Right of Statement

Right of Statement is a gen Star Trek: TOS letterzine of reviews and letters. 
The first issue was published by Patricia C. Nolan and Anne Elizabeth Zeek. 
Nolan handed over the reins to Zeek after the first issue. 
There were three issues. 
The ad in The Trek Fan's Handbook calls it a "genzine for purists." 
This letterzine is a contemporary to Interstat in that "Right of Statement" began shortly after Interstat. Unlike the long-running "Interstat," there were only three issues of "Right of Statement."
Another contemporary letterzine, one that was just as short-lived, was Atavachron .
A fan writes a very short review of "Right of Statement" #3 in Scuttlebutt #14 and wonders if it will be a successor to that zine. 
==Issue 1==
Right of Statement 1 was published in July 1978 and contains 30 pages.	
 
The small illos are by Kathy Carlson, Amy Harlib, Jeanne Matthews, Carolynn Ruth, Virginia Lee Smith, and A.E. Zeek.
Some topics discussed in this issue: Nimoy and Spock and the upcoming movie, fandom and community, a con report for Puget Sound Star Trekkers Science Fiction and Star Trek Convention #3, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (was Roy Neery a relative of Kirk?), Space: 1999 and those Star Trek fans who disregard it.
This issue has an essay by Jean Lorrah called How about a discussion of one of everybody's favorite topics: money?.
This issue has a review by Frances Zawacky of The Price of the Phoenix, see that page.
From Pat Nolan: 
From Zeek: 
From Matt Butts: 
From Linda Deneroff: 
From Diane Tessman: 
From Sally McIntyre: 
From Jenny Ferris: 
From Elizabeth Carrie: 
* a review of Fuhura #5, see that page
* a review of The Beast, see that page
* a review of Sahaj Collected, see that page
* a review of Nexus #1, see that page
* a review of The Sensuous Vulcan, see that page
* a review of Stardate Unknown #4, see that page
* a review of Farthest Star #1 (misspelled as "Furthest Star"), see that page
* a review of Pern Portfolio, see that page
* a review of The Price of the Phoenix, see that page
* zine ads, con announcements
* a short movie review for Star Wars
 
Image:rightofstatement1-1.jpg|from issue #1
Image:rightofstatement1-2.jpg|from issue #1
Image:rightofstatement1-3.jpg|from issue #1
Image:rightofstatement1-4.jpg|from issue #1
==Issue 2==
Right of Statement 2 was published September 15, 1978 and contains 38 pages.
It contains eight letters of comment, and four WAHF.
The illos are by Kathy Carlson, Amy Harlib, Jeanne Matthews, Richard Olsen, Carolynn Ruth, Virginia Lee Smith, and Anne Elizabeth Zeek.
The topics discussed in this issue: zine production (mimeo vs offset), zine costs and value, zines and copyright, hopes for the upcoming movie: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the state of fandom, and many comments about The Schuster Conventions.
 
This issue contains an essay by Jean Lorrah called Copyright: at the moment we are stuck with what the Library of Congress says.
From Anne Elizabeth Zeek: 
From Diane Tessman: 
From Roberta Rogow: 
From Carole Crater: 
From G.M. Carr: 
From Elizabeth Carrie: 
From Elizabeth Carrie: 
From Karen Fleming: 
Also from Karen Fleming: 
From Frances Zawacky: 
* a review of Guardian #1, see that page
* two reviews of Pegasus #3, see that page
* a review of The Displaced, see that page 
* a review of Future Wings, see that page
* a review of The Best of Trek #1, see that page
* a review of the original versus the reprint of Time Warp #1, see that page
* a statement regarding Winston Howlett and the rumor that he was taking over
 
Image:rightofstatement2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Jean Lorrah's article (page 1)
Image:rightofstatement2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Jean Lorrah's article (page 2)
Image:rightofstatement2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Jean Lorrah's article (page 3)
Image:rightofstatement2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Jean Lorrah's article (page 4)
==Issue 3==
Right of Statement 3 was published in July 1979 and contains 19 pages. It may have the official numeration of #3/4 due to its being so late in publication. 
This issue has discussion about The Schuster Cons, mimeo vs offset zines, fandom and profit, Space:1999 and Battlestar Galactica, copyright and zines, dealing with the IRS and your fanworks as a hobby/business.
It also has an essay by Jean Stevenson about the Star Trek for-profit, pro books. See Let's calculate the 'score' for Bantam and see if they can be said to have 'won' the Fizzbin game so far..
Also, Jean Lorrah explained at great length her attempts to get some of her zines (NTM Collected and Epilogue) copyrighted by the Library of Congress, and she writes of what she has discovered about getting Star Trek fanzines considered for the Library of Congress' service of recording materials for the blind and handicapped, the "talking books program"
From Sally A. Syrjala, comments on Kirk breaking the Prime Directive several times: 
From G.M Carr: 
From G.M. Carr: 
From Elizabeth Carrie: 
From Lori Chapek-Carleton: 
From Frances Ford: 
From Jeff Wilcox: 
From Sharon Emily: 
From Roberta Rogow: 
From Johanna Cantor: 
From Linda Deneroff: 
Also from Lori Chapek-Carleton: 
From Jean Lorrah: 
From Jean Lorrah: 
From Lori-Chapek Carleton: 
From Kathy Resch: 
From Judith Gran: 
 
From Linda Deneroff: 
From Jenny Ferris: 
From Frances Zawacky: 
 
* a review of Echoes of the Empire #1, see that page
* a review of the pro book "Vulcan!"
* a review of Grup #6, see that page
* a review of The Other Side of Paradise #3, see that page
* a review of Paradise, see that page
* a review of Galactic Discourse #2, see that page
* a review of The Turbolift Review #2, see that page
* a review of Fantastic Journal, see that page
* a review of the movie Superman
* a review of Masiform D #8, see that page
 
 Image:rightofstateart1.jpg| from issue #3, Matthews
 Image:rightofstateart2.jpg| from issue #3, Cheryl Newsome
 Image:rightofstateart3.jpg| from issue #3, Matthews
Image:rightofstateart4.jpg| from issue #3, W.H. (Winston Howlett?)
== References ==
Category:Star Trek TOS Non-fiction Zines
Category:1978 Zines
Category:1979 Zines