The Halkan Council/Issues 20-27

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==Issue 20/21 (August 1976) ==
The Halkan Council 20/21 was published in Aug 1976. The editors are skipping a month as respones were coming in a little more slowly: "Hopefully, putting out this double issue will get all of us -- eds and contributors -- back on some sort of rhythmic schedule."
* art is by Signe Landon, John Alexander, John Boggs, R. Ciccarelli, Phil Foglio, Elizabeth Marshall, Gee Moaven, Marty Siegrist, Gennie Summers, Larraine Tutihasi
* the editors say that the letterzine was: 
*the editors, both high school students, are in a bind: 
* The letterzine's editors say they will be attending college in the fall.
* includes a page of fabulous photos taken at Se*KWester*Con, including one of Connie Faddis and Joan Verba, who in this picture, look remarkably similar. Connie holds a homemade sign that says, "I am not Joan Verba." Shirley Huang took this photo, along with about twenty others that were published in this issue. 
* Gerry Downes writes: 
* Beverly Clark, in opposition, stated that: 
* fan explains the origins of some fannish Vulcan words: 
* a writer and zined comments on zine costs: 
* the author of a story in Rigel #2 responds to a reviewer who "gave away the ending," explaining that reviewing different types of stories requires different tactics: mysteries are different than romance stories: "In a mystery, a reviewer is perfectly justified in saying whether the ending works or not, but if the reviewer feels that the story is worth reading, it is a courtesy to the potential reader not to reveal the actual ending... In a story which is not a mystery, the ending of a story is not as vital to the total enjoyment."
* Devra Langsam replies to an earlier fan's desire for some stories to be reprinted in zines: 
* a fan weighs in on slash, in the first real rant of the letterzine: 
* a fan writes: 
* a writer defends the use of modern slang/profanity: 
* fan complains about Alan Dean Foster's "Log Seven," and explains why she continues to buy pro novels even though she doesn't like them: 
* a fan discusses birth control aboard the Enterprise
* fan sticks up for the Klingons, saying that the writers needed an obvious bad guy, and that maybe they weren't that awful all the time.: 
* a zined takes on two earlier letters in issue #19 that complain about the high price of zines. She writes extensively of the cost and byzantine rules imposed by the U.S. Postal service, as well as: 
* Susan Sackett writes a letter. Its entirety: 
* Jean Lorrah includes a long article on "The Vulcan Character in Night of the Twin Moons," later reprinted in NTM Collected #1.
*Mary Lee Cascio commented on the similarity between science fiction novel, All the Gods of Eisernon by Simon Lang to Star Trek. It includes a starship captain named Riker and his half-human science officer named Marik.
* The Star Trek Fan Fund nominations are in and the letterzine includes their names, short bios and who nominated them. The line-up: Mary Louise Dodge, Gerry Downes, Connie Faddis, Fern Marder and Eileen Roy
* notable fanworks listed for sale: Folksongs for Folks Who Ain't Even Been Born Yet, Alternative: The Epilog to Orion ("a new mature-theme zine from Gerry Downes. A different kind of love story for Starship Captain James T. Kirk and his first officer, Mr. Spock. You must state you are over 18 on your order.")
* a review of Warped Space #17, see that page
* a review of Final Frontier, see that page
* a review of Archives Log (March/April 1976), see that page
* a review of Berengaria #7, see that page
* a review of The Goddess Uhura, see that page
* a review of Stardate Unknown, see that page
* a review of The Climb, see that page
* a review of Neutral Zone Outpost #1, see that page
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 20/21==
==Issue 22 (September 1976) ==
The Halkan 22 was published in September 1976 and contains 24 pages. This issue states it was published by "War Su-Op Press."
