Interstat/Issues 031-040

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==Issue 31==
Interstat 31 was published in May 1980 and contains 18 pages. The editors write of the previous issue: "Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night... "inch by inch, by candlelight if necessary" is how INTERSTAT was brought to you last month. We experienced a four hour blackout in our area, and we collated, stapled, labeled and stamped by candlelight issue #30."
* art by: Ann Crouch
 
* Brian L loves the movie: 
* Rebecca Hoffman is skeptical about the Dodge/Fish column from issue #29: 
* Mary A. S also comments on the previous Dodge/Fish column: 
* Gloria-Ann R comments on Darlene F's comment about the "obscenity" in the movie: 
* Donna C comments on the movie: 
* Virginia E. B feels that, in the movie, the actor and the character of Kirk are both too distinct, and not distinct enough: 
* Sandra N elaborates on some earlier movie thoughts: 
* Barbara L. S comments on The Footnote: 
* Jean Lorrah writes about women in fanfiction: 
* Darlene F elaborates on her "obscenity" comment: 
==Issue 32==
Interstat 32 was published in June 1980 and contains 18 pages.
* art by: Sat Nam Kaur Keahey, Melinda Shreve-Reynolds, Ken Gooch and Vel Jaeger
* the Dodge/Fish column's subject is "History and the Twenty-Third Century" (Dodge)/"Women, The Future, and the History-Book Shell-Game" (Fish)
* a fan writes that the movie has been nominated for a Hugo Award and that its competition is "very keen" -- the other movies are "Alien," "The Black Hole," "Time After Time," and "The Muppet Movie"
* Joan V writes of the movie: 
* Carmen D writes of the movie: 
* Susan S writes: 
* Jelica R is feeling disillusioned: 
* Pat M-S writes of her tolerance regarding K/S: 
* Damon H writes of his involvement in Trek fandom as a passive fan and what changed: 
* Johanna C discusses Big Name Fan|BNFs: 
* Judith G writes about the false assumption that all fanwriters create fiction for the same reason: 
==Issue 33==
Interstat 33 was published in July 1980 and contains 18 pages.
* art by: Mike Brown and Carol Waterman
* Mindy G addresses the Dodge/Fish column from a few issues back, the one on feminism in Trek-lit; she points out that neither of them actually addressed the question: 
* Vel Jaeger writes of BNFs: 
* D. Booker comments on women's friendships and roles in Treklit: 
* Sonni Cooper writes of the Shatner fan club: 
* Carol W, who had never heard of zines and asked for more information about them in the last issue writes: 
* Michele A responds to a letter: 
* Mindy G comments about Mary Sue: 
* Vel Jaeger writes of how Star Trek fandom makes anywhere home: 
* Deborah B addresses Jelica R's letter in a previous issue, one which comments on fandom letting her down: 
* G.M. C also comments on Jelica R's letter: 
* Bonnie Y wants to clear something up: 
* Karen B is angry about a zine review in a recent adzine: 
==Issue 34==
Interstat 34 was published in August 1980 and contains 14 pages.
* art by: Ann Crouch, Melinda Shreve and Carol Waterman
* there is a long update on the progress of the space shuttle
* a fan is uncomfortable with a line from a pro book: 
* don't worry about the fighting: 
* more on the fighting in this letterzine: 
* "show me the waterworks fic": 
* about K/S: 
* "It wasn't me who sent that K/S fan to Paramount!": 
* BNFs: 
* zine update for a zine that ended up never being published: 
* about reviews in Forum: 
==Issue 35==
Interstat 35 was published in September 1980 and contains 18 pages.
* art by: Anonymous, Carol Waterman, Heather Firth and Ann Crouch
* Karen Bates is leaving as proofreader, and Sylvia Kleeman is replacing her
* the Dodge/Fish column's topic: "Fandom Versus Paramount, Round Three" (Fish)/"Only Round 2 1/2" (Dodge)
* Jean Lorrah writes a detailed letter about how she is out $138 as she sent a box of zines to a fan named Linda Kaye B who offered to sell them at a convention and has heard nothing back from her: 
* Liz P is pleased with Interstat: 
* Carol W addresses Karen B's letter complaining about the harsh review of Dilithium Crystals: 
* Dr. Barbara H runs a small thantopis clinic/hospice and is a fan; she asks for help in getting together a small ST library of used zines: 
* Deborah L. B comments on Star Wars: 
* Gayle F apologizes to Roberta R: 
* Patricia B comments on the movie: 
* Cecilia and Lucille S write a letter about the sort of K/S they enjoy: 
* Margaret J hopes for better things in the future: 
* Leslie Fish's posits for her pro/con column with Mary Louise Dodge begin with: 
* Mary Louise Dodge posits for her pro/con column with Leslie Fish begin with: 
==Issue 36==
Interstat 36 was published in October 1980 and contains 14 pages.
* art by: Ann Crouch, Heather Firth
* there is a con report for Star TreKon, see that page
* there are a number of letters speculating on the reasons behind the characterization changes in Kirk, Spock, and McCoy as they were portrayed in the movies
* Jani F has praise for Interstat that highlights just how visible this letterzine was: 
 
