Phoenix (Star Trek: TOS zine)

Phoenix is a Star Trek: TOS zine of fiction and non-fiction. It was edited by Rich Kolker.
==Issue 1==
Phoenix 1 was published in winter 1975. It has art by Maryann Arrien, Philip Foglio, Rich Kolker, Tawna Lewis, and Tom Broleur.
 
* Editorial by Rich Kolker (topics are the large size of Trek conventions, challenging the belief that Worldcon is only for "literary speculative fiction" and not "fringe fans such as Star Trekkers, Burroughs fans, film fans, and sword and sorcerers [who] should be sent off to another hotel for their own con. The Worldcon should be their private dominion.", and Star Trek and the Hugo Awards, see What is a Worldcon?) (2 pages)
* Crossword Puzzle and Star Trek Animal Quiz (1 page)
* MUDD, art (parody, Mad Magazine cover) (1 page)
** One Day in the Transporter (art) (1 page)
** A Child's Garden of Space, The Trek & James Primer by Paula Smith and Phil Foglio (This consists of bits and pieces from the recently published Star Trek Primer: A Child's Garden of Space) (3 pages)
** Star Blecch (reprinted from Mad Magazine, with permission) (5 pages)
* Spacenote, article about space travel, not credited (6 pages)
* Puzzle Page
* Hokieman, comic ("HOKIEMAN is a creation of Tom Brodeur, and is printed weekly in the Virginia Tech Collegiate Times. Recently he visited the Enterprise, the following is the result. To help you follow the action, T. Marshall Hahn is the President of Virginia Tech and is retiring to join Georgia Pacific in Portland, Oregon. By the way, when I was at Tech I couldn't find Tom, so he doesn't know I'm reprinting these 'till he sees this. So sue me!") (4 pages)
* answers to a logic puzzle that was printed in Final Frontier #3, with commentary by Pamela J. Fernsler (1 page)
* Anti-habit, fiction by Sue Rose (original science fiction) (3 pages)
* Time (art, portrays McCoy on the cover of Time Magazine)
** Of Viri & Men (an "article" in Time Magazine about McCoy) (3 pages)
** imagined/fictional ads in Time Magazine for "Berlitz Interstellar" ("We can teach you Vulcan in 14 days") and Volkswaggon Beetles
** Philosophy of the IDIC ("article" in Time Magazine) by David Henry (note: it reprinted with permission from somewhere that is not named)
* Star Trek Episode Songs (filks)
** The Man Trap (to the tune of "Can't Buy Me Love")
** City on the Edge of Forever (to the tune of "America" by Simon and Garfunkel) 
** I, Mudd (to the tune of "I Believe in Magic")
** Requiem for Methuselah (not listed in the table of contents) (to the tune of "We've Only Just Begun")
** What Are Little Girls Made Of? (to the tune of "Sounds of Silence")
**The Nake[d] Time (to the tune of "If I Were a Rich Man")
* Anti-habit (continued)
* Is This Any Way to Run a Starship?, fiction in script form by Rich Kolker (15 pages)
* Launch One, fiction by Robert Ross (original science fiction) (2 pages)
* Guardian, fiction by Rich Kolker (original science fiction) (4 pages) 
* Odyssey '75, fiction (meta, original science fiction) (7 pages)
* Fan Information (ads)
 
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==Issue 2==
Phoenix 2 was published in August 1977 and contains 60 pages.
The art is by Mary Bloemker, Kathy Davis, Rich Kolker, and Ira Perlow.
Two hundred copies were printed. 
This was a special issue; the format of future issues would be a mixture letters, reviews, short stories - both ST and SF. This issue contained two very long descriptions of August Party, as well as transcription of an interview with Rich Kolker, Kathy Davis, Joan Winston, and Greg Baker. This issue also contains some fanfiction. 
From the editorial by Rich Kolker: 
* List of August Party Committee Members (1 page)
* Editor's Note (1 page)
* Editorial (2 pages)
* August Party '75 by various authors (Rich Kolker, Kathy Davis, Joan Winston, and Greg Baker) (8 pages)
* August Party '76 by various authors (Rich Kolker, Greg Baker) (5 pages)
* Songs of the August Party (filks)
** The August Party Story by Rich Kolker and Greg Baker (to the tune of "American Pie") (2 pages)
** I'm Going to Say It Now by Rich Kolker (to the tune of by Phil Ochs of the same title) (1 page)
** The Ballad of Ripoff Cons by Rich Kolker (to the tune of "One Tin Soldier") (1 page)
** The Con Committee's Lament by Rich Kolker ("Written at and dedicated to the New York Star Trek Convention, who showed us all how.") (to the tune of "Suicide is Painless") (1 page)
** Enterprise by Kathy Davis and Rich Kolker (1 page)
* The Return, part one, fiction by Rich Kolker (Star Trek: TOS) (11 pages)
* But a Whimper, fiction by Robert Ross (original science fiction) (5 pages)
* Survivors, fiction by Greg Baker and Pat Paul (Star Trek: TOS) (14 pages)
* Please Read This: The World Star Trek Society (title on table of contents) (a proposal to launch a fan-run, non-profit Trek con in the style of WorldCon, called "World Star Trek Convention" or "Worldtrekcon") (1 page)
 
Image:phoenixkolker2-1.jpg|from issue #2: "That's right, Spockateers. Nova, Moonbeam, Starlight, Starbright. They were the darlings of the entire con, and our semi-official mascots. Mothers of small children especially adored them. "Come along and sing our song and join our jamboree. M-I-S-T-E-R S-P-O-C-K." Indeed." 
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Category:Star Trek TOS Gen and Het Anthology Zines
Category:Star Trek TOS Non-fiction Zines
Category:1975 Zines
Category:1977 Zines