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Zine
Title: "City"
Publisher: The London Plus Group (a Star Trek & SF fan gathering)
Editor(s): Helen McCarthy
Date(s): 1976-?
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Medium: print
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Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Language: English
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"City" is a gen Star Trek: TOS fiction anthology edited by Helen McCarthy.

It was produced for The London Plus Group, a Star Trek & SF fan gathering.

The zine was A4 size.

Description

This 'zine is produced by a group of Star Trek and sf fans in the London area. The first issue is intended to give as wide a cross-section as possible of the kind of writing of which ST fandom is capable: for future issues, contributions are invited.

Fact or fiction, humour, personal viewpoints on anything at all, and letters of comment -- especially letters of comment -- are welcome. All contributors are promised rapid publication or rapid return of material with an explanatory, and hopefully constructive, letter of rejection.

Issue 1

"City" 1 was published in 1976 and contains 18 pages.

  • calendar of lectures and events (1)
  • Personal Appreciation: Asimov by Barbie Bowerman (2)
  • Marina's Dream, fiction by Miri Rana (2)
  • Hope, poem by Joyce Deeming (3)
  • Pandora, fiction by Barbara Kitson (reprinted in The Clean Zine) (5)
  • review by Helen McCarthy of Alnitah #1 and #2, see that page (11)
  • Match Report (Star Trek Seen As a (Downhill) Rugby Football Match) by Malcolm Davies (12)
  • The Waring Column: A Guide to Speaking Waring (14)
  • Our Beloved Captain, poem by Ray Smith (14)
  • TV Comment: Supermarionation by Sam Armitage (15)
  • The Everything Box: Return of the Puppet Master (18)
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Issue 2

"City" 2 was published in 1976 and contains 32 pages.

The art is by Helen McCarthy and Sue Toher.

The page numbering below is a best estimate, as the pages themselves are not numbered.

front cover of issue #2
  • Groupings, club social news by the editor (1)
  • The Second Time Around the Sun, fiction by B. Bowerman (to be continued) (5)
  • Myth, fiction by Margaret Draper (7)
  • Earthbound, poem by Joyce Deeming (9)
  • Blurgle, fiction by P. Lansdell (10)
  • Terracon '76, a full-page ad (11)
  • Star Death by Barbara Kitson (reprinted in The Clean Zine) (12)
  • Fanzines in Brief, reviews by the editor (13)
    • Alnitah #3, see that page
    • Zine-ius, see that page
    • Enterprise Incidents and Log Entries, see that page
    • "Prism," an SF zine, the journal of "Spectrum," an organization "which seeks to promote interest in and influence on man's technology and uses"
    • "Our Fair City," the University of London's SF Society zine
  • Star Trek Songs by Miri Rana (15)
  • The SF Serial by B. Longstaff (17)
  • Film Critique: Westworld by J. Perkins (19)
  • The Waring Column by M. Davies (21)
  • Star Trek Lives?, review of Star Trek Lives! by C. Owens, see that page (24)
  • The Ugly Duckling, or the Outsider in T.V. Science Fiction, part 2 of an article by C.S. Armitage (not in the table of contents, also it is unclear where part 1 of this article was published (27)
  • Bostoncon Report by J. Sayle (29)
  • Ghostly Giggles by Spectre (31)
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Issue 3

"City" 3 was published in 1977 and contains 35 pages. It has art by Helen McCarthy, Sue Toher, and "a.non".

cover of issue #3

Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3

At the last Globe I went to a curious thing happened; this funny little woman came up and sold me a fanzine. 30p. Lots of money especially for a Star Trek fanzine. Now I’m not so crazy as I sound because it so happens the producer of that fanzine is one Helen McCarthy who works in the same building as I do and who walks right past me in the corridor occasionally. So altogether it was as good an opportunity as any to check out this curious sub-fandom. And curious is just about the right word too.

Similar enough to a ‘real’ fanzine to lull one into a sense of false familiarity, some huge culture-gaps soon open up. Not so much the mere fascination with Star Trek — which as far as I’m concerned is not much crazier than any fascination with SF anyway — or even the ST fiction, crosswords, and all the rest.

No, what rocked me back was the peculiar glittery innocence of it all, a sort of Rowesque community bathed in light and friendship where everyone helps everyone else off and on with their Fancy-Dress and oohs and ahhs at the appropriate times at the Fashion Shows at ST cons, and gives an ovation for the hard-working organisers at the end, and generally all is sweetness and light. No one gets drunk, falls over, feels anyone else up, or feels shitty.

