the North, fiction by Mira Inngoth (41)
* Wordsearch by Sue Hochmann (60)
* Trivia (61)
* Where No Fan has Gone Before, article by Nick Greenko (review of Star Trek: The Animated Series: "So, we give the new ST cartoon an A for effort. If you are in love with the characters, you can at least close your eyes to listen and imagine...") (62)
* Vulcan is the Place of My Dreams, poem by Maieve Dolfsky (in the table of contents, but not in the zine) (63)
 
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Image:greatbird3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Ercan
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Image:greatbird3-6.jpg|from issue #3, Ercan
==References==
Category:Non-fiction Zines
Category:Club Zines
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1970s Zines