Hailing Frequency (Star Trek: TOS club zine 3)

For other things with a similar title, see Hailing Frequency.
Hailing Frequency is a gen Star Trek: TOS and Science Fiction club newsletter The subtitle: "The QUESTAR Newsmagazine."
 
It has an annual sister zine titled Alternate Realities.
This zine was published by a college club in Queens College called Questar, a club whose original title was "Star Trek Infinity."
==Issue 1==
Star Trek Infinity (Hailing Frequency) 1 (v.1 n.1) was published in Fall 1974.
==Issue 2==
Star Trek Infinity (Hailing Frequency) 2 (v.1 n.2) was published in Spring 1975.
==Issue 3==
Star Trek Infinity (Hailing Frequency) 3 (v.2 n.1) was published in Fall 1975.
==Issue 4==
Star Trek Infinity (Hailing Frequency) 4 (v.2 n.2) was published in Spring 1976.
==Issue 5==
Hailing Frequency 5 (v.3 n.1) was published in Fall 1976.
==Issue 6==
Hailing Frequency 6 (v.3 n.2) was published in Spring 1977.
==Issue 7==
Hailing Frequency 7 (v.4 n.1) was published in October 1978. It contains 17 pages. The editor was Alan Abish.
Club members were William Bonilla, Ralph Boral, Petra Bueller, Carla Cilberg, Sydney Fogel, David Goldstein, Sarah Goldstein, Stephanie Hecht, Frank Ivanov, Marilyn Juda, Maurice Kessler, Lee LaFrese, Mark Levine, 
Susan Levine, Richard Meditz, Anthony Mizzi, James Petrassi, Marilyn Ruchamkin, Jerry Schneiderman, Wendy Shusterhoff, Madeleine Sion, Laurie Slepetis, Bettye Steinberg, and Thomas Weitz.
From "Opinion: Star Trek -- Past, Present & Future": 
* short bits of info about Mork and Mindy, Superman: The Movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Lord of the Rings (animated by Ralph Bakshi), and Stella Star (2)
* a long review of Battlestar Galactica (1978) (3, continued on page 11)
* Opinion: Star Trek -- Past, Present & Future, essay (4)
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture, current news (5)
* Television Science Fiction, essay (6)
* two short con reports for Star Trek America, see those pages, one is not credited, the other one is titled "Stella's Stellar Star Dust" (7)
* In Memoriam ("Fans of "Star Trek" were shocked and saddened by the accidental death of Mike McMasters at his home on September 6, 1978. A brilliant talent, he is best known by fans for his replica of the Enterprise bridge, blueprints, and lectures. We at QUESTAR will remember him for the help he gave us at our mini-con last year. Besides being a dealer, he also gave a talk on the new bridge set that is being used in the "Star Trek" motion picture. We will miss him.") (8)
* Club News
** a short report of the mini-con that took place April 1, 1978 on the fourth floor of the Student Union - "Many interesting things happened as well as disappointments and frustrations that came our way. This kind of thing is toe be expected from any con. We were all glad to be able to go out for dinner at the Fresh Meadows Steak Pub the next evening." 
** a club outing to Sunken Meadow State Park on May 6, 1978 - "We once again showed the world that softball is not our calling in life."
** description of a visit to "Naughty Victorians" at the Drake Theatre in Rego Park to see "if this porno business is all it's cracked up to be," and to get information for a a class project on Human Sexuality
** a visit to see Starship Encounters at Madison Square Garden on June 24, 1978 -- "The star of the show (although he did not deserve to be in it) was none other than William Shatner. He gave a twenty minute reading from Arthur Clarke's "Childhood's End" to the accompaniment of music and laser effects."
