The Vaslovik Archives

The Vaslovik Archives is a gen fanzine of fiction, art, poetry that focuses on shows Gene Roddenberry created.
The first issue has material from The Questor Tapes, Planet Earth, and Genesis II. The remaining issues are purely "Questor Tapes."
Peter David's serialized Questor Tapes fiction, "The Devil's War," was printed in 1986's The Devil's War Collected. In a story arc of his licensed Star Trek comics for DC, "Who Killed Captain Kirk?", Peter David Tuckerized a key guest character, USS Enterprise-A security officer Bloemker, for Mary.
==About==
 
==Issue 1==
The Vaslovik Archives 1 was published April 1976 and is 62 pages long. 
The front cover is by Mary Bloemker, the back cover by Kathy Davis, and the interior illos are by Tracey Dougherty, Rich Kolker, Mary Bloemker, Kathy Davis, and Eddie Torrs.
 
From the editorial: 
* Project Memo (Declassified) (1)
* Questor — Assignment Earth Part 2 by Jon Oeschger (Planet Earth) (reprinted from Space-Time Continuum #5) (2)
* Genesis Too? by Rosemary Thorne (reprinted from Space-Time Continuum #1)(4)
* Imperative of the Sentinel by Stephen Langford (reprinted from One Trek Mind #3) (5)
* Genesis Too, Two by T'Bored (reprinted from Space-Time Continuum #2) (12)
* Vengeance Times Two by Peter David ("What happens when two beings of other-worldly origins with similar missions on Earth meet -- Questor and Gary Seven!") (rewritten and printed in 2nd Age #5 as "The Earthman and the Android") (13)
* Genesis Too, Two + 1 by T'Horne (reprinted from Space-Time Continuum #2) (31)
* The Steel Mallard by Stephen Langford (also in Avatar #3) (32) 
* Genesis Too Much by Kathy Davis (39)
* Warbird by Rich Kolker ("Dylan Hunt and Team 21 take on a daring mission to thwart the mutant Tyranian forces in their plan to renovate museum piece bomber planes in order to attack the headquarters of PAX.") ("(Author's Note: This is, as noted, a story outline for a television screenplay. Therefore it is written in that style, rather than that of a traditional short story. This explains the lack of dialogue, among other things.) (People interested in reading the final screenplay will have to wait until it is finished when it can be requested by letter for copying costs.)") ("Reprinted with the gracious permission of Final Frontier and coincidentally by permission of author.") (Planet Earth) (40)
* Transplanet Earth by Rich Kolker (Planet Earth) (51)
* And Miles To Go by M. Katherine Davis ("Jerry Robinson has led a long, full life. Can Questor accept that the life of his friend has come to its inevitable conclusion?") (52)
* Augury by Gail S. Abend (reprinted from One Trek Mind) #4) (57)
* Final Mission by Rich Kolker (Questor Tapes) (60)
* Information Center (63)
File:Vaslovik1-1.jpg|from issue #1, Kathy Davis
File:Vaslovik1-2.jpg|from issue #1, Rich Kolker
File:Vaslovik1-3.jpg|from issue #1, Mary Bloemker
File:Vaslovik1-4.jpg|from issue #1, not credited, possibly Mary Bloemker
==Issue 2==
The Vaslovik Archives 2 was published 1977 and is 86 pages long. It was co-edited with Kathy Davis.
The acknowledgments: 
From the editorial by Mary: 
From the editorial by Kathy: 
* Editorials (1)
* Prologue Part 1 by Rich Kolker (Despite this being "part 1," this story was not continued.) (M*A*S*H/The Questor Tapes) (3)
* Insufficient Data by Ann Wigmore ("Ann lives in England and has never had the benefit of seeing THE QUESTOR TAPES movie. Despite this tragic handicap, Ann has become a fan through a cassette sound recording and the D.C. Fontana paperback adaptation and the glowing descriptions the more fortunate of us have given her. Ann gives us the story of how Dr. Emil Vaslovik came to choose Jerry Robinson for Project Questor, and her insight into the characters is remarkable, well-crafted story telling — would you, reading this story, believe that she has never seen the movie?") (10)