It’s the Fashion Shows that really knock me out, though. The descriptions of them herein are quite lyrical, exuding an almost perverse girlish fascination that almost but not quite slips over the line into the tastefully erotic. OK, so I’m exaggerating a bit but the thought is there. Actually City 3 (which is what I’m talking about) is not too bad, considering. Considering what, though, I’m not saying. [1]

Issue 4

"City 4" was published in 1977 and contains 20 pages.

"We are still the cheapest. Only 30p!"

cover of issue #4
  • Ramblings by the editor, Helen McCarthy (much about Dot Owens and TerraCon) (1)
  • Kirk drawing by Sue Toher (2)
  • a review of Alnitah #6 by Helen McCarthy, see that page (3)
  • Summer Daze, a report about LPG Day Out (16 fans in costume have a boat ride and a picnic at Kew Gardens) (4)
  • a review of Deep Grope by Helen McCarthy, see that page (6)
  • Birmingham Group Report by Jay Felton (a sub-group of London Plus Group) (7)
  • The Friends, poem by Sam Griffin (8)
  • drawing of Kirk from "Plato's Stepchildren" by Helen Sneddon (9)
  • In the Beginning, How I Got Into Trekking by Barbara Kitson (10)
  • Hand Across Space, poem (11)
  • Anachronism Rule O.K.? (about Society for Creative Anachronism: "If you would like to contact the SCA, write to Heloisa Malett of Wortham, Seaeschal-Elect of the Far Isles.") (12)
  • a drawing of Spock Trader by Sue Other (13)
  • Talking Points
    • Costumes by Helen McCarthy (topic is costumes/outfits worn by female Star Trek characters) (14)
    • Women by P. Thomas (14)
  • The Wanderer, poem by Sam Griffin (16)
  • Secure It, Eh? by Catherine Owens (17)
  • Pioneer Corps by M. Armitage (18)
  • Star Trek Jabberwocky by Spectre (22)
  • a drawing of Leonard Nimoy as the King of Siam by Phyllis Bridgeland (23)
  • a drawing of Leonard Nimoy at a convention by Phyllis Bridgeland (24)
  • My Story by S. Griffin (commentary about and and example of a Real World Crossover story: "There have been a number of stories which I,and I am sure most of you,have read concerning either a) an original "Enterprise" crewmember meeting up with the actors, or b) a fan finding himself/herself aboard the "Enterprise" deep in space. In both cases the stories have been handled in a lighthearted fashion,but imagine, if you can, yourself in the b) predicament. What would your thoughts and reactions really be? The following story contains an idea of one way in which I might react.") (25)
  • The Enterprise Memorandum..., fiction by K. Jones and K. Atkins (29)
  • Ship's Sehlat, cartoon by Helen Sneddon (36)
  • The Word Merchant, fiction by Helen McCarthy ("As this year's Novas are awarded, here is a look back in time to the winner of British Trekdom's first Nova Award for fiction at the first British STcon in Leicester in 1974. The story has previously appeared in an STCC newsletter." This story is also in Log Entries #1 and The Clean Zine) (37)
  • from issue #4, Robin Hill
    from issue #4, Robin Hill
  • from issue #4, Sue Toher
    from issue #4, Sue Toher
  • from issue #4, Sue Toher
    from issue #4, Sue Toher
  • from issue #4, Phyllis Bridgeland portrays Leonard Nimoy when he starred as the King of Siam in the 1974 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I at the Melody Top Theater in Milwaukee. He costarred with Anne Jeffreys in the musical.
    from issue #4, Phyllis Bridgeland portrays Leonard Nimoy when he starred as the King of Siam in the 1974 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical The King and I at the Melody Top Theater in Milwaukee. He costarred with Anne Jeffreys in the musical.
  • from issue #4, Phyllis Bridgeland
    from issue #4, Phyllis Bridgeland
  • from issue #4, Stuart Glazebrook (originally a birthday card for Helen McCarthy)
    from issue #4, Stuart Glazebrook (originally a birthday card for Helen McCarthy)

References

  1. ^ Burning Hell — Fanzine Reviews from Stop Breaking Down 4, March 1977, Archived version
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