Eternal Triangle

Eternal Triangle is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology fanzine.
It is a unique size, 9"x8".
The title comes from something in canon: "... truly an eternal triangle." -- McCoy speaking to Spock, Kirk, Rayna, and Flint in the episode "Requiem for Methuselah."
There were three issues. A fourth was planned for 1986 from a submission request in Communications Console (Jan-Feb 1986) , but it did not make it off the ground.
==Issue 1==
 
Eternal Triangle 1 was published in May 1981 and is 130 pages long. 
It was edited by Sharon Gates, Mona Golden, Linda Lakin, and Phyllis Sutter. 
The cover is by Ann Crouch.
From the editorial by Gates: 
From the editorial by Golden: 
From the editorial by Lakin: 
From the editorial by Sutter: 
 
*The Eternal Triangle, poem by Sandra Randarnt (5)
* Communication, poem by Deborah Kelley (6)
*It Had to Happen by Mona Golden and Sharon Gates (7)
* Forfeit, poem by Deborah Kelley (10)
*Home by Linda Lakin (14)
*To Forget, poem by Arjamond Bishop (15)
*Spock, poem by Arjamond Bishop (16)
*Kirk, poem by Arjamond Bishop (16)
* Revelations by Linda Lakin (18)
* Thoughts, poem by Debbie Kelley (24)
*The Bar by Mona Golden (25)
* Loneliness, poem by Mona Golden (26)
*Viva la Vie by Deborah Kelley (28)
*Comments by friends and relatives (and enemies) (graffiti page) (32)
* Phyllis' TV: Captain Kirk, McCoy, Spock, Sulu, poems (33)
*All our Yesterdays, The Empath, The Spectre of the Gun, Obsession, Miri, The Dagger of the Mind, A Private Little War, Elaan of Troyus, poems (35)
*Take Two Aspirin and ..., poem by Linda Lakin (38)
*The Witching Hour by Linda Lakin (40)
*When Star Trek Comes on the Tube Again, filk by The Trekettes (Sandy, Candy, Linda & Pam), to the tune of the "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (45)
*The Light by Arjamond Bishop (46)
* So, What Are We Going To Do?, poem by Deborah Kelley (48)
*Logically Speaking by Sharon Gates & Mona Golden (52)
*Lady by Phyllis Sutter (65)
*Another Parting by Sandra Randant (67)
*Sweet Solitude by Sandra Randant (69)
*I've Been Drafted! by Sharon Gates (72)
*Mirror Mirror by Paro D. T'Kum (75)
*Blooper Reel Quiz (79)
*'Tis the Season by Sharon Gates & Linda Lakin (81)
*Ship of Silence by Sharon Gates & Mona Golden (84)
*The Gift, poem by Mona Golden (96)
*Reunion by Sharon Gates (Retelling of the ST:TMP scene of Scott taking Kirk on a shuttle ride to view the Enterprise.) (97)
*Stranded Again, poem by Deborah Kelley (99)
*Alone, poem by Arjamond Bishop (104)
*The Planet Enterprise, to be continued by Sharon Gates (In which Kirk, McCoy, and Spock buy a planet to colonize solely with members of the Enterprise crew and their families.) (105)
File:Eternaltriangle1-8.jpg|from issue #1
File:Eternaltriangle1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Linda Lakin
File:Eternaltriangle1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Candy Randant
File:Eternaltriangle1-3.jpg|from issue #1, graffiti page
File:Eternaltriangle1-4.jpg|from issue #1, Linda Lakin
File:Eternaltriangle1-5.jpg|from issue #1, Candy Randant
File:Eternaltriangle1-6.jpg|from issue #1, Candy Randant
File:Eternaltriangle1-7.jpg|from issue #1, last page of "The Planet Enterprise"
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1 ===
==Issue 2==
Eternal Triangle 2 was published in March 1982 and is 233 pages long. 
The art is by Ann Crouch, Sat Nam Kaur Keahey, Linda Lakin, and Carole Parisi.
It was edited by Sharon Gates, Mona Golden, Linda Lakin, and Phyllis Sutter. 
Many of copies of issue #3 were damaged by a flood in an editor's basement. New covers and backs were put on them, and they are legible, but wrinkled.
From the editorial by Gates: 
From the editorial by Golden: 
*A Sticky Subject, poem by Linda Lakin (5)
*List Them As Missing by Sharon Gates (6)
*A Unique Adventure, poem by Sharon Gates (9)
*Survival by Jeanne Noga (10)
*Comrades, poem by Harriett Carmen (30)
*Skip It by Deborah Kelley (31)
* Take Me Out to the Trek Con, filk by The Trekettes, to the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (34)
*In the Shadow of the Bat, part one by Rozanne Rucano and Lynn Paileeli ("our spacey soap opera") (35)
*Enterprise Lost by Shirley Buck (43)
*Alone, poem by Patricia Demetri (53)
*Enterprise Regained by Shirley Buck (55)
*Special Friends, poem by Harriett Carmen (65)
*The Ship, poem by Sheila Sullivan (66)
*Red Shirts, filk by The Trekkettes (67)
* The Red Shirts by Sharon Gates (68)
*A Different End, poem by Patricia Demetri (70)
*What Dreams are Made Of by Phyllis Sutter (71)
*Trek of the Pegasus, poem by Phyllis Sutter (reprinted from the October 1981 issue of J.D.I.F.C.) (83)
* Mirror, Mirror on the Wall by Paro D. T'Kum (84)
*untitled poem by Sharon Gates (86)
*Pride of the Enterprise by Diana Bird (87)
* In the Shadow of the Bat, part two by Rozanne Rucano and Lynn Paileeli ("our spacey soap opera") (93)
*Gee, Mom, filk by The Trekkettes (99)
*The Ivy and the Wall by Deborah Kelley (101)
* Gone Fishin' by Linda Larkin (106)
* As Sunlight on a Rose by Judy Darnell (108)
*Dreamreapers by Rosalie Blazej (109)
*An Alternate Choice, poem by Linda Larkin (122)
*untitled poem by Linda Larken (124)
*Compassion's Gift, fiction by Sheila Sullivan (125)
*Compassion's Gift, poem by Sheila Sullivan (140)
*Nightmare, poem by Sandra Randant (141)
*Only a Matter of Time by Deborah Kelley (142)
*Captured Moment, poem by Judy Darnell (148)
*It's Dark in Here by Deborah Kelley (149)
*untitled poem by Mona Golden (152)
*Planet Enterprise, part 2 by Sharon Gates (154)
 