* The Dog-Leg Course by Charles Heiden (The Questor Tapes) (15)
* The Empyrean Relic, story outline by Charles Heiden (The Questor Tapes) (36)
* The Devil’s War Part 1 — Imperative Override by Peter David (44) 
* The People’s Choice Part 1 by Charles Heiden (The Questor Tapes) (60)
File:Vaslovik2-1.jpg|from issue #2, not credited, Mary D. Bloemker?
File:Vaslovik2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Mary D. Bloemker
File:Vaslovik2-3.jpg|from issue #2, not credited, Mary D. Bloemker?
File:Vaslovik2-4.jpg|from issue #2
==Issue 3==
The Vaslovik Archives 3 was published 1980 and is 51 pages long. The art is by Mary Bloemker.
This issue was edited by Mary Bloemker and Kathy Davis.
* Project Memo (Declassified) (ii)
* The Devil’s War Part 2 by Peter A. David (1)
* Losers Weepers by Paul Westerfield (9)
* Encounter in a Small Town by Linda Lanzi (16)
* For Now and Ever After by V.F. Newton (22)
* The 0939 From Canaveral by Charles Heiden (26)
* The People’s Choice Part 2 by Charles Heiden (39)
File:Vaslovik3-1.jpg|from issue #3
File:Vaslovik3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Mary Bloemker
File:Vaslovik3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Mary Bloemker
==Issue 4==
The Vaslovik Archives 4 was published May 1981 and is 84 pages long. This issue was edited by Bloemker, with Davis listed as "administrator emeritus."
The art is by Mary Bloemker and Deb Walsh.
From the editorial: 
* Upshot, essay by Jim Rondeau (The essay is about how "The Questor Tapes" was planned and written, how the show failed due to some similarities with The Six Million Dollar Man and the lack of support from NBC and the unpopularity of the the character of Jerry Robinson, how there were supposedly 16 sample completed scripts despite D.C. Fontana and Bjo Trimble's statements to the contrary, and how Rondeau acquired two of these unaired scripts... one of which is printed in this issue: "The Surgeon Without a Heart, by Juanita Bartlett, based on a story by Roddenberry.") (reprinted in The Clipper Trade Ship #15) (The Questor Tapes) (1)
* Friends by Lorraine Bartlett (18) 
* A Woman's Work by Janet Walker (25)
* Promises and Maple Leaves by Eileen Roy (reprinted from Paladin #1 and The Clipper Trade Ship #26) (28)
* The Devil's War Part 3 by Peter David (44)
File:Vaslovik4-1.jpg|from issue #4
File:Vaslovik4-2.jpg|from issue #4, Deb Walsh
File:Vaslovik4-3.jpg|from issue #4, Mary Bloemker
File:Vaslovik4-4.jpg|from issue #4, Deb Walsh
==Issue 5==
The Vaslovik Archives 5 was published April 1985 and is 50 pages long. 
From the editorial: 
* Editorial (ii)
* Settling In by Lorraine Bartlett (1)
* A Walk in the Park by Jeri Marlowe (11)
* Soul-Mate by Sherri Caviness (18)
* Angelus by Susan M. Garrett (19)
* Guardians by Sherri Caviness (50)
File:Vaslovik5-1.jpg|from issue #5, Tiffany
File:Vaslovik5-2.jpg|from issue #5, Tiffany
==Issue 6==
The Vaslovik Archives 6 was published 1987 and is 42 pages long. It consists of the novelette Sheldon.
From July 1993 GAZ: "Contains the novellette "Sheldon" by Janine Goldfarb. Questor is convinced that his purpose on this planet, to aid mankind, can best be served by employing and training a brilliant young man with an unfortunate employment history, owing to a more unfortunate tendency toward excessive clumsiness. Jerry Robinson, on the other hand, is convinced that his android friend and colleague is missing a few gears. Both of them are in for the surprise of their lives'."
 
==References==
Category:Questor Tapes
Category:1978 Zines
Category:1970s Zines
Category:1980s Zines
Category:Multimedia Gen and Het Zines