Stellar Gas

Stellar Gas is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology.
On the front cover of the second issue: "The Finest Star Trek Fiction This Side of Orion!"
==Issue 1==
 
 
Stellar Gas 1 was published in 1979 and is 79 pages long. Cover: Ralph Fowler; back cover: Jim Kuzee. Art & illustrations: Ralph Fowler, Cheryl Newsome, Scott Gilbert, Kerry Gammill, Matt Fertig, Craig Sattler, Bev Zuk, Martin Cannon, Jim Kuzee. 
This zine features two novellas. "The Gift" by James Van Hise & Christopher Randolph explores one possible reaction to unwanted immortality, as well as the friendship between Kirk and Spock. "Lost in Thought" by Tracey Alexander — an in-depth exploration of after "The Enterprise Incident."
* By the Way (editorial) (i)
* Lost in Thought by Tracey Alexander (41) 
*Carolyn's Apollo (poem) by Pamela Rose (42) 
* Death, My Old Enemy (poem) by Leslie Fish (44)
*Transition (poem) by Jeanne Powers (45)
*The Logic of Life (poem) / Marilynn Lebo (46)
* The Gift by Christopher Randolph & James Van Hise (62) 
* Feast of Dust (poem) by Della Van Hise (63)
*Birth Pains (poem) by Marilynn Lebo (66)
*Don't Tell Me (poem) by Merlin Adams (67)
*The Song of Pon Farr (poem) by D.J. Biehl (is listed in the table of contents, but "The Logic of Life" by Marilynn Lebo is what's actually printed in the zine) (69)
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File:Stellergasflyer.jpg|flyer for issue #1 (full page)
Image:stellargas1flyer.jpg|another flyer for issue #1
Image:stellargasflyer1.jpg|first half of flyer, click to read
Image:stellargasflyer2.jpg|second half of flyer, click to read
Image:stellargasfront.jpg|frontispiece from issue #1, Scott Gilbert
Image:stellar1-1.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Cheryl Newsome
Image:stellar1-2.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Kerry Gammill
Image:stellar1-3.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Matt Fertig
Image:stellar1-4.png|inside page from issue #1, Ralph Fowler
Image:stellar1-10.jpg|inside page from issue #1, sample text
Image:stellar1-5.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Craig Sattler
Image:stellar1-6.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Bev Zuk
Image:stellar1-7.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Scott Gilbert
Image:stellar1-8.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Martin Cannon
Image:stellar1-9.jpg|inside page from issue #1, Martin Cannnon
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Stellar Gas 2 was published in 1980 and is 78 pages long. Art by Michael Verina, Vel Jaeger, Jim Kuzee, Ruth Kurz, and LeE.
* Editorial (ii)
* A Thousand Winged Unicorns by Della Van Hise (1)
* A Price to Be Paid (poem) by Liz Persic (6)
* Where Two Halves (poem) by Wendy Rathbone (8)
* A Time to Refrain by Jan Mike (9) ("What if?... What if Kirk hadn't prevented McCoy from saving Edith Keeler? Can he pay the price? And just exactly will that price be?")
* Edith and Forever (poem) by Wendy Rathbone (12)
* On Striking a Chord by T'Rhys (13)
* The Murder of James T. Kirk by Mary A. Smith (17)
* One Question by Wendy Rathbone (24)
* Paradise, Are You Listening? by Anthony Cervettes (25) (article, "Have you ever stared at the stars, wondering? And did you ever stop to think that, perhaps, there may be something more to your dreams? And why does the Enterprise seem more like home than "home" at times???"))
* Not for the Captain's Log by Joyce Tullock (McCoy has done it again. He is separated from the shuttlecraft party with no communicator and knows full well that it will be Spock to rescue him 'for the sheer humiliation of it'. He can just imagine Spock's report to the Captain. Mr. Spock, however, is not that predictable.) (27)
* Expectations of a Phoenix (poem) by Merlin Thomas (29)
* Shadows (poem) by Liz Pietrzak (30)
* Uhura's Alien by Ruth Kurz (32)
* Idylls of a Gentle Healer by Vel Jaeger (McCoy recalls many of his adventures during the 5 year mission.) (37)
* Peter by Pamela S. Rose (39) ("Kirk's young nephew, Peter Kirk, is assigned to the Enterprise. But why is he resentful of the assignment? And can he hold up in a crisis situation?")
* Hold Onto Your Hat! (poem) by Liz Persic (60)
* Time Cannot Console by Christine Thomson (61) ("An excerpt from the personal log of a Sickbay nurse who happens to be on duty when tragedy strikes Jim Kirk. This vignette details her reactions to the horrifying situation... and explains why Spock is the only logical alternative.")
* Amanda Est (poem) by Twyla J. Peacock (64)
* This Side of Paradise (poem) by D. J. Biehl (66)
* The Language Barrier by Vel Jaeger (67)
* T'Pring's Dilemma (poem) by Gene S. Delapenia (74)
* Escape (poem) by Bonnie Guyan (76)
* Tales My Mother Told Me (Filk) by Della Van Hise (77-78)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
===Unknown Date===
===1981===
===2017===
==References ==
 Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1979 Zines
Category:1980 Zines