File:Eternaltriangle2-1.jpg|from issue #2
File:Eternaltriangle2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Linda Lakin
File:Eternaltriangle2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Ann Crouch
File:Eternaltriangle2-4.jpg|from issue #2, filk
File:Eternaltriangle2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Sat Nam Kaur Keahey
File:Eternaltriangle2-6.jpg|from issue #2
File:Eternaltriangle2-7.jpg|from issue #2
File:Eternaltriangle2-8.jpg|from issue #2, Carole Parisi
File:Eternaltriangle2-9.jpg|from issue #2, Carole Parisi
File:Eternaltriangle2-10.jpg|from issue #2
File:Eternaltriangle2-11.jpg|from issue #2, Sat Nam Kaur Keahey
File:Eternaltriangle2-12.jpg|from issue #2, Carole Parisi
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
Eternal Triangle 3 was published in April 1983 with a copyright date of March 1983 (reprinted in February 1984) and is 262 pages long. 
It was edited by Sharon Gates and Mona Golden. 
The first printing may have been 150 copies. The second printing was 200 copies. 
The art is by Vel Jaeger, Ann Crouch, Annette Taylor, and Gennie Summers. The borders by Caro Hedge, and the calligraphy is by Linda Lakin. 
 
*Another Sticky Subject by Linda Lakin (4)
*Resting, poem by Patricia Demetri (5)
*Kismet by Shirley Buck (An alternate ending to 'City' with a twist.) (6)
*Spock's Triangle by Marlene Schmierbach (24)
*Lute Player, poem by Patricia Demetri (27)
*A Very Patient Woman by Diane Miskiewicz (28)
*U.N.C.L.E./Trek by Sharon Gates (35)
*Meld, poem by Patricia Demetri (61)
* Sauce for the Goose, poem by Melissa Lee (62)
*The Trade by Deborah Kelley (64)
*Darkness by Linda Lakin (68)
*Farewells, poem by Harriett Carmen (69)
*20/20 by Debbie Gilbert (Discover how Kirk found out he was allergic to Retinax.) (70)
*Mister Mailman, Bring Me a Zine, filk by by Gennie Summers (85)
*I Feel Young, poem by Debbie Gilbert (86)
*An End to Childhood, poem by Deborah Kelley (87)
*Echo of a Memory by Sue Keenan (After McCoy is forbidden to ever return to Vulcan or face execution, he finds he must, to save a life.) (crossover with Man from UNCLE) (91)
*Shadows, poem by Pam Boure (109) 
* Phase the Man Down, filk by Gennie Summers (110)
*Respect by Deborah Kelley (111)
*Repayment to a Planet by Sharon Gates and Mona Golden (116)
*Taker Out, Mr. Saavik by Melissa Lee (129)
* Choices to Make, Paths to Follow by Deborah Kelley (131)
*A Matter of Pride by Jean Ann Hodge (148)
*Beginning, poem by Patricia Demetri (150)
*Ending, poem by Pam Boure (150)
*An Exchange of Cultures by Deborah Kelley (152)
*Why?, poem by Pam Boure (155)
*No-Win Situation by Renee Hoskin and Becky Cope (156)
*Remember by Melissa Lee (183) (originally printed in Communications Console Sep/Oct 1982)
*Fate, poem by Deborah Kelley (184)
*A Lass Called Siiri by Sheila Sullivan (185) 
*Thoughts, poem by Patrica Demetri (200)
*Gone with the (Solar) Wind by Linda Lakin and Sandra Randant (201)
*A Friend in Need, poem by Debbie Gilbert (202)
* A Parting of Souls, poem by Debbie Gilbert (203)
*Planet Enterprise, part three by Sharon Gates (205)
File:Eternaltriangle3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Gennie Summers
File:Eternaltriangle3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Annette Taylor
File:Eternaltriangle3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Vel Jaeger
File:Eternaltriangle3-7.jpg|from issue #3, Ann Crouch
File:Eternaltriangle3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Vel Jaeger
File:Eternaltriangle3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Gennie Summers
File:Eternaltriangle3-6.jpg|from issue #3, Ann Crouch
=== Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:1981 Zines
Category:1982 Zines
Category:1983 Zines