Starlog (magazine)

Real world article
(written from a production point of view)

Starlog was a monthly print magazine devoted to science fiction film and television and was conceived in 1976 by Norman Jacobs and Kerry O'Quinn. David Houston, who came up with the concept with O'Quinn, became an editor for the magazine as well as a contributor with numerous articles and interviews. Originally published under the imprint "O'Quin Studios, Inc.", it was later accommodated in "Starlog Press" as the founders started to bring more and other genre publications into the mix, starting in 1979 with the horror/fantasy orientated magazine Fangoria. According to the web-master of The Starlog Project, their original intent was to put out a one-shot magazine covering Star Trek: The Original Series. On the urging of their distributor the magazine was enhanced with articles about other genre productions to make it more appealing to a broader general public. Still, its first issue, dated August 1976, did feature The Original Series on its cover and over the years the magazine remained Star Trek heavy with frequently published Star Trek-related articles, features and interviews. Given the founder's original intention and the fact that it was launched shortly before its conception, coverage of Star Trek: The Motion Picture was particularly heavy.

The formula caught on with the readership, and within two years the magazine was upgraded from a quarterly magazine to a monthly magazine. Apart from being one of the earliest specific genre publications, Starlog has also been one of the longest running, outliving its main contemporary competitor, Cinefantastique, by three years. Issue 268 of August 2008 – six issues before the magazine's print run was terminated – became the last one to feature a Star Trek-related article.

In order to dampen the heavy Star Trek nature of the magazine (not altogether too successfully one might argue), particularly so in the years 1986-1993 during the production of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home through Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, it was decided to split off the majority of their Star Trek coverage from 1987 onward, when the spin-off television series went into production, into a number of officially endorsed "Official Star Trek Magazine" series publications, The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine, The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine, and The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, each running for several years, with a couple of (prior) film one-shot specials to boot.

Aside from the "official" magazines and the below mentioned Future Life, Starlog magazine served as the source publication that spawned a slew of other spin-off serial publications, most of which also containing additional Star Trek material, including, The Best of Starlog, The Starlog Reporter, Starlog Poster Magazine, Starlog Spectacular, Starlog Yearbook, Starlog Scrapbook, CineMagic (which specialized in focusing on VFX production staffers and techniques, intended to be a "light" version of American Cinematographer), Science Fiction Video Magazine, SFX Magazine, Starlog Photo Guidebook, and Starlog photo guidebook Special Effects, each of which with varying degrees of success and longevity.

As with the other publications of Starlog Press, Starlog, where its behind-the-scenes features were concerned, was notable for the reproduction of production material (quite often made available by the production staff themselves), seldomly seen afterwards. Nevertheless, as far as Star Trek was concerned, neither Starlog, nor its "official" spin-offs, quite achieved the wealth and the depth of the later 1990s volumes of competitor Cinefantastique, a bit ironically perhaps, considering the original intent of the founders.

Yet, what Starlog did do that set them apart to this very day in an unique manner, was giving attention to the more obscure and peripheral contributors to the franchise, such as guest actors, guest directors, guest writers, people like novelization authors, as well as to lesser known production staffers and companies, who were rarely, if even at all, referenced to in other publications as far as their Star Trek contributions were concerned. Starlog Press staff writers Edward Gross and Pat Jankiewicz specialized in tracking down and interviewing these by the Star Trek franchise overlooked contributors.

In April 2009, Starlog decided to "temporarily" discontinue publication of the magazine in a print format with its most recent issue (#374), choosing to go exclusively into digital format at "Starlog.com". The "temporarily" nature became permanent when that site shut down, surviving contents being accommodated on the website of its sister publication Fangoria.

Future Life

Very early on, from 1978 onward, real-world space exploration related articles were included in Starlog as background articles for illustrative purposes. This gave O'Quinn and Jacobs the idea to launch a true and similar sister magazine Future Life that broached the subject from the opposite site of the spectrum; real world space exploration articles, lightened up with articles stemming from the realm of science fiction film, television and literature. The magazine, featuring interviews with real world scientists such as Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clark, launched in April 1978 as a (bi-)monthly publication. The publication did not enjoy as near a success as its sister publication had, and publication ceased after 31 issues in December 1981 – addended by a latter-day release in October 2006 as an one-time-only special section insert in Starlog 349 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Star Trek. Four issues of the regular run, issues 9 (March 1979), 14 (November 1979), 16 (February 1980) and 17 (March 1980), contained Star Trek: The Motion Picture-related material. Despite its short life, the web-master of the above mentioned The Starlog Project has, nevertheless, cited accessibility, humaneness, being less dry, and realism as the strong points of the publication, thereby preferring it over the similar, but far longer-lived, contemporary OMNI magazine. [1]

Notable issues

As stated, Starlog has been very heavy on Star Trek throughout its entire run. However in some cases, content was restricted to short editorials, reviews, announcements and columns by staff writers. Listed below are only those issues that contained larger and more in-depth articles and interviews.

