Deck 6

Deck 6 is a Star Trek: TOS newsletter out of Boston. Its original purpose was to encourage a letter-writing campaign to ask NBC and Paramount to bring Star Trek back for a fourth season. It became the second widely-circulated Star Trek newsletter, coincidentally beginning just one month after the final issue of Shirley Meech's Plak-Tow. It kept fans throughout the country in touch with each other in these early years. 
The zine was named after one of the crew-quarters decks on the original starship Enterprise.
It is one of the very earliest Star Trek zines published. For others, see List of Star Trek TOS Zines Published While the Show Was Still On the Air.
==A Peek into Organization==
From a public letter printed in The Nimoyan (Sept/Dec, 1969) regarding the "Quest for Better Television" campaign proposed in DECK 6 Issue 3 but never actually implemented (DECK 6 itself had no such organization); the parenthetical comments were added by Sam Cole, editor of that newsletter: 
==Issue 1==
Deck 6 1 was apparently written on July 12, 1969. It is two pages (a single sheet, printed on both sides). Fans encouraged to write/phone NBC on "Deluge Monday." According to a number of Australian websites, Deluge Monday was July 28, 1969, in which case issue #1 was written July 12. The issue #1 sample shown is a later reprint; the first two issues originally had their title done in Magic Marker (see sample of issue #2). 
==Issue 2==
Deck 6 2 was apparently written on July 23, 1969, and is two pages (a single sheet printed on both sides). Further preliminaries to Deluge Monday. 
 
Image:deck6-2.jpg|first page of issue #2
 
==Issue 3==
Deck 6 3 was published in October 1969. It is five pages, printed on one side.
 
Image:deck6-3.jpg|first page of issue #3
 
==Issue 4==
Deck 6 4 was published in January 1970. It is five pages, printed on one side.
 
Image:deck6-4.jpg|first page of issue #4
 
==Issue 5==
Deck 6 5 was published in February 1970. It is six pages, printed on one side. It includes a review of the tie-in novel, Spock Must Die. It also contains the question: "Will the discontinuation of ST reruns affect the lifespan of Deck 6? I hope not. Many cities have already ceased airing the Treks...." 
 
Image:deck6-5.jpg|first page of issue #5
 
==Issue 6==
Deck 6 6 was published in March 1970. It is seven pages (four sheets printed on both sides. 
 
From this issue: 
==Issue 7==
Deck 6 7 was published in April 1970. It is eight pages, printed on one side. 
 
Image:deck6-7.jpg|first page of issue #7
 
==Issue 8==
Deck 6 8 was published in late May 1970. It is three pages (two sheets printed on both sides). 
This issue includes perhaps the first published distinction between the terms "trekker" and "trekkie." The editor wrote: 
 
Image:deck6-8.jpg|first page of issue #8
 
==Issue 9==
Deck 6 9 was published in mid-August 1970. It is four pages (two sheets printed on both sides). 
 
Image:deck6.jpg|first page of issue #9
 
==Issue 10==
Deck 6 10 was published in late-August, 1970. It is four pages (two sheets printed on both sides). It is the "Vulcanalia Issue."
From the editor: 
 
Image:deck6-10.jpg|first page of issue #10
==Issue 11==
Deck 6 11 was published in November 1970. It is four pages (two sheets printed on both sides). The contents of this issue, as others, are small bits of trivia, of Trek in the news, of Star Trek mentioned on road signs and in commercials and other places of popular culture. An example: "Marilyn Hawkes's attic has yielded a wooden shoe-heel stamped "United Vulcan" (do they have a Space Probe Agency, too?). Does anyone know the location of the company?"
 
 
 
 
==Issue 12==
Deck 6 12 was published in January 1971. It is four pages (two sheets printed on both sides). 
==Issue 13==
Deck 6 13 was published in March 1971. It is four pages (two sheets printed on both sides).
* asks for fans to nominate Spockanalia #4 for a Hugo Award for "best fanzine" 
* many, many short announcements about Star Trek celebrities and mentions in commercials, newspapers, television, magazines...
* an announcement by L.E. Wallace: Star Date 3113.7 Note: Star Trek Lives! erroneously calls the play "Stardate 7113.7" is the "upcoming production at the Denham Springs Community Theater...Baton Rouge, LA...." This play, inspired by Star Trek, was scheduled for March 10-12, 1971, at the Denham Springs Catholic Center. 
==Issue 14==
Deck 6 14 was published in April 1971. It is five pages (three sheets printed mostly on both sides). 
The editor wrote about the play, Star Date 3113.7, and said Wallace "chose the play's title (which is the date of the second log entry in 'Tomorrow is Yesterday') to emphasize the relevance of his theme....to life in the 20th Century." Various online sources give the stardate of that episode as 3113.2, so 3113.7 sounds reasonable for the second log entry, dated December 4, 2020.. Pruitt's comments on this talk page, 
 
 
==Issue 15==
Deck 6 15 was published in August 1971. It is five pages (three sheets printed mostly on both sides). This issue has reviews of Masiform D #1, T-Negative #11, and The Enterprise Papers: Warp One, see those pages.
 
 
 
==Issue 16==
Deck 6 16 was published in March 1972. It is four pages (two sheets printed on both sides). It was the final issue. The editor announced the demise of the LNSTFCCF, which she speculated might continue under the name STFCCF. "This issue includes what seems to be a complete collection of correspondence pertaining to the recent LNAF/LNSTFCCF falling out, which I do not pretend to understand, even though I was contacted by both sides early in the argument. Suffice it to say that the LNSTFCCF is no longer a chapter of the LNAF; I assume they will revert to their former name, the STAR TREK Fan Club of Concerned Fans (STFCCF)." 
 
From the editorial regarding the Star Trek Convention held in January 1972 in New York City: 
The editor voiced a complaint common to fanzine editors: 
On the latest James Blish book: 
A comment on "money-grubbing": 
From the editor, who says farewell: 
==References==
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