Time Out of Mind

thumb|left |back cover (as well as an interior illo) by Vel Jaeger
Time Out of Mind is a slash Kirk/Spock and Kirk/Spock/OMC Star Trek: TOS 164-page novel. The authors are Nathan St. Germaine and Keith Donovan. Fanzines Plus The zine includes poetry by Alayne Gelfand and Alled Navesih. The front cover is by Karen K., and the interior art and back cover are by Vel Jaeger.
This zine was originally titled "Killing Time." It generated much controversy when some in fandom claimed it was later rewritten and made into a pro book: Killing Time, something the authors deny. 
This novel was nominated for Best Long Story of 1984 for the K/Star Award.
==Different Titles==
While the zine had been originally advertised under the title “Killing Time” in several venues, including the editorial in Naked Times #4/5, once the zine began shipping in early 1985, the zine’s name was permanently changed to "Time Out of Mind." 
In 2012, one of the authors, Nathan St. Germaine, explained how the naming confusion may have arisen: 
==Discussed in Not Tonight, Spock!==
See Sexuality in K/S Fiction: Anal Intercourse.
==The Editorial from "Naked Times" #4/5 (1981)==
==The Editorial from "Time Out of Mind"==
The editorial in the zine is three pages long. 
Some things it addresses:
Regarding the fact that pages 1-86 are typed in a smaller font (and has double columns) than the rest of the zine: 
Regarding the title: 
 
Regarding the "brief character sketches following this editorial: 
Regarding the premise:
Regarding some characterizations: 
More on characterizations: 
==Zine Ads==
It was listed as a zine by the name of "Killing Time" as "In the Planning Stages" in 1981 (to be available in early Fall 1981) in issue Datazine #12, then again "in the planning stages" in Datazine in June 1982, but as "in print" in the Jan/Mar 1982 issue of The Zine Connection. There was a flyer for it in 1982 in K/S Relay #4. Its price was $25 (U.S.). In 1983, the zine was also advertised under the title "Killing Time" in T'hy'la #2 (see flyers below). It was sold under the title, "Time Out of Mind," starting in 1985 or before. "KILLING TIME (now retitled to TIME OUT OF MIND) has just been completed, & is in the process of being mailed. Because our xerox machine is efficient but slow, we request your patience. We hope to have all copies in the mail prior to 1/30/85, provided the machine doesn't go belly-up during production." Publisher's announcement in Not Tonight Spock #7, Jan 1985.
Image:killingtimeflyer1.jpg|first half of flyer from T'hy'la #2, click to read
Image:killingtimeflyer2.jpg|second half of flyer from T'hy'la #2, click to read
 
==An Excerpt==
From a flyer: 
 
==Summary==
Summary from publisher: "Kirk + Spock + a guy named Jerry? Is three a crowd -- or just crowded in bed? What will Bones say? Contains some menage."
Summary from Media Monitor: "A time travel story set in Earth's 20th century where Kirk and Spock are trapped without access to the Enterprise and must rely on strangers for their survival."
==Interior Sample==
Image:timeoutof6.jpg|text showing double columns and reduced font
Image:timeoutof7.jpg|text showing single column and enlarged font
Image:timeoutof8.jpg|illo by Vel Jaeger (photocopy)
Image:timeoutof9.jpg|illo by Vel Jaeger (photocopy)
Image:timeoutof10.jpg|poem
==Reactions and Reviews==
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==References==
Category:Star Trek TOS Slash Zines
Category:1982 Zines