CCSTSG Enterprises

CCSTSG Enterprises is a gen Star Trek newsletter. "CCSTSG" stands for "Central Connecticut Star Trek Support Group."
From an ad in Starfleet Communiqué: "This is the monthly Star Trek newsletter that challenges and informs. The latest hot news, in-depth features, Ferengi Awards, reviews, humor, and more!"
From the newsletter's header: "A compendium of news and views, aspiring to be monthly, with loving and irreverent looks at the Star Trek phenomenon and its faithful following."
==Issue 18==
CCSTSG Enterprises 18 was published in January 1992 and contains 10 pages. 
 
The editorial: 
* The Babylon 5 Quotient by J. Michael Straczynski, a reprint of something JMS posted to CompuServe (date unknown, but likely late 1991), in which he describes his plan for the show and basically says Deep Space Nine rips off his ideas (2)
* a compilation of press reviews of the latest Star Trek movie, "The Undiscovered Country"
* clippings
* letters, including one that said: 
==Issue 19==
CCSTSG Enterprises 19 was published in February 1992.
* a long letter from a fan with comments about the Star Trek movie, "The Undiscovered Country"
* a reprinting of the official press release describing Babylon 5 (3)
* an essay by Jeff Mills, "What Exactly Is The Mission of the Enterprise?" (4)
* the "classified" in this issue: "Wanted: A short submission on "Why I Read/Collect Slash" from someone who (you guessed it!) reads or collects slash fanzines (also known as K/S stories). A future issue of CCSTSG Enterprises will examine the slash lit. phenom, and I'd like a reader's perspective to be represented. Please send all submissions -- anonymously -- if you prefer -- to the address on page 1."
* an essay by Jeff Mills called "On Telecommunications Devices, Joel Fleischmann, and a United Earth." The topic is how our world is getting smaller via communication, and what that means to communities, identity, and "tribes" One quote: "The development of communication and transportation technologies in this century -- and commercial trade to advance them - has essentially closed the Frontier on Planet Earth. That is, there are few places humans haven't been, few places they can't communicate with instantaneously by telephone or television. And cameras, radios, newspapers, electronic bulletin boards, Fed-X, faxes and televisions bring the world home." (8)
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==Issue 33==
CCSTSG Enterprises 33 was published in April 1993 and contains 10 pages.
* Trill Trouble, article by Edward J. Hines, Jr. (3)
* The Asimovian Brain, What is the Nature of Data's Intelligence, article by John Vester (4)
* Majel Barrett Speaks to Intimate Crowd at Hampshire College, con report for 5Con (February 1993, a small con with 125 attendees, Barrett's son was a freshman there) (5)
* Moondog's Trek or Drek, column (8)
 Image:ccstsg33.jpg| cover of issue #33
==Issue 34==
CCSTSG Enterprises 34 was published in May 1993.
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==Issue 42==
CCSTSG Enterprises 42 was published in April 1994 and contains 12 pages. 
* lots of news and rumors
* Dubbing Dialogue on Star Trek: Just the Thing to Make You Loopy (4)
* Psychological Issues Concerning Star Trek Fans, research by Gayle S. Stever, "Editor's note: the following research was based on data collected from 97 members of the Star Trek fan subculture. This article is based on a larger work which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Psychological Type." (5)
* Grace Lee Whitney Graces QVC Stage, compiled by Ed Hines, Jr. (9)
* Moondog's Trek or Drek, TNG episode reviews and musings (10)
* Technology Watch: The premise behind "Genesis" may not be as far-fetched as you think by John Seabrook (12)
* Star a Star Trek Lunch Group, A How-To Manual by Mark Naigles (starting a viewing and discussion club at your place of employment) (11)
* info about upcoming DS9 tie-in books (15)
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==Issue 43==
CCSTSG Enterprises 43 was published in June 1994 and contains 16 pages. "Editor Jeffrey H. Hines. Assistant Editors: Gary P. Castor/Ed Hines, Jr. Runs around here like a crazy man: Garrett H. Mills."
* lots of Star Trek news, written with dry humor and a breezy style
* a Star Trek madlib (5)
* Woulda Coulda Shoulda: An Exploration of NexGen's Mighta-beens, article by Ed Hines, Jr. (6)
* Scenes We'd Like to See, a focus on Klingon cuisine by Bryan Kirschner (7)
* The Ferengi Awards, a round-up of the most brazen and manipulative marketing done with Star Trek merchandise (8)
* a fan counts up the running time of the six movies and the episodes of "Classic, NextGen, and DS9" and the total viewing time is 243 hours and 58 minutes (8)
* Moondog's Trek or Drek, reviews of DS9 episodes (10)
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Image:ccstsg43inside.jpg|inside page from #43
==Issue 47==
CCSTSG Enterprises 47 was published in June 1995 and contains 12 pages. "Editor Jeffrey H. Hines. Assistant Editors: Gary P. Castor/Ed Hines, Jr. Just learned to put one knee in front of the other: Sarah Mills."
* rumors and news
* news of the Viacom Crackdown (4): 
* an article on language and Star Trek (5)
* On the Prowl for a Good Read: A Look at the Latest Sci-Fi Magazines by Gary Castor (6)
* Babylon 5's Creator Talks Trek ("[He] was recently asked the question: 'What would YOU do with Star Trek?') (7)
* The Ferengi Awards, spotlight on particularly egregious Trek marketing and merchandise (9)
* Moondog's Trek or Drek, Voyager episode reviews and musing (10)
==Issue 48==
CCSTSG Enterprises 48 was published in August 1995 and contains 12 pages.
* lots of rumors and news bits
* Voyager in the Spotlight: The UPN Summer Press Tour (transcript of an interview done on July 27, 1995 with most of the Voyager cast) (6)
* Moondog's Trek or Drek, a look at the last eight episodes of Voyager (10)
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