* art by John Alexander, Dennis Drew and Kathi Lynn Higley
* a fan disagrees with the generally positive review of Final Frontier in the previous issue
* a fan says she always thought the food on the Enterprise was injected with contraceptives that affected both men and women, and that Kirk had been away from the ship long enough to get his wife, Miramanee, pregnant
* a fan wants to see more of the relationship between Spock and McCoy
* there is much discussion about "Women's Lib"
 
* a fan comments: 
 
* a fan wants to see more depth of relationship: 
* regarding established characterizations and possibility: 
* regarding Alan Dean Foster's books: 
* a fan comments on Women's Lib and a fan's previous letter: 
* more on Alan Dean Foster: 
* more about women and Star Trek: 
* Leslie Fish was glad to finally see fans discuss The Premise: 
* a fan compares Kirk/Spock to Alexander the Great and his lover, points out that Spock as a lover doesn't make Spock passive, that Kirk only has relationships with other strong people: 
* a fan, Connie Faddis, is unhappy with the state of current for-profit cons: 
* a review of Alternative: The Epilog to Orion, see that page
* a review of Spectrum #26, see that page
* a review of the humor book, Keep on Trekkin'
* a review of Ambrov Zeor! #1, see that page
* a review of Folk Songs For Folk Who Ain't Even Been Yet, see that page
* a review of Contact #2, see that page
		
==Issue 23 (January 1977) ==
The Halkan Council 23 was published in Jan 1977 and contains 24 pages. This issue states it was published by "War Su-Op Press."
*The editors announced: 
* the editors announce the winner of the Star Trek Fan Fund. It is Gerry Downes. She said she has plans to attend SeKWester*Con Too. The Fan Fund raised $700. There were 69 voting ballots and an assortment of things for sale. Total results were published in the letterzine.
* the editors apologize for the delay in publishing; they'd started college and found things challenging: 
*Sharon Ferraro wrote: 
* a zine editor is upset about high zine presses, especially when they are 1.5 to double-spaced: 
* fan wonders why she is a fan: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan has wants to know how she can get her zine reviewed, as she can't get anyone to comment on it. 
* a writer complains that: 
* a fan says that lots of public libraries are having ST Days, showing convention slides, having an art show and guest speakers about science. She says that the libraries have a lot of circulating Star Trek records and books and would like to know if any libraries have fanzines.
* a fan wants other ST fans to get involved in politics and make a difference in world decisions: 
* Beverly Clark wrote: 
* a review of Alpha Continuum, see that page
* a review of Delta Triad #3, see that page
* a review of IDIC #4, see that page
* a review of Off the Beaten Trek, see that page
* a review of Pegasus, see that page
* a review of R & R, the adult issue, see that page
* a review of Sehlat's Roar #2, see that page
* a review of Sol Plus #3, see that page
* a review of the pro book Spock, Messiah!, see that page
* a lengthy section/bulletin board of available zines
* an announcement that Equicon '77 has been canceled
==Issue 24 (JApril 1977) ==
The Halkan Council 24 was published in April 1977 and contains 20 pages. This issue states it was published by "War Su-Op Press."
* the editors remind folks that they are no longer accepting subscriptions: "Please don't recommend us through letters or in zines... We have quite a backlog already of people waiting for one of you to gafiate or expire."
* the editors say they didn't get a very many LoCs responding to the last ish.: 
* the editors congratulate a fan for being the "first subscriber to figure out what 'Wor-Su Op Press' means." There is no further elaboration regarding this in-joke.
* a fan disagrees with another's earlier "ethnocentric" assertion that Terran culture is the dominating one in the Federation: 
* fan writes about another's previous letter, one that bemoans new writers who concentrate on K/S fiction: 
* a fan plugs Michael Goodwin's book Who Was That Monolith I Saw You With?, and encourages fans to ask their newspapers to buy his new comic strip
* a fan writes that she is not sure why some zines get reviewed and some don't. She says she got some reviews by sending her zine, Night of the Twin Moons for free to some folks, but some other reviews were done by people who'd paid for them. Also: "I hate to be ASKED to review a zine, for if it's really bad, I don't like to say so publicly. I think private letters are the way to help inexperienced writers and editors bring their quality up -- not a public mud-slinging so they'll never try again."
* a fan artist responds to another's complaint that: 
* a fan wants to know why "all of fandom apparently assume that Spock's 'inner eyelid' (his words) is a nictating membrane?"