Issues 1-50

Issue Cover Contents
1, August 1976
  • "Star Trek, Past, Present and Future", David Houston, pp. 22-26
  • "Special Collector's Section: Star Trek in Color", pp. 27-42
  • "The Conventions as Asimov Sees Them", Isaac Asimov, p. 43
  • "William Shatner; Shakespeare to the Stars", Kirsten Russell, pp. 44-47
  • "Leonard Nimoy; The Man Between the Ears", I.K.Lindquist, pp. 48-51
  • "Complete Guide To Star Trek Episodes", pp. 52-63
2, November 1976
  • "Two men in one: Gene Roddenberry", Kez Howard, pp. 10-12
  • "The Star Trek movie: It's untitled, unwritten, and uncast-but it's about to go into orbit!", Jim Burns, p. 13
  • "Famous Trekkies – What they say about STAR TREK", pp. 14-15
3, January 1977
  • "Nasa unveils the Enterprise", p. 7
  • "The Star Trek Bi-centennial-10 Convention" (Special section), Joan Winston, Jim Burns, others, pp. 24-39
4, March 1977
5, May 1977 Starlog issue 5 cover
  • "Log Entries: Shatner's College Tour", p. 8
  • "Star Trek: Censored in Texas", Frank Gilstrap, pp. 42-44
6, June 1977
  • "To the Limits of the Imagination: Animating Star Trek", Malcolm C. Klein, pp. 43-47
  • "Complete Episode Guide: Star Trek Animated", Bjo Trimble (from the Star Trek Concordance), pp. 48-51
  • "Star Trek report", Susan Sackett, pp. 58-59 (First of her "reports", continued throughout every consecutive issue until issue 29)
7, August 1977
  • "NASA Hires Nichols to Recruit", p. 16
  • "Star Trek Report: A Fan News Column by Susan Sackett", Susan Sackett, pp. 30-31
  • "Screenwriter Allan Scott Talks about Star Trek – The Movie", Bill Irvine, pp. 32-33,52
9, October 1977
  • "William Shatner: Move Right Along", David Houston, pp. 46-48
  • "Star Trek Report", Susan Sackett, p. 50
  • "The Magical Techniques of Movie and TV Special Effects, Part IV: Magicam", David Houston, pp. 62-69
12, March 1978
  • "The Making of Star Trek II; A Conversation with Gene Roddenberry", Susan Sackett, pp. 24-29
  • "Star Trek Report", Susan Sackett, p. 30
  • "Special Report on the (New) Enterprise", David Hutchison, p. 31
17, October 1978
  • "Man of Light & Vision: Ralph McQuarrie", David Houston, pp. 36-41, 70 (includes work done on Star Trek: Planet of the Titans)
  • "Gene Roddenberry:Star Trek – The Motion Picture", Joe Bonham (pseudonym for Ed Naha), pp. 42-43
  • "Star Trek Report", Susan Sackett, p. 55
As Future Life
9, March 1979
  • "The Remaking of Star Trek", Charles Bogle, pp. 28-29, 64
24, July 1979
  • "Star Trek Report", Susan Sackett, p. 31
