Babel

Babel is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology.
The first two issues are mimeo, the others are offset.
The fanzine, along with 12 others, became the subject of Paula Smith's satire in Menagerie #4.
==Issue 1==
Babel 1 was published in September 1971 (second printing: April 1973) and is 80 pages long. Cover by Terry Austin. Interior art by Terry Austin and Randy Bathurst.
The entire content of this issue is reviews of Star Trek scripts: how they read, how they differed from what was filmed, how different revisions stacked up against each other.
*Babel On by Margaret Basta (editorial)
*Script Reviews by V. Conder (article)
*Script Reviews by Margaret Basta (article)
*Script Reviews by Laura Basta (article)
*Cyrl the Knife by Laura Trise Basta (editorial)
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==Issue 2==
Babel 2 was published in January 1972 and is 102 pages long. It was edited by Laura Triste Basta and Margaret A. Basta. Assistant editor is Carol Lynn. The art is by Terry Austin (back cover, interior), Laura Basta, Margaret Basta, Michael Kucharski (front cover, interior), Randy Bathurst, and C. Lee Healy.
*Dedication (1)
*Index (3)
*Cyrl-the-Knife by Laura Basta (editorial) (4)
*On Rigel by Frederick L. Reiss (6)
* The Lemminian Incident by C. Ager (11)
*Spock Shock, poem by N.T. Prize (22)
*Genetic Analysis of the Kataytikhe by Carol Lynn (article about Kraith) (24)
* A Remembrance of Echoes by Laura T. Basta (It is the first Federation and Empire novella, which takes place in the Mirror Universe from the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror". The Mirror Spock has killed Kirk and is now discussing it with Marlena, Kirk's "captain's woman", and with his own "captain's woman," Uhura. They begin laying the groundwork for the eventual overthrow of the Empire. This story is described in Star Trek Lives!.) (reprinted in Face Forward #1) (32)
* Why the Prime Directive? by Richard G. Van Treuren (52)
* The Evolution of the Vulcan Primate by Carol Lynn (article) (61)
*Babel On by Margaret Basta (editorial) (66)
*Script Reviews by Val Conder, Laura Basta, and Margaret Basta (article) (67)
* You Can't Go No Place If You Don't Know Where You've Been by "N.T. Prize" (104)
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==Issue 3==
Babel 3 was published in October 1972 (second printing January 1974) and is 90 pages long. Covers by Terry Austin. The interior art is by Alan Andres (back cover), Randy Bathurst, Laura Basta, Margaret Basta, Roberta Brown, Jennifer Reid (insert), Adrienne LeVine, Mike Kucharski, Terry Austln.
Boldly Writing states that: "There were two notable items in this issue. One was Laura Basta's latest installment in her Federation and Empire series. The other was Jacqueline Lichtenberg's "In Defense of T'Yuzeti." This article came about because in her Kraith series, Jacqueline presupposed that Sarek had married (or at least mated) before Amanda came along, and had offspring from that union."
From the editorial of the first printing: 
From the editorial of the second printing: 
*cartoon by Jennifer Reid (1)
*Cryl the Knife by Laura Basta (editorial) (3)
*Myths of Integrity by Laura Trise Basta (It is the second Federation and Empire novella, which takes place in the Mirror Universe from the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror.") (reprinted in Face Forward #1) (4) 
*Star Tracks - Where No Man Has Gone Before by Brian F. Reiss (35)
* The Mad Poet Speaks by Deidre Matthews (38)
* The Chekov Syndrome by Frederick L. Reiss (39) (article)
*Scenes We'd Like to See by N.T. Prize
* Off Rigel by Marel Lelik (41) (article)
* Off Rigel by 2 by Fred L. Reiss (counterpoint article) (44)
*Counterpoint to Off Rigel by Frederick L. Reiss (44) (article)
*Lest We Forget by Marel Lelik [also in Academy Vol. 2 #1] (article, serves as background for the story The Garden Was a Wild) (46)
*The Garden Was a Wild, fiction by Marel Lelik (the article "Lest We Forget" in this zine series is background for this fic.) (48)
*In Defense of T'Yuzeti by J. Lichtenberg [Also in Kraith Creator's Manual] (article) (56)
*"Metamorphosis" (script review, first draft) by R. Brown (71)
*"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" (script review, final draft) by V. Conder (72)
*"Amok Time" (script review, first draft) by Ruth Berman (73)
*"Amok Time" (script review, 2nd revised) (80)
*"Whom Gods Destroy" (script review) by V. Conder (81)
*"Way of the Spores" (script review, first draft) (83)
*"Plato's Stepchildren" (script review, final draft) by Laura Basta (84)
*"Friday's Child" (first draft) (script review) (86)
*"Friday's Child" (second draft) (script review) (87)
*"Ultimate Computer" (final) (script review) (88)
*Babel On by Margaret A. Basta (89)
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==Issue 4==
Babel 4 was published in February 1973 (reprinted in February 1975, see notes below regarding the reprint) and is 75 pages long. Art by Mark Andres, Terry Austin, Randy Bathurst, Doug Herring, C. Lee Healy, Mike Kucharski, Adrienne Levine, Tom Orzjenowski, Jennifer Reid, and Janice.
