The Nest Egg

The Nest Egg is a gen newsletter with articles and fiction from Star Trek: The Original Series, Catlow, Mission Impossible, and other Leonard Nimoy roles.
==A 1972 Description==
From Nimoyan Dispatch v.2 n.1: 
==Association with "There and Back Again"==
This newsletter had a close association with the Tolkien newsletter, There and Back Again. 
From the May 1972 issue of "The Nest Egg": 
==Issue 1==
The Nest Egg 1 published in June 1971.
* Three for Luck (a fairly long teaser to challenge fans to write a story: RPF, Star Trek: TOS, Mission Impossible)
* other unknown content
==Issue 2==
The Nest Egg 2 published in December 1971 contains 26 pages. 
* Welcome and Introduction (1)
* Nest News from Members and Friends (2)
* From the Editor's Desk (3)
* From the Mailbag (news) (4)
* Spock Thoughts ("The original was found in Old Saint Paul's Church, Baltimore, dated 1692") (5)
* Catlow, review (6)
* Channel LNAF Presents The Leonard Nimoy Players in YOUR STORY (story challenge: story must be built around a starring role for Nimoy, an outline is also fine if you don't have to actually write a story, you can include club members in your story) (7)
* The "Matron", fiction by Carolyn Bowling (original fiction, starring Leonard Nimoy as Martin Andrews) (7)
* ad: "PLAY THE STAR TREK SPACE BATTLE GAME! Starfleet against the Klingons - test your skill? For two or more players. Each game set 75 cents. Order from Richard Arnold [...] St. Louis, Mo. 63119.") (11)
* The Night Before Christmas, poem (includes art by Roz Oberdieck) (12)
* Catlow art (14)
* some book recommendations (15)
* A Present from Paris, fiction by Denny Arnold (Mission Impossible) (16)
* The Pet Page (tell other members about your pets or strange encounters with wildlife) (24)
* information about Nimoy posters and other things for sale (26)
File:Nestegg2-1.jpg|from issue #2
File:Nestegg2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Roz Oberdieck
File:Nestegg2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Roz Oberdieck
File:Nestegg2-4.jpg|from issue #2
 
==Issue 3==
The Nest Egg 3 published in May 1972 contains 32 pages. 
 
From this issue, where "Big Bird" is listed as Richard Arnold and "Secretary Bird" is listed as Denny Arnold: 
Despite the editors having issues with time and energy, they take on another project, working on There and Back Again, a long-running Tolkien zine. From the same editorial: 
* Comments from the Editor (1)
* Chirps, Chatter, and Credits (bits of news) (2)
* Nest News (what members have been up to, who they visited) (3)
* Three for Luck, fiction by Frances Lake (story written as a response to the challenge teaser in issue #1) (RPF, Star Trek: TOS, Mission Impossible, meta: ""Although your performances were extraordinarily powerful, Tevye and Goldman were not yours alone. And Miller, you'll recall, died. But no one else has ever played Spock or Paris." "Your theory is still full of holes," protested Nimoy, "If you just keep repeating the same stories over again, then Paris and I can't be here... Neither Paris nor Leonard Nimoy ever appeared in a Star Trek story." "'Which encourages us to think we may be able to break away all together," Endicott broke in, "If we can complete this assignment on Drahca, using you two who are no part of this universe, then we will have broken out of the mold of the Star Trek series and can begin to live real lives. Paris too will be shackled."") (4)
* Book Reviews and Recommendations (11)
* illo by Richard Arnold (12)
* Pretzeled Poetry (13)
* Enterprise Inc. (about plans to created a Star Trek board game with cards, includes samples) (14)
* Project Jelly Bean, story by Richard Arnold (Mission Impossible) (17)
* Daffy Diary (description of all the goings-on and visitors to the Arnold home: April 29-May 9) (26)
* Such Stuff Dreams Are Made Of by Denny Arnold (long, detailed description of a dream that featured Leonard Nimoy) (27)
* The CON-ing TOWER (info about upcoming conventions) (29)
* News Bits from Richard Arnold (30)
* extensive, two-page flyer for Fantasy Film Fans International (31)
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Image:nestegg3-2.jpg|from issue #3
Image:nestegg3-3.jpg|from issue #3
Image:nestegg3-6.jpg|from issue #3 
Image:nestegg3-4.jpg|from issue #3 
Image:nestegg3-5.jpg|from issue #3 
Category:Club Zines
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Category:Mission: Impossible (TV series)
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