  • "William Shatner", Barbara Lewis, pp. 32-33
  • "Star Trek" (color section), pp. 48-49
  • "Leonard Nimoy: He Is Spock", Barbara Lewis, pp. 66-69
25, August 1979 note: with Star Trek poster
  • "Star Trek Report", Susan Sackett, pp. 24, 46
  • "Mike Minor: Illustrating the Future", David Hutchison, pp. 32-35, 61
  • "Lighting the Enterprise", Brick Price & Corey Faucher, pp. 38-39
  • "Progress Report: Star Trek The Motion Picture", Barbara Lewis, pp. 46-48
  • "SFX Special Effects, Part XIX: Careers, Chapter 3: Frank van der Veer", David Hutchison, pp. 56-60
27, October 1979
  • "The Model Makers at Magicam", David Houston, pp. 26-30
  • "Filming the Klingon's Destruction", Susan Sackett, p. 31
As Future Life
14, November 1979
  • "Re-designing 'Star Trek'", pp. 43-45
30, January 1980
31, February 1980
  • "Rumblings: Captain Kirk Surrenders", David Gerrold, pp. 23-24
  • "Chekov's Enterprise, Part II", Walter Koenig, pp. 28-31, 63
As Future Life
16, February 1980
  • "Star Trek The Motion Picture: A Phenomena Comes of Age", Ed Naha, pp. 18-25, 66
32, March 1980
  • "STAR TREK illustrator Maurice Zuberano – Imaging the V'ger, David Houston, pp. 17-19
  • "Andy Probert Talks about the Lost Designs of Star Trek The Motion Picture", David Houston, pp. 26-33, 63
  • "Chekov's Enterprise, Part III", Walter Koenig, pp. 57-61
As Future Life
17, March 1980 		note: cover, and interior art by Rick Sternbach
  • "Lee Cole: Designing the 23rd Century", Ed Naha, pp. 44-47, 81
33, April 1980
36, July 1980
37, August 1980
38, September 1980
  • "Greg Jein: Inside the Mothership", David Hutchison, pp. 18-22
  • "An Candid Conversation with a "Simple Country Doctor": De Forest Kelly", Karen E. Willson, pp. 26-29
  • "Fan Scene: Aliens invade L.A.", Bjo Trimble, p.71
39, October 1980
40, November 1980
  • "Fan Scene: Ideas about Ideas" (on the earliest reference books, Bjo Trimble, p. 21, 61
  • "An Interview with Gene Roddenberry: The Man behind the Myth", Karen E. Willson, pp. 43-47
  • "An Interview with Fred Freiberger, Part II" (on his other work), Nike Clark & Bill Cotter, pp. 58-61
42, January 1981
  • "Rumblings: The Good Guys", David Gerrold, p. 23
  • "Mark Lenard, Star Trek's other Alien", Alan Brender, pp. 24-27
  • "Fan Scene: Equicon Filmcon Nostalgia", Bjo Trimble, p. 61
47, June 1981
  • "George Takei: Part I", Jim Burns, pp. 36-39, 62
  • "SFX, Part XXXVII: Star Trek-The Motion Picture Props", David Hutchison, pp. 57-61
49, August 1981
  • "George Takei: Part II", James N. Burns, pp. 44-47

