Come Together

Come Together is a K/S letterzine.
It won a STIFfie Award in 1994. 
 
Description from On the Double: 
The number of subscribers is unknown. Because issues were shared with other fans, the number of readers was much higher. A fan in 1995 wrote: "I know of a number of people who don't subscribe (curses on them — may their mothers find all their zines with explicit [ Gayle F ] covers in their closet)." from "Come Together" #16 
==Other K/S Letterzines== 
* Not Tonight Spock! (June 1984-Winter 1987)
* On the Double (November 1986-January 1996)
* The LOC Connection (January 1989-December 1993)
* Come Together (January 1994-August 1996)
* The K/S Press (September 1996-present day)
For other letterzines, see List of Letterzines.
==Awards==
This zine won a 1994 and a 1995 STIFfie Award.
==The First Issue's Editorial==
==Regarding Pseuds==
From issue #3: 
==Two Indexes==
There were at least two, perhaps three (1994, 1995, 1996), indexes to LoCs printed in "Come Together." 
A fan also mentions an index by Stanis compiled in 2001, but this must be for comments from The K/S Press.
Image:cometogether1994index.jpg|1994, compiled by Kathy Stanis
Image:cometogether1995index.jpg|1995, compiled by Kathy Stanis
==The End of the Line==
Unlike it's predecessor, The LOC Connection who gave fans several month's notice of its demise, there is no warning that in August 1996, "Come Together" #32was its last. 
But there must have been things cooking in the background, as The K/S Press immediately took up the monthly publication schedule and was published in September 1996. Like the seamless transition from The LOC Connection to "Come Together," this fandom's letterzine legacy never missed a beat.
==Issue 1 (1994)==
Come Together 1 was published in January 1994 and contains 13 pages.
* reviews for content in Charisma, As I Do Thee #1, T'hy'la #14, First Time #37, Otherwhere/Otherwhen #3, Against All Odds, Within the Mirror #8
* there are no fan comments
==Issue 2 (1994)==
Come Together 2 was published in February 1994 and contains 19 pages. 
* comments about the material in Within the Mirror #8, Charisma #13, #17, #18, Kaleidoscope #1, T'hy'la #12, #14, Naked Times #31, Otherwhere/Otherwhen #3, The Voice #2, Scattered Stars #4, see those pages
* a fan comments on the announcement that Bill Hupe has the masters and will, with permission, publish many of Pon Farr Press's zines: 
 