* Mary Lou D addresses Damon H regarding his letter in an earlier letter about his dissatisfaction with Star Trek fandom: 
* Roberta R reports on a con: 
* Karen B wants to clarify something: 
* Mary Lou D scolds those fans who she feels haven't taken Darlene F's unhappiness with the "obscenity" she saw in the movie: 
* Roberta R accepts Gayle F's apology regarding a rumor that it was Roberta who'd send K/S materials to Gene Roddenberry/Paramount: 
* Vel Jaeger comments on the poor review of Dilithium Crystals that Karen B complained about in a prior issue: 
==Issue 37==
Interstat 37 was published in November 1980 and contains 14 pages.
* art by: Bruce Moxley, Ann Crouch and Sat Nam Kaur Keahey
* the Dodge/Fish debate topic: "The Two Way Path" (Dodge)/"The New People, part one: Same Old Bullsh*t" (Fish) 
* Rosemarie E comments on the beginning of ST:TMP fanfiction: 
* Susan C speaks for both sf and Trek and is bothered by the rift between the two: 
* Carol W revisits the zine review flap and addresses Karen B: 
* Rebecca H comments on the current zine review controversy: 
* Susan M. S is finding no pleasure in the Dodge/Fish debates: 
* Mary Lou Dodge posits the debate column: 
* Leslie Fish posits the debate column: 
==Issue 38==
Interstat 38 was published in December 1980 and contains 18 pages.
* art by: Mike Brown, Carol Waterman, Ken Gooch 
* Pat S in Missouri announces she is having a Trek art sale/show
* the subject of this issue's Dodge/Fish debate: "The New People, part 3: Who Farms Strange Fruit?" (Fish)/"Less Heat and More Light on the Subject" (Dodge)
* this issue has a long, long, long rebuttal by Teri Meyer of a review of Interstat by T'Yenta in Universal Translator #6 in which Meyer posits that T'Yenta has an ax to grind against this letterzine as at least one of her letters was most likely not chosen for print -- some excerpts: 
* Damon H addresses Mary Lou D regarding her reading suggestions for him: 
* Roberta R addresses Susan C about her letter regarding sf fans and Trek fans at WorldCon: 
* Kathleen S. L comments on the Tigriffin review flap: 
* Beverly C writes of the rifts and perceived threats between sf and Trek fandom: 
* Rosemarie E wants to know if constant references to Spock's "Vulcanism" is racist: 
*Carolyn S. H can see both sides of zine reviewing controversy: 
* Leslie Fish posits in the Dodge/Fish debate: 
* Mary Lou Dodge posits in the Dodge/Fish debate: 
==Issue 39==
Interstat 39 was published in January 1981 and contains 18 pages.
* art by: Ann Crouch and Mike Brown
* Jean Lorrah emphasizes the connections and networking fandom provides and asks for help in preparing a book about teaching
* Susan M. S comments about the rumor that Kirk had been killed off in a soon-to-be-published pro book: 
* Susan M. S comments on a fan's remark in a previous issue about whether referring to Spock as a Vulcan was offensive/racist: 
* D. Booker writes of her thoughts about fanfiction that constantly refers to Spock as "a Vulcan": 
* Carolyn S. H writes of references to Spock's Vulcanism: 
* Kathy Resch comments on the epithet, Vulcan: 
* Deborah L. B comments on the letter by T'Yenta which criticizes Interstat, and Teri Meyer's response in a previous issue 
* Lynda C has this to say about T'Yenta review: 
* Jane E writes of Interstat: 
* D. Booker has this to say about a recent review and reviewer: 
* Gloria K. S writes of T'Yenta review and of pseuds: 
* Kathy Resch is glad some others have echoed her thoughts on T'Yenta's review of Interstat: 
* Ann T. D has this to say about the purpose, and the art, of reviews: 
* Roberta R comments on reviewers and the use of pseuds: 
* Jane E comments on a perceived rift between Star Trek and Science Fiction fans: 
* D. Booker has this to say about the Dodge/Fish debates: 
* Kathy Resch comments on the use of pseuds for reviewers: 
* Randall A. L comments on a letter by Damon H in an earlier issue: 
==Issue 40==
Interstat 40 was published in February 1981 and contains 14 pages.
* art by: Ann Crouch, Vel Jaeger and Ken Gooch
* Susan C comments on the recent lull in Interstat controversy, which she suspects will soon be over: 
* Susan C addresses the current topic of whether it was appropriate to refer to Spock as "the Vulcan" in fanfiction: 
* Rosemarie E writes of Science Fiction fandom and Star Trek fandom: 
* Damon H takes on Randall L regarding his comments in the previous issue when Randall said he wasn't interested in reading about characters in the Star Trek universe who were not directly connected to the Enterprise universe: 
* Rosemarie E feels that the recent caustic review of Interstat by T'Yenta printed in Universal Translator #4 is dangerous to fandom in its time of sparse activity: 
* Vel Jaeger has this to say about the two recent pseudonymous reviewers: 
* Sheila G has a different opinion about the regular satirical column by Michele Azvizu, "There's Something I've Been Wanting to Say...": 
* Anne D writes of T'Yenta: 
* Caro H also comments on T'Yenta and her valid points, as well as her own support of Interstat: 
* Teri Meyer, the editor of Interstat, writes and clarifies Interstat's editorial policy and replies to Caro H's remarks: 
* Ken G gets in a parting shot: 
==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Non-fiction Zines
Category:Star Trek TNG Zines
Category:1980 Zines
Category:1981 Zines