Issues 51-100

Issue Cover Contents
51, October 1981
  • "William Shatner Part I: The Once & Future Kirk", Steve Swires, pp. 18-20
  • "Gene Roddenberry: The Years between, The Years Ahead", Jeff Szalay, pp. 36, 40-42, 60
  • "Jerry Goldsmith", Sam Maronie, pp. 52-54
52, November 1981
  • "William Shatner Part II: 'I am Kirk", Steve Swires, pp. 44-46
53, December 1981
54, January 1982
  • "The 'Star Trek' Bloopers, Part I", James Van Hise, pp. 48-49 (series continued in issues 55-56, 58)
56, March 1982
  • "Fan Scene: Being Atmosphere in ST:TMP", Bjo Trimble, pp. 26-27, 64
  • "The 'Star Trek' Bloopers, Part 3", James Van Hise, pp. 50-51
59, June 1982 note: with Star Trek poster
  • "The Young and the Weightless", Ed Haha, pp. 30-33, 64 (on Kirstie Alley and Merritt Butrick in what was then still called "Star Trek: The Vengeance of Khan")
  • "Fan Scene: My Part in the Second 'Star Trek' Film", Bjo Trimble, pp. 46-47
60, July 1982
  • "The Re-Making of Star Trek", Ed Haha, pp. 18-23
  • "SFX, Part XLII: The Matte Artist: An Interview with Albert Whitlock", David Hutchison, pp. 81-84
61, August 1982
  • "The Re-Making of Star Trek, Part II", Ed Haha, pp. 16-20
  • "Checking in with Chekov: Walter Koenig on Star Trek II", Steve Swires, pp. 22-24
  • "Soaring: Where Nomad Has Gone Before", David Gerrold, pp. 41-42, 65
62, September 1982
  • "The Charm of Khan: An Interview with Ricardo Montalban", Robert Greenberger, pp. 16-20, 65
  • "Where Have You Gone Gene Roddenberry?", Walter Koenig, pp. 21-23
  • "Fan Scene: Hollywood Answers Its Fan Mail", Bjo Trimble, pp. 26-27
  • "Jimmy Doohan", Robert Greenberger, pp. 43-44, 64
  • "Soaring: The Transformation of Spock (Part 2)", David Gerrold, pp. 58-59
63, October 1982
  • "James Horner, New Melodies for the Starship 'Enterprise'", Ton Sciacca, pp. 22-23
  • "Soaring: Star Trek Too?", David Gerrold, pp. 24-26
  • "Leonard Nimoy", Jeff Szalay, pp. 30-34, 65
64, November 1982
  • "Behind the Genesis Effect", David Hutchison, pp. 17-21
  • "The Star Trek Experience", David Gerrold, pp. 40-43
  • "Ultimate Fantasy Report", Martha J. Bonds, pp. 84-93
  • "From My Eyes Only", Kerry O'Quinn, pp. 94-96
66, January 1983
  • "Hollywood Babylon: Beauty and the Business", Ed Naha, pp. 22-23 (on Laura Banks and Nancy Rogers, Khan's female crew members)
67, February 1983
  • "Jack Sowards, The Man Who Killed Mr. Spock", Lee Goldberg, pp. 22-25
  • "Painting a New World for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan", David Hutchison, pp. 50-54
  • "Soaring: The Fan Who Molded Himself", David Gerrold, pp. 56-58
68, March 1983
  • "Harve Bennett, Beauty and Death in the World of 'Star Trek'", Martha J. Bonds, pp. 46-49
71, June 1983
  • "Judson Scott, The Phoenix Rises from the Ashes", Martha Bonds, pp. 14-15
  • "The Future is for Rent", James Duward, pp. 22-23 (on prop company Modern Props, Inc., who provided services for Star Trek II, albeit uncredited)
72, July 1983
  • "William Shatner, Schizoid Superstar", Ed Naha, pp. 50-53
  • "Through a Glass Lightly", Ed Naha, pp. 62-65, 87 (on SFX company Zenon Co., credited as Sam Nicholson for ST:TMP)
80, March 1984
  • "On the Set of 'Star Trek III'", Robert Greenberger, pp. 43-46
81, April 1984 note: with Star Trek poster
82, May 1984
83, June 1984
  • "Robin Curtis in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock", Sal Manna, pp. 19-22
  • "A Universe Not Your Own: Writing Novelizations and Tie-Ins", Ann Crispin, pp. 41-43
84, July 1984
  • "Leonard Nimoy, Directing Star Trek III", Steve Swires, pp. 17-21
85, August 1984
  • "Dame Judith Anderson, What Becomes a Legend Most", Jan Goldberg, pp. 34-36
86, September 1984
  • "Mark Lenard, Father to Spock", Patrick Daniel O'Neill, pp. 30-31, 34
87, October 1984
88, November 1984
91, February 1985
  • "Walter Koenig, American Actor, Heroic Russian", Martha J. Bonds, pp. 40-41
94, May 1985
  • "James Doohan, Always on the Beam", Jim George & J. Cat McDowell, pp. 27-29
95, June 1985
  • "Merritt Butrick, The Search for David", Anthony Timpone, pp. 28-29, 72
100, November 1985
  • "Inside Gene Roddenberry's Head", Kerry O'Quinn, pp. 18-20
  • "Leonard Nimoy, Preparing 'Star Trek IV'", Steve Swires, pp. 54-56
  • "Nichelle Nichols, An Officer and a Heroine", Robert Greenberger, pp. 66-68