==Issue 3 (1994)==
Come Together 3 was published in March 1994 and contains 20 pages.
* there are comments regarding Kaleidoscope #1, Charisma #13, #17, Against All Odds, No Greater Love, T'hy'la #14, Naked Times #22, K/S Collected, First Time #38, Within the Mirror #8, The Voice #2, Counterpoint #9, see those pages
* fans discuss K/S recommended fiction for a new fan; one fan says the best writing is in now out-of-print zines; another one makes a list and adds: 
* a fan comments on her experiences at the recent Creation Con in Los Angeles; one comment: 
* fan describes how she has to go undercover when the in-laws visit: 
* a fan has this take on declining media zine sales: 
* a fan writes of safer sex, the future, and whether she thinks Kirk and Spock would practice it: 
* a fan went to Escapade and is mystified about something: 
==Issue 4 (1994)==
Come Together 4 was published in April 1994 and contains 20 pages.
* there are comments regarding KaleidoScope #1, Charisma #13, #17, First Time #7, #38, No Greater Love, Scattered Stars #5, Matter/Antimatter #11, Counterpoint #7, As I Do Thee #20, Naked Times #31, The Voice #4, see those pages
* a fan questions the presence of disease in the far future: 
* another fan adds: 
==Issue 5 (1994)== 
Come Together 5 was published in May 1994 and contains 20 pages.
* includes comments about material in Against All Odds, Matter/Antimatter #11, Way of the Warrior #6, First Time #7, #38, No Greater Love #1, Naked Times #30, #31, Off the Wall #2, Charisma #17, #18, Scattered Stars #5, see those pages
* a fan writes a con report for RevelCon, see that page
* a fan comments about an article called "Star Trek Fandom as a Religious Phenomenon" in "Sociology of Religion," v.55, #1, pp 27-51, author is Michael Jindra and was unhappy: 
==Issue 6 (1994)==
Come Together 6 was published in June 1994 and contains 18 pages.
* comments about As I Do Thee #20, First Time #37, #38, No Greater Love #1, Naked Times #31, T'hy'la #7, Scattered Stars #5, #6, see those pages
* there is a very long and moving "Bio-Line" (autobiography) by Kathy S.
* a fan writes: 
* a fan describes a run in with the cops: 
==Issue 7 (1994)==
Come Together 7 was published in July 1994 and contains 12 pages.
* comments on the contents of First Time #38, Covert Action, T'hy'la #15, No Greater Love #1, Speed of Light, Naked Times #13, #32, Scattered Stars #4, #5, #6, KSX #1, #2, Matter/Antimatter #11, see those pages
* there is much discussion about the relationship between gay men and slash
* a fan writes: "Just don't ask a certain friend of mine about the sad saga of trying to enter her songtape in the MediaWest Music video contest two year in a row. Her language wouldn't be appreciated."
* a fan comments on the panels at Worldcon: 
* about gay men and slash: 
==Issue 8 (1994)==
Come Together 8 was published in August 1994 and contains 20 pages.
* there are comments and reviews for content in Amazing Grace #2, First Time #38, Matter/Antimatter #11, T'hy'la #13, #14, #15, Scattered Stars #6, Naked Times #32, Within the Mirror #9, see those pages
* there are some con reports for Shore Leave, see that page
* a fan makes a plea: 
* a fan looks at the past and writes of her hopes for the K/S future: 
==Issue 9 (1994)==
Come Together 9 was published in September 1994 and contains 14 pages. 
* there are comments for material in Matter/Antimatter #11, Scattered Stars #6, As I Do Thee #21, Within the Mirror #9, First Time #19, #39, T'hy'la #14, see those pages
* the editors write: 
* a fan boycotts the recent Trek movie: 
* a fan explains that she writes Letters of Comment because it is part of the bigger K/S world to show interest and analyze the fiction as it is done for love: 
==Issue 10 (1994)==
Come Together 10 was published in October 1994 and contains 16 pages.
* there are comments about the material in Scattered Stars #16, Within the Mirror #9, First Time #38, #39, KSX #1, #2, T'hy'la #4, #7, #15, Command Decision, The Cosmic Collected, Naked Times #16, #18, #32, Hearts of Fire, As I Do Thee #21, Speed of Light, Private Possessions, Psychic Storm, Amazing Grace #2, see those pages
* The editor writes that, according to a USA Today article dated September 16, 1994 called "Beam Them Up," a painting of Spock and Kirk kissing while engaged in "sexual bondage" was one of about twenty displays in a University of Oregon art gallery that administrators ordered curtained off. Ironically, the show was intended to celebrate free expression.
* a fan gives a short con report for the last Worldcon: 
* a fan writes of a zine publisher and ties it into changing levels of fan's level of patience regarding receiving zines: 
==Issue 11 (1994)==
Come Together 11 was published in November 1994 and contains 14 pages. The editor notes there are 75 subscribers at this time.
* contains comments on material from First Time #36, #38, #39, On the Edge #2, Dragons, Way of the Warrior #7, KaleidoScope #2, T'hy'la #3, #6, #15, Five of Hearts, Private Possessions, Taking Command, Oasis, Imaginary Lines, Vagabonds, Within the Mirror #9, As I Do Thee #21, see those pages
* this issue has a ballot for the STIFfie
* a fan comments about the recent dust-up regarding a certain zine publisher, and of how times change: 
* a fan comments about "slow zines": 
* about LOCS and her views of K/S: 
* on fannish isolation and what one fan did about it: 
* a fan has had some success tracking her ordered zines down: 
==Issue 12 (1994)==
Come Together 12 was published in December 1994 and contains 17 pages.
* contains comments on material from Scattered Stars #5, #6, First Time #34, #35, #36, #40, Within the Mirror #4, #8, #9, No Greater Love, T'hy'la #12, #15, The Price of Freedom, KaleidoScope #2, Way of the Warrior #7, Amazing Grace #2, Where Angels Fear, Out of Bounds,“The Kiss”, First Time #6, see those pages
* this issue has a rare item, a movie review Generations (ed. note-1994) – it starts out with: 
* a zine ed asks for guidance: 
* a fan writes of a hidden gem In October 2012, Mrs. Potato Head contacted this library and asked for any information they had on media zines. Their response was prompt, friendly, but ultimately discouraging. These zines/material may still be available at this library, but they are not cataloged in any way albeit for a possible, primitive filing system; unless you know what you are specifically looking for, there is no way to explore or verify this library's holdings unless you physically go there. :
 
