The Halkan Council/Issues 01-10

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==Issue 1 (December 1974)==
The Halkan Council 1 was published Dec 1974 and contains 10 pages. 
* from a fan, right off the bat on page #3: 
* fans discuss Planet of the Apes and while they like the show, know it will end in an unsatisfactory way or “degenerate into Run For Your Life"
* a fan recommends the Darkover books saying they are much like Vulcan
* the writer of ‘Misfit’ says it is at the stencil-typing stage, and that Showcase #2 should be out in February 1975
* a fan is disappointed with the animated series and says the characters look like cardboard cut-outs, another fan likes it okay but she is also desperate to hear the familiar voices, another fan compares it to the live show: 
* zines listed for sale: Alternate Universe 4, Spock Enslaved, Energize! and That Which Survives
File:Halkan1art1.jpg|art from issue #1, "The pictures were traced off of clips projected onto the wall."
Image:halkan.jpg|front page of issue #1
==Issue 2 (January 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 2 was published January 1975 and contains 14 pages. The editors say they plan to go offset in the next issue.
* there is a letter from Connie Faddis who comments on the hostility of some science fiction fans toward Star Trek fans, and also on the inability of Star Trek fanzines or fan writers to win Hugos. As a solution, she proposed the idea of having Star Trek awards of excellence. She adds that: "It's important to ST to keep good relations with Sf fandom... We, the two camps of us, are inevitably intertwined. Sf can do without ST, yes, but it's unrealistic to think that ST can do without Sf -- If it tried, ST would degenerate into Flash Gordon or The Jetsons."
* a fan says 4000 people showed up to hear Gene Roddenberry speak at Michigan State University (they had to turn 1500 away at the door), that he brought an episode on film and the blooper reel. She says Roddenberry now gets $2000 an appearance.
* a fan comments that KWest*Con "was a blast -- emotionally and enjoyment wise, it was almost like a personal con."
* there is a notice that The Daneswoman is being rewritten and there is a yet-unpublished sequel is "Yesterday Always Remains" to be issued by boojums Press "The pair will be published sometime in the next six months."
* a fan writes: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan comments: "Has anyone ever made a study of ST's change in attitude toward Christianity? It's an interesting progression."
* there is some discussion about Planet of the Apes and Mark Lenard's role
* there is a few paragraphs about British ST fandom by Jenny Elson
* there are some comments on Independent Entity, Menagerie #4, and Sol Plus #3
* this issue contains a review of Spock Enslaved!, which generates a later letter from the zine's writer in issue #9
==Issue 3 (February 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 3 was published February 1975 and contains 14 pages.
* a fan proposes a theory called "clod theory" about "Yesteryear". It is summarized as "Each Spock who goes into the past creates a chain of connecting links, with each Spock different people from totally different universes."
* the editors note that most of the letters received were in response to two fans' letters in issue #2, the one that talked of tensions between ST and Sf fen, and the letter from the fan who asked other fans to get more serious about world problems
* the editors say they didn't "go offset" and that there is sparse art made created in the same fashion as the previous issues. They mentioned they'd have a booth at the ST Con in New York City in February where they'd be selling 'The Halkan Council' and hoped to make enough money to make the next issues offset and to print the art they have but can't afford to produce
* the editors note that: 
* a fan writes: 
* it is mentioned by several fans that on reason SF fans dislike ST fans is that the conventions have gotten too big, and that they are looking for a scapegoat to blame
* a fan likes the idea of a separate awards system for ST zines but cites the many, many logistical, organizational, and financial problems with such a plan
* a fan writes: 
* a fan takes issue with the letter in the previous issue about fanzines being trivial in the face of the world's problems: 
* a fan thanks 'Halkan Council' for jump-starting her interest in fandom again: 
* there is some discussion about how religion (read: Christianity) is portrayed on the show
* Fan critic Paula Smith, the publisher of Menagerie, says a separate award for Trek fiction is a bad idea for a number of reasons, one which is: 
* while a fan understands "fen" is the plural of "fan" like "men" is the plural of "man," she dislikes the terminology: 
* a fan comments on Spock Enslaved: 
* there are short reviews of Alternate Universe 4, Odyssey, and T-Negative #25
==Issue 4 (March 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 4 was published in March 1975 and contains 14 pages. 
* a fan suggests the challenge: "What would you change to make your perfect world? What would you keep?"