From the editorial of the original issue: 
Regarding the 1975 reprint, from the editorial in the reprint: 
TOC for the original issue:
*Babel On by Margaret Basta, art by Kurcharski and Austin (3)
*Ssarsun's Argument by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, art by Doug Herring (also in Kraith Collected #2] (4)
*Kraith I-F by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, art by Janice (5)
* art by Janice (7)
* art by Janice (10)
* art by Doug Herring (14)
* art by Kurcharski and Austin (17)
* art by Kurcharski and Austin (21)
*poetry, Stars by Kathy Carter, poems by Janice, art by Alan Andres, silk screen by Janice (22)
*script reviews by Geronimo Felipe (23)
*Mission into Chaos by M. Basta, art by Janice (24)
* The Unusual Starship IMPOSSIBLE by Kathy Phelps, art by R.R. Bathurst (24)
*Chekov by Kurcharski and Austin, blurb by N.T. Prize (29)
* The Captain by Becca Oroukin, edited by Deidre Matthews (30)
*Spock by Jennifer Reid and Adrienne LeVine (32)
*Star Tracks 2 by Fred L. Reiss, art by R.R. Bathurst (33)
*cartoon by Kurcharski and Austin, blurb by N.T. Prize (37)
*Star Tracks 3 by Fred L. Reiss (38)
*cartoon by R.R. Bathurst (40)
*cartoon by Kurcharski and Austin, blurb by N.T. Prize (42)
*cartoon by Kurcharski and Austin, blurb by N.T. Prize (45)
*cartoon by R.R. Bathurst (48)
*The Winds of Ill by Laura Basta, art by Doug Herring (It is the third Federation and Empire novella, which takes place in the Mirror Universe from the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror.") (revised and reprinted in Face Forward #2) (49)
*Planet by Kurcharski and Orzjenowski (52)
*T'Letzbah by C.L. Healy (57)
*Mirror Spock by C.L. Healy (68)
*Enterprise by Doug Herring (71)
*Scenes We'd Like to See by "N.T. Prize" (72)
*Cyrl the Knif by Laura Trise Basta, art by R.R. Bathurst (73)
TOC for the reprint:
*Babel On #2 (2)
*Title page (3)
*Index: art by Kucharski and Austin (4)
*Babel On #1 (5)
*Ssarsun's Argument by J. Lichtenberg (also in Kraith Collected #2] (6)
* art by various (7)
* The Unusual Starship Impossible by Kathy Phelps (24)
*Scenes We'd Like to See by "N.T. Prize" (26)
*Star Tracks #2 by Fred L. Reiss (27)
*Script Reviews: Arena by Gerry Felipe (29)
*Mission into Chaos by Margaret Basta (30)
*The Winds of Ill by Laura Basta, art by Doug Herring (It is the third Federation and Empire novella, which takes place in the Mirror Universe from the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror.") (revised and reprinted in Face Forward #2) (31)
*Planet by Kurcharski (34)
*T'Rizpah by C. Lee Healy (50)
*Enterprise by Doug Herring (53)
*Spock and Uhura by Jennifer Reid and Adrienne Levine (54)
*Cyrl-the-Knife by Laura Basta (55)
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File:Babel4-2.jpg|from issue #4, from "The Unusual Starship IMPOSSIBLE" by Kathy Phelps; art by Randy Bathurst
File:Babel4-3.jpg|from issue #4, from "Federation & Empire": "Winds of Will" by Laura Trise Basta; art by Doug Herring
File:Babel4-4.jpg|from issue #4, "Spock and Uhura" by Jennifer Reid and Adrienne Levine -- "Sir -- what is the approved procedure for logging an obscene subspace message?"
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
Babel 5 was published in February 1974 and contains 88 pages.
The art is by Alan Andres, Alan Asherman, Terry Austin, Randy Bathurst, Roberta L. Brown, Jim Hastings-Trew, Nancy Hastings-Trew, Doug Herring, Janice and Mike Kucharski.
From the editorial: 
*Scenes We'd Like to See by "N.T. Prize" (3)
*Babel On: A Boy and His Wog by J. Francke (5)
*Alphabetical Index of Scripts Reviewed (5)
*Notes on Yesteryear, essay by Dorothy C. Fontana ("I would like to say in closing that I will not entertain long (or short) discussion -- verbal or written -- about "Yesteryear". The work stands as is, and it is my last word on Vulcan.") (6)
* The Last Voyage, fiction by Burt Libe (also in Sub-Space #1) (10)
* The Products of an Empire by Laura Basta (It is the fourth Federation and Empire novella, which takes place in the Mirror Universe from the TOS episode "Mirror, Mirror.") (revised and reprinted in Face Forward #2) (21)
*Cyrl the Knife, essay by Laura Basta (49)
*Warp Factors and Relativity, article by Burt Libe (51)
* The Lost Star, story outline by John Meredyth Lucas (never filmed script) (58)
*Script Reviews by Margaret Ann Basta, Laura Trise Basta, and Val Conder (59)
*Script Reviews by
 
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