==Issue 13 (1995)==
Come Together 13 was published in January 1995 and contains 20 pages.
* contains comments on material from As I Do Thee #15, Within the Mirror #9, First Time #19, #36, #38, #39, #40, Kaleidoscope #2 , KSX, Charisma #14, The Mystic Bond, Scattered Stars #6, The 25th Year, Where Angels Fear, see those pages
* a fan has this to say about K/S fandom: 
* a fan offers her opinion about the movie, Star Trek Generations,: 
* about late zines: 
* this fan offers technical advice to zine eds: 
==Issue 14 (1995)==
Come Together 14 was published in February 1995 and contains 14 pages.
* contains comments on material from KaleidoScope #2, Beside Myself #1, Matter/Antimatter #11, First Time #16, #38, In the Wilderness #4, Way of the Warrior #7, Scattered Stars #6, see those pages 
* a fan offers her gratitude: 
* about the importance of LOCs and of zines, plus a little guilt trip: 
* a fan comments about zine art decisions: 
* regarding awards and faith in them: 
* about fan expectations and "progress": 
* one current topic in this letterzine was of whole zine reviews, rather than of single stories, and some fans' fear of alienating or offending the sources of their fiction: 
* another fan comments: 
* regarding "reviewing" zine eds and what a zine ed's role was: 
* this LOC is unique for two reasons: it is the first time in this letterzine that an author uses a specific pseud for a specific letter, and because it raises a relatively new topic in K/S fandom -- the warning: 
* a fan is enamored of the new technology and speculates on its use: 
 