* a male fan ponders gender and ST fandom: 
* many fans feel separate Star Trek zine awards would be impractical
* many, many fans take issue with the letter in a previous issue from a frustrated fan who feels Star Trek fandom is useless in the face of the world's problems, writing that there is nothing wrong with escapism and a little fun
* there is much talk of how science fiction fandom is antagonistic towards ST fandom and how ST fandom should deal with this conflict
* a fan apologizes for using another fan's letter in a college paper he wrote
* a fan asks: 
* a fan writes in a very lengthy letter to repudiate another's letter on sf and ST fans' conflicts with each other, blaming ST fans, for one thing, for the massive influx of fans to Worldcon (and not in a good way), and criticizes her solutions to managing the monstrosity that the con had become. An excerpt: 
* a fan disagrees that Vulcans and Darkover are similar except in their telepathy
* one fan predicted the demise of Star Trek or Star Trek fandom: "Star Trek is done," she said. "It was glorious, but it is over."
* a fan writes that: 
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5 (April 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 5 was published in April 1975 and contains 14 pages. 
* the editors apologize for running comments on a zine, saying the letter writer did not intend for her comments to be printed: 
*a fan writes: 
* fan writes that she finds some ST fanfic to be obviously "ethnocentrically prejudiced," and cites a story in Showcase #2 (More Than One Way]) about Helen Noel, and the way a lot of authors treat Spock. 
* a fan comments that now that ST fandom has been around a while, there are problems with neofans.: 
* a fan writes that she sees a tremendous difference in the way telepathy is used on Vulcan and on Darkover: 
* there were many, many replies to the letter in the previous issue that critizized ST fandom for horning in on sf fandom and Worldcon. One comment: 
* a fan writes of what he sees as the problems of Strekzines: 
* a fan comments on the appeal of fanzines: 
* a fan complains: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan writes that the explosion in size of conventions is due some to interest in ST, but also because science fiction in general is getting more popular due to sf courses offered in colleges and high schools and that some fans have found conventions a cheap place to watch a lot of movies. Also: 
* there is a con report for "Con 1975" in New York in February at the Commodore (he includes some photos of fan panels (Sherna Comerford Burley, Devra Langsam, Shirley Maiewski, Margaret Basta and Joyce Yasner) and of Gene Roddenberry, Hal Clement, and Isaac Asimov.
==Issue 6 (May 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 6 was published in May 1975 and was 13 pages long. It was available for .35 for one issue or $1.80 for six. As of this issue, #2, #3 and #5 were still available. "Dear Halkanses: Contratulations are in order! This is our sixth ish!. Imagine that -- a half a year of Halkaning!"
* a fan responds to another: 
* a fan writes: 
* she also writes: 
* a fan says of the proposed movie, still four years in the future: 
* fan comments on the "clod theory" proposed in issue #3: 
* fan is bothered about Spock's attraction to another character: 
* a fan writes of the feud between SF fans and Star Trek fans: 
* a fan says she enjoyed Showcase #2: 
* fan praises The Halkan Council: 
* there is an excerpt by Jeff Johnston from the March issue of Spectrum. He writes: 
* Jacqueline Lichtenberg says that Star Trek Lives! is due to hit the stands in May
* a fan writes: 
* a fan disagrees with another's letter in a previous issue: 
* fan responds to a letter in issue #5 that said there was too much trekfic: "That's like saying F&SF [Fantasy and Science Fiction) oughta stick with editorials from now on. Fanfic is the basis for at least 5/8 of trekdom right now."
* fans discuss whether T'Pau knew of the trick McCoy and Kirk used 
* a fan writes that ST fic has some definite genres: 
* a fan writes that she and another fan are putting out, hopefully in late September or October: 
* there is a submission request for the zine Interphase: 
* a review for Rigel, see that page
* a review for Introduction to Star Trek Fanzines, see that page
* a review for Showcase #2, see that page
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6==
==Issue 7 (June 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 7 was published in June 1975 and is 13 pages long.
[WAHF]] = 10, printed letters = 21.
*a fan writes: "...it would be interesting to see a sequel to the episode "Space Seed," and speculated: 
* a fan comments: 
* fan talks of reprinting fiction: 
* a fan writes that he dislikes all ST fan fiction
* old and new fans?: 
* fan thinks that Spock should have two wives, a human and Vulcan
* one fan writes in response to another: 
* a fan asks: "Does anyone know whatever happened to [S S] and Tholian Web? Was there ever an issue #9?" 1) no 2) only eight issues 
* a well-known fan comments: 
* another fan writes: 
* a fan complains about con panels, that the guest panels are dull: 
* the same fan as above also isn't that impressed with most fan panels, either, tying it in with a previous fan's point about high/low-browism. She points out that one has to be a reasonably experienced and knowable fan to follow along in the: 
* fans discuss the realism of having the top crew (captain, Spock, the doctor...) beam down together as a routine landing party
* there is more discussion about allowing children and families on the Enterprise
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
==Issue 8 (July 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 8 was published in July 1975 and contains 12 pages. It was the first issue to have art on the cover.