Issues 101-150

Issue Cover Contents
101, December 1985
  • "George Takei: The Renaissance Man of 'Star Trek'", Julius Fabrini, pp. 12-13, 62
  • "Harve Bennet on "Star Trek IV'", Kerry O'Quinn, p. 73
102, January 1986
  • "Kirstie Alley: 'She isn't Saavik, I am'", Lee Goldberg, pp. 43-45
103, February 1986
  • "Harve Bennet, Preparing 'Star Trek IV'", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 16-18
104, March 1986
  • "Gene Roddenberry's Trek For A Star", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, p. 9
  • "Stephen Collins, The Forgotten Captain", Anthony Timpone, pp. 59-61
105, April 1986
  • "The Grace & Wit of Grace Lee Whitney", Daniel Dickholz, pp. 48-49
106, May 1986
  • "Leonard Nimoy, A View from the Bridge", Steve Swires, pp. 52-54, 64, 74
107, June 1986
  • "Alexander Courage and the Music of 'Star Trek'", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 16-18
108, July 1986
  • "Gene Roddenberry, Howard Bound", Ian Spelling, pp. 54-55, 57, 96
  • "Chatting with Chapel", Ian Spelling, p. 56
109, August 1986
  • "George Takei, The Sweet Sting of 'Star Trek IV'", Ian Spelling, pp. 15-18, 64
110, September 1986
  • "Leonard Nimoy Begins 'The Voyage Home'", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 16-18
111, October 1986
  • "Submerged in 'Star Trek IV'", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 37-40
112, November 1986 "Star Trek 20th anniversary celebration" Special Edition
  • "On Location: 'Star Trek IV'", Gigi Porter, p. 12
  • "Whatever Happened to the Galileo", Richard Gilbert, pp. 12-13
  • "What 'Star Trek' Means to Me, David Gerrold, pp. 18-19, 78
  • "If You Think It's a Long Way to Tipperary, Try Following a Starship for 20 Years...", Howard Weinstein, pp. 20-22, 78
  • "The Hit and Myth of "Star Trek"", Allan Asherman, p. 23
  • "New Missions into the Four-Color Frontier, Daniel Dickholz, pp. 24, 78
  • "At The Salute: Gene Roddenberry", pp. 25-27
  • "At The Salute: D.C. Fontana", pp. 28-29
  • "John Meredyth Lucas, The Politics of 'Trek'", Edward Gross, pp. 32-34
  • "The Writers of Star Trek", Edward Gross, pp. 36-37
  • "Starlog Salutes Star Trek", Carr D'Angelo, pp. 38-43
  • "In salute: William Shatner", Dan Madsen, pp. 44-45, 85
  • "At The Salute: Leonard Nimoy", pp. 46-47, 85
  • "At The Salute: DeForrest Kelly", pp. 48-49, 87
  • "In Salute: James Doohan", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp.50-51
  • "In Salute: George Takei", John Adcox, pp. 52-53, 87
  • "At The Salute: Nichelle Nichols", pp. 54-55, 88
  • "At The Salute: Walter Koenig", pp. 56-57, 88
  • "At The Salute: Majel Barrett", pp. 58-59, 88
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'"
  • "The Novel Adventures of "Star Trek"", Robert Greenberger, pp. 63-67
  • "From the Notes of "Charlie Star Trek"", Charles Washburn, pp. 69-73
  • "Video Log: Reopening "The Cage"", David Hutchison, p. 97
113, December 1986
  • "Robert Bloch, The Subtle Horrors of 'Star Trek'", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 27-29
  • "James Doohan, Engineering 'The Voyage Home'", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 30-32
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'":
    • "John Hoyt: Original Enterprise Medic", Anthony Timpone, p. 34
    • "Captain Pike's Alter Ego", Frank Garcia, p. 35
114, January 1987
  • "On the 'Star Trek IV' Streets of San Francisco", Eric Niderost, pp. 9-11
  • "Leonard Nimoy, Piloting 'The Voyage Home'", Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 37-40
  • "Marc Daniels, Assignment "Trek'", Edward Gross, pp. 42-44
  • "Medialog, Star Trek: The Next Generation–Latest News", p. 73
115, February 1987
  • "DeForrest Kelley, A Part of History", Lee Goldberg, pp. 29-31, 58
  • "Ted Cassidy, Legendary Big Man", Joel Eisner, pp. 32-34, 58
  • "Fan Netwerk: On the Bridge", Richard Gilbert, pp. 60-61
116, March 1987
  • "Grace Lee Whitney, A Touch of Grace", Daniel Dickholz, pp. 12-14
  • "Majel Barret Roddenberry, A Woman of Enterprise", Robert Greenberger, pp. 16-18, 64
  • "Robin Curtis, Deperately Seeking Saavik", Robert Greenberger, pp. 22-25
  • "Nichelle Nichols, The Songs of Uhura", Brian Lowry, pp. 28-31
  • "Catherine Hicks, The Amazing Journey of Dr. Gillian Taylor", William Rabkin & Edward Gross, pp. 37-40, 73
117, April 1987
  • "'Star Trek' Cast Responds to 'Next Generation'",p. 9
  • "The Writers of 'Star Trek'":
  • "Mark Lenard, Father Knows Best", Robert Greenberger, pp. 46-49, 63
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'":
    • "Roger Perry, Tomorrow Was Yesterday", Mark Phillips, p. 52
    • "Meg Wyllie, Caged by a Classic", Frank Garcia, pp. 52-53
    • "Michael Forest, Who Mourns For Apollo?", Frank Garcia, p. 53
  • "Robert Butler, King of 'The Cage'", Edward Gross, pp. 54-55
118, May 1987
  • "From The Bridge: Gene's Back!", Kerry O'Quinn, p. 5
  • "Generations