==Issue 15 (1995)==
Come Together 15 was published in March 1995 and contains 16 pages. The editor admits to a goof: the Biolines (autobio) from the last issue had the wrong fan's name on it: "Susan called to say that she does have a life, and that although Robin Hood's life sounds interesting, she would not trade hers. So apologies to both ladies."
* contains comments on material from Command Decision, As I Do Thee #21, Matter/Antimatter #11, Scattered Stars #6, First Time #25, #35, #39, #40, KaleidoScope #2, Charisma #19, Courts of Honor, T'hy'la #3, see that page
* fans are wondering about this thing, the Internet: 
* there is a lot of discussion about a statement in the last issue, one that stated that fanzine publishing has now "become a business": 
* more about the legality of zines, and their "professionalism": 
* a fan comments on two things: warnings, and no frills zines: 
* a fan relies on letterzine such as this one: 
* a fan comments on zine awards: 
* a warning: 
==Issue 16 (1995)==
Come Together 16 was published in April 1995 and contains 12 pages.
* contains comments on material from Charisma #19, First Time #40, #41, KaleidoScope #1, The Prince, see those pages
* where are the guys?: 
* about the statement a few issues ago about there being 75 subscribers to this letterzine, plus a warning: 
* about changing times: 
* K/S fans, like fans everywhere, assumed that those who subscribed to the letterzines of the time, pretty much made up the totality of organized fandom -- the Internet was the beginning of certain fractures, or at least it revealed, other ways fans gathered. A fan comments on a recent article dated Wednesday. March 15. 1995 It is entitled "Trekking Through College: Boldly Going to College as Topic for Discussion she'd read in the Los Angeles Times: 
* fans feel the world open up a bit more: 
* this fan feels that while fans in the past could be pretty rotten to each other, they will behave themselves now: 
* responding to the legality of fanzines: 
==Issue 17 (1995)==
Come Together 17 was published in May 1995 and contains 15 pages.
* contains comments on material from Naked Times #14, Daring Attempt #2, Command Decision, First Time #40, #41, Day of Vengeance, Charisma #19, Amazing Grace #2, Scattered Stars #7, KaleidoScope #2, The Prince, Within the Mirror #9, see those pages
* there is a con report for Creation Con, see that page
* there are more reminders by fans that zines are the life-blood of fandom: 
* a fan addresses the current discussion about the pros and cons of increased visibility of K/S: 
* a fan attempts to calm others' fears about her decreased visibility: 
* a fan speculates on the number of K/S fans, as well as why there are fewer zines published than in the past: 
* a fan, [J S C], tells of her K/S journey: 
* a fan questions an earlier statement about "child sex" and excessive violence in K/S as a reason to self-censor or warn: 
* more on warnings: 
* and a fan "clarifies" another's earlier statements on fair use: 
* a fan has these observations about the Creation Con held on March 17-19th in Pasadena: 
==Issue 18 (1995)==
Come Together 18 was published in June 1995 and contains 19 pages.
* contains comments on material from Scattered Stars #7, Obsc'zine #3, Broken Images, Naked Times #14, In the Wilderness #4, First Time #40, #41, KaleidoScope #2, The Prince, Fetish, see those pages
* a fan comments on slave/master stories and a specific zine: 
* fans drum up excitement for the upcoming Shore Leave: 
* more Shore Leave enticement: 
* a fan enthusiastically debates fair use and copyright: 
* on some fannish separation: 
* this fan remembers/misremembers a big fannish event, as there was never any dust-up about slash fiction and LucasFilm, at least discussed or mentioned in any letterzines or other places of fannish discourse. This fan very likely is mixing the "slash story" up with Slow Boat to Bespin, a fairly tame (at least by today's standards) het story. For more info see Open Letter to Star Wars Zine Publishers by Maureen Garrett: 
* more discussion on fair use and copyright -- this is a very small excerpt from a much, much longer, very technical letter: 
* fans are generally bothered and angry about Kate Mulgrew's comments at a recent con about the complete dearth of same sex couples in Star Trek canon: 
* more on Kate Mulgrew's statement: 
* and one more comment on the Mulgrew comments at Creation Con: 
==Issue 19 (1995)==
Come Together 19 was published in July 1995 and contains 14 pages.
* contains comments on material from T'hy'la #16, Fetish, First Time #20, Daring Attempt #3, Command Decision, KaleidoScope #2, see those pages
* a fan points out that "copyright" laws don't just protect those who write the canon: 
* a fan writes: 
* 	a fan comments on Command Decision and about "her Spock": 
* and a fan tries to explain the difference between blatant visibility of K/S and the careful reveal: 
==Issue 20 (1995)==
Come Together 20 was published in August 1995 and contains 18 pages.
* contains comments on material from Scattered Stars #7, First Time #42, KaleidoScope #1, see those pages
* a proposed zine is canceled: "By Blood Forever Bound," a K/S vampire novel by Alexis Fegan Black -- "all deposits have been refunded as of 10 July 1995."
* there are several con reports for Shore Leave, see that page
* a fan describes her fannish journey: 
* there is more discussion about Fetish: 
* more on Fetish: 
* more about copyright and Fair Use: 
==Issue 21 (1995)==
Come Together 21 was published in September 1995 and contains 20 pages.
* contains comments on material from KaleidoScope #3, First Time #42, T'hy'la #16, Within the Mirror #10, see those pages
* there are con reports for Shore Leave, see that page
* there is a con report for Closet Con, see that page
* how this fan reconciles: 
* there is more discussion on the topic of "child sex," the zine Fetish, the age of consent, and power imbalances: 
* more on Fetish: 
* more on Fetish: 
* about controversial subjects in fanworks: 
* a fan brings up a cyclical subject: 
==Issue 22 (1995)==
Come Together 22 was published in October 1995 and contains 14 pages.
* contains comments on material from Fetish, First Time #28, #40, #42, KaleidoScope #3, California K/S 4 Play, Promises to Keep, Within the Mirror #10, see those pages
* regarding the current discussion on warnings: 
* more on underage characters: 
* a BNF fanartist describes her feelings about her art selling at auctions: 
* a fan asks for transformation permission: 
==Issue 23 (1995)==
Come Together 23 was published in November 1995 and contains 15 pages.
* contains comments on material from KaleidoScope #3, First Time #4, #42, T'hy'la #16, Command Decision, Scattered Stars #3, #7, The Mystic Bond, Promises to Keep, Within the Mirror #10, see those pages
* the editor writes: 
* a fan comments on, well, comments: 
* on fanworks as offspring: 
* more on feedback: 
* more on feedback: 
* regarding a fan's question in the last issue: 
* a fan explains a shift in her brain: 
* a fan writes: 
* about the recent controversy in fandom about Paramount requiring Star Trek fan activities to pay for licenses: 
==Issue 24 (1995)==
Come Together 24 was published in December 1995 and contains 13 pages.
* contains comments on material from First Time #31, #38, T'hy'la #6, #14, Scattered Stars #5, #7, Matter/Antimatter #8, Promises to Keep, Twin Destiny #2, see those pages
* there is a con report for Creation Con, see that page
* a comment about the on-going discussion about British-isms in K/S fiction: 
* at least one fan is still having trouble receiving zines or refunds from [P F Press]: 
* there are a lot of comments about feedback, this one focusing on the classic fannish argument that brings up the need to have a thick skin: 
* a fan discusses the suggestion of review favoritism: 
* about LOCS: 
* some stats: 
* a fan contemplates anal sex, power, and experience: 
* about One True Character: 
==Issue 25 (1996)==
Come Together 25 was published in January 1996 and contains 10 pages.
* contains comments on material from First Time #4, Cheap Thrills #2, Scattered Stars #4, #7, Courts of Honor, The Sound of Rain, Act Five #1, No Greater Love, Within the Mirror #9, see those pages
* a fan discusses the role of the editor: 
* another fan comments: 
* a fan commiserates with another's earlier letter: 
* a fan responds to an earlier survey and why it she feels the results were skewed: 
* more continuing discussion over the recent fan survey by [J G]: 
==Issue 26 (1996)==
Come Together 26 was published in February 1996 and contains 12 pages.
* contains comments on material from As I Do Thee #4, #10, First Time #3, #42, One Night Stand #4/5, Choices, KSX #2, see those pages
* a fan includes this small tutorial: 
* the editor comments: 
* fans are increasingly commenting on a lack of zines and fiction, and a lack of LOCs about those zines: 
* this fan attempts to explain, and to educate: 
==Issue 27 (1996)==
Come Together 27 was published in March 1996 and contains 14 pages.
 