** other activities and descriptions of fun times
* Space News (10)
* some reviews of Star Trek: The New Voyages #2, see that page (12)
* a review of Vulcan! by Kathleen Sky (14)
* an ad for Alternate Realities #2
* a con report for the 2nd Annual Rocky Horror Convention, held at the Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead, L.I. on October 8th , 1978 at 7:30 pm. (16)
* To All New York City Area Star Trek/Science Fiction Fans (a fan campaign to ask WPIX-TV to stop cutting out scenes from Star Trek: TOS to add commercials) (17)
==Issue 8==
Hailing Frequency 8 (v.4 n.2) was published in March 1979. It contains 16 pages. The editor was Marilyn Ruchamkin, and the assistant editor was James Petrassi.
From "Club News": 
Club members were Olon Obish (Alan Abish), William Bonilla, Ralph Boral, Petra Bueller, Carla Cilberg, Sydney Fogel, David Goldstein, Sarah Goldstein, Stephanie Hecht, Frank Ivanov, Marilyn Juda, Maurice Kessler, Lee LaFrese, Mark Levine, Susan Levine, Peter Manzari, Anthony Mizzi, David Perl, James Petrassi, Paul Piket, Lee Schlesinger, Jerry Schneiderman, Wendy Shusterhoff, Madeleine Sion, Laurie Slepetis, and Bettye Steinberg.
* Science Fiction Movies (short blurbs about Meteor, Alien, Moonraker, Superman II, and The Empire Strikes Back) (2)
* TV Science Fiction (short blurbs about [[Battlestar Galactica (1978), The Martian Chronicles, Brave New World, and Flash Gordon) (2)
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture (summary of the plot) (3)
* The Lord of the Rings (review of the animated film by Ralph Bakshi) (4)
* review of the Watership Down film (5)
* Club News (6)
* con report for , see that page (7)
* review of the movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (8)
* three reviews of Superman II (two are not credited, one is by Elliot S. Maggin) (9)
* review of the Star Trek pro novel, World Without End (13)
* review of the Star Trek pro novel, Trek to Madworld (13)
* Space News (President Carter and NASA's plans) (14)
* review of the Star Trek pro novel, The Starless World (15)
* Editorial: Let's Hear It For The Bad Guys (essay, not credited) (16)
* a flyer for the mini-con, Questar: A Science Fiction Fest (17)
==Issue 9==
Hailing Frequency 9 (v.5. n.1) was published in November 1979. It contains 19 pages. The art is by Sydney and Maurice Kessler.
Club members: "Old Fogeys": Sydney Elise Fogel, Sarah Goldstein, Stephanie Hecht, Marilyn Juda, Maurice Kessler, Mark Levine, Sue Levine, Anthony Mizzi, David Perl, Jimmy Jude Petraasi, Paul Piket,Lee Schlesinger, Jerry Schneiderman, Bettye Steinberg, "Newcomers": Scott Alex, Chuck Barouch, Jerome Bressi, Alde Cos, Robert Oemko, Michael Isby, Claude Andree-Louiasant, Richard McConville, Wilson Milian, Phil Schreiber, Lisa Weissfeld, Terri Wortzman, Robin Zimmerman, and Gabe Feder.
* Coming Up... by Phil Screiber (short blurbs about Beyond Westworld, Brave New World, The Shape of Things to Come, The Martian Chronicles, Time After Time, and The Return of Maxwell Smart) (5)
* Books 'n Stuff, upcoming science fiction books, by James J. Petrassi and Paul Piket (6)
* review by Scott Alex of Alien (7)
* review by Paul Piket of Moonraker (8)
* review by James J. Petrassi of Meteor (9)
* review by Anthony Mizzi of the movie Dracula (9)
* Space News by James J. Petrassi (11)
* a review by Stephanie Hecht of the movie Buck Rogers (12)
* Star Trek: The Motion Picture: A Countdown to the Final 30 Days, article by Stephanie Hecht (14)
* con report by Stephanie Hecht for Star Trek America, see that page (14)
* a review by Maurice Kessler of the novelization of Battlestar Galactica (1978) (15)
* Editorial: Dear Gene: An Open Letter to Gene Roddenberry by Paul Picket (addresses fan rumors and unhappiness about the upcoming film's plots, costumes, and more.) (17)
* flyers for Alpha Touch, Club Solaris, the Dungeons and Dragons club mentioned in the editorial (19)
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