* there is a very lengthy explanation of copyright
* a review of Furaha #4, see that page
* a review of Fantasia #1, see that page
* a review of The Capture Coloring Book, see that page
* a review of The Other Side of Paradise #2, see that page
* a review of Masiform D #5, see that page
* a review of The Castaways, see that page
* art by Richard Ciccarelli (cover), Joni Wagner, Connie Faddis, Signe Landon, Kathi Lynn Higley and Cheree Cargill
==Issue 25 (June 1977) ==
The Halkan Council 25 was published in June 1977 and contains 20 pages. This issue states it was published by "War Su-Op Press."
* the editors ask if folks would be interested in buying Halkan Council t-shirts with the Mirror Universe image of Spock by Signe Landon on the front of issue #20/21
* the editors say there is some money left over from the first Star Trek Fan Fund and want to use it as seed money for future fan funds: "We are looking for some resourceful, dependable, honest, dutiful and SWIFT fan to take over the actual proceedings next year -- to run the balloting, voting, counting, announcement letters, etc. Volunteers?"
* the contents of the Dunsel Box auctioned for the Star Trek Fan Fund are revealed. There were con programs, some zines, film clips, postcards and a multitude of miscellaneous items
* a fan comments on the current offerings on TV: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan, Jean Lorrah, writes: 
* a fan comments: 
* a fan writes about the naming of the space shuttle and says: "I'm forced to wonder just how civilian NASA is anyway? Do we (Trekfandom) want to be closely identified with a quasi-military organization?"
* a fan tries to make sense of the canon Star Trek timeline 
* there is a long letter talking about Fair Use, copyright and fanzines: 
* fan writes: 
* there is an announcement for Salt Con, October 15-15, 1977, in Salt Lake City, UT. Guests: Robert Heinlein, Alan Dean Foster, Jerry Pournelle, Michael Goodwin and Susan Sackett
* Devra Langsam writes that she is "hunting up Lois McMaster, the originator of the Free Enterprise concept; last seen seven years ago in Delaware, OH."
* a new Gene Roddenberry movie, Spectre is unfavorably reviewed
* a review of Scuttlebutt #1, see that page
* a review of Comloc #1, see that page
* a review of Never and Always, see that page
* a review of Delta Triad Supplement #1, see that page
* a review of R & R #3, see that page
* art by John Alexander (cover), Cheryl Frashure, Cheree Cargill, Mike Chichelli, and Kathi Lynn Higley
==Issue 26/27 (September 1977) ==
The Halkan Council 26/27 was published in September 1, 1977 and contains 36 pages. It was the final issue. This issue states it was published by "War Su-Op Press."
* from the editors: 
* there's a page of wonderful photos of fans from SeKWester*Con Too, though the identification key is all messed up
* a fan writes: 
* the editor of the zine Implosion writes that her zine is a:
* a zine editor notes: 
* a fan says that at SeKWester*Con Too: 
* a fan writes: 
* a fan says that there is a difference "in standards," that to some, writing is a craft, an art. To others it is a hobby and that "a rigorous review" of some writing is unfair
* a fan responds to an earlier letter, saying she doesn't think: "ST fandom is doing an about-face toward stories about dependent women too busy getting love, sex and babies to carry out any other functions. There've always been such stories, but I don't think there are more now than there have been. And love, sex, and babies, in themselves, are certainly important enough functions to demand a certain amount of fiction devoted exclusively to them."
* the editor of the zine Implosion comments on a letter is an earlier issue of The Halkan Council: 
* a fan remembers when Star Trek about: 
* Gerry Downes writes of her experience at SeKWester*Con Too. Among other things, she observed that: 
* there is a lengthy con report of SeKWester*Con Too by Gerry Downes
* the editors say that the fan fun raised for the Star Trek Fan Fund was $700, and broke down the recipient's expenses: the airfare was $470.83 and the hotel was $44.38. 
* a review of Eel-Bird Bander's Bulletin #1, see that page
* a review of T-Negative #32/33, see that page
* a review of Universe Beyond #2, see that page
* a review of Menagerie #11, see that page
* a review of Beta Niobe Revisited, see that page
* the editors list many, many zines they are auctioning off
==References==
Category:1976 Zines
Category:1977 Zines