WAHF = 9, printed letters = 18.
* the editors say: "Many thanks to Connie Faddis for this month's cover. If you want to see a better version, buy Interphase."
* a fan asks: 
* a fan suggests that another fan take her many film clips and make a slide show for many of the elementary, junior and senior high Star Trek fan clubs to watch: "Probably many of them don't have access to clips and imagine how exciting it would be!"
* a fan speculates on the origins of Vulcans and their sexual practices: 
* a fan tells of viewing Star Trek: 
* there is a detailed announcement for the first August Party
* the editor of the zine Spockanalia writes: 
* a fan asks,: "Do you really think there's a demand for ST novels anymore? Sure, I buy 'em, but that doesn't mean everybody does..."
*a review of Quartet Plus One, see that page
* a review of Changeling, see that page
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8==
==Issue 9 (August 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 9 was published in August 1975, contained 22 pages and had a circulation of under 100. It has a front cover by Richard Ciccarelli. A handwritten note to an individual fan on one issue reads in part: “This is the longest Halkan we've ever done, hope you enjoy it.”
WAHF = 24, printed letters = 18.
* a fan continues the discussion regarding Khan and his descendants.
* a fan wonders if “there's a demand for ST novels anymore?”
* Regarding the next quotation, Boldly Writing states: “Diane Steiner responded to the critics of “Spock Enslaved!”, taking the stand that many writers take against their critics—namely, that if one did not enjoy the story, it meant that the critic did not properly understand it. In particular, she wanted critics to know that the most important thing about her story was the relationship between Kirk and Spock.” Steiner comments in The Halkan Council: 
* a fan says the tartan Scotty wears in full dress is not the Scott tartan, but the one that hangs in his cabin is the real deal
* a fan writes: “... I'd like to see Kraith or a Kraithish series redone with LOGIC (remember gang?) as the prime mover and shaker of Vulcan-telepathy was a sidelight, folks.”
* a fan writes: 
* Jacqueline Lichtenberg writes a lengthy response to a fan’s proposal that Romulans, and therefore, Vulcans, were descended from reptiles, and she ties it all into Kraith
* about Sulu's full name? a fan speculates: “Is it ‘Sulu Itaka’ or ‘Itaka Sulu’? And the same thing with Uhura. It is ‘Love Uhura’ or ‘Uhura Love’ (What is ‘Love’ in Swahili, anyway?)"
* there is a comment about the episode “The Savage Curtain”: "Not only was the logic poor, but the solution to the problem was even worse. Fighting evil with evil is surely no way to prove that ‘good’ is better...’
* there is an error in Star Trek Lives! which is costing the Welcommittee $25 a day. See that page for more information
* a fan comments on the term, Trekkies: 
* a fan asks: 
* a fan wonders : 
* a fan writes about the ‘Forget’ scene in “Requiem for Methuselah”: 
* the birth of SeKWester*Con: 
* a scathing review of Star Trek Lives!: 
* reviews of Berengaria #3 and #4, see that page
*a review of Despatch
* a review of Forever Apart, see that page
* a review of Spectrum
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 9==
==Issue 10 (September 1975) ==
The Halkan Council 10 was published in September 1975 and contains 16 pages.
WAHF = 22, printed letters = 22.
* a fan goes into great detail about the flaws of "Amok Time," focusing on McCoy's lack of medical knowledge about pon farr and how dangerous that was, and in other inconsistencies
* one con organizer for SeKWester*Con says: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan says the word for "love" in Swahili is 'Penda' as discussed in T-Negative
* a fan complains about recent versions of Kraith stories: 
* a letter [the first] responds to Diane Steiner's lengthy response to criticism about Spock Enslaved!: 
* a fan wonders what would have happened if the show hadn't been cancelled and then renewed: 
*Jacqueline Lichtenberg responds to an earlier negative review of Star Trek Lives!: 
* fans debate whether Amanda, Spock's mother, was portrayed on the screen as too emotional
* a review of The Clipper Trade Ship #10, see that page
* a review of Delta Triad #1, see that page
* two reviews of Interphase #1, see that page
* a blurb about the Star Trek Fan Fund, see that page
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 10==
==References==
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