* it contains comments on contents of Beside Myself #2, First Time #7, #43, Fever, Counterpoint #9, KaleidoScope #4, Promises to Keep, Taking Command, T'hy'la #16, see those pages
* there is a con report for Escapade, see that page
* a fan brings up the support she gets for fandom at home: 
* there is an Open Letter from Dovya Blacque; part of it reads: 
* the creation of a zine is compared to a shared meal: 
==Issue 28 (1996)==
Come Together 28 was published in April 1996 and contains 10 pages.
 
* contains comments on material in First Time #7, #43, KaleidoScope #4, T'hy'la #3, see those pages
* fans continue the conversations they've been having in this letterzine about allowing visibility of their K/S interest to others: 
* a fan writes of LOCs and of how more fans need to pick up the pencil and write: 
* at least one fan complains about a zine ed's actions at a recent con: 
 
==Issue 29 (1996)==
Come Together 29 was published in May 1996 and contains 10 pages.
 
* it contains comments about material in T'hy'la #3, #16, Nome #9, Greater California K/S, Choices, KaleidoScope #4, Charisma #17, First Time #7, #29, #43, see those pages
* a fan describes the time (awkward, unsuccessful) she told her mother about her interest in K/S, and also about finding a new print shop for the zines she illustrates: 
==Issue 30 (1996)==
Come Together 30 was published in July 1996 and contains 8 pages.
* there are comments about the content of Beside Myself #4, As I Do Thee #9, Within the Mirror #3, KaleidoScope #4, Scattered Stars #4, Mirror Reflections, Naked Times #4/5, First Time #43, see those pages
 
* a fan comments on a story by Joanna Russ called "Invasion" in the January 1996 issue of "Asimov": 
* a fan comments on the story "Maureen Birnbaum on a Hot Tin Roof" by George Alec Effinger in "Fantasy & Science Fiction" (8/96): 
* on the topic of LOCS: 
* a zine ed writes: 
* a fan clarifies a point in a previous review and comments on Christian symbols in a story: 
==Issue 31 (1996)==
Come Together 31 was published in July 1996 and contains 7 pages.
 
* it contains material from Crossroads, First Time #19, #22, #23, Naked Times #3, Within the Mirror #3, see those pages
* from a fan: 
==Issue 32 (1996)==
Come Together 32 was published in August 1996 and contains 14 pages. Though there is no official signing off or mention of its end, this is the last issue. There must have been much discussion and work done by fans, however, as this zine was immediately succeeded by The K/S Press just a month later.
 
* there are several con reports for Shore Leave, see that page
* comments on material in T'hy'la #17, Beside Myself #4, First Time #29, #44, Captives, KSX #1, Scattered Stars #8 (07/1996), see those pages
* a fan questions the lack of zine ads, especially in regards to Way of the Warrior #8: 
* a fan comments on the recent tone of this letterzine: 
* a fan comments on the departure of a BNF zine publisher: 
* a fan writes of the internet and zines: 
==References==
 
 
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:Star Trek TOS Non-fiction Zines
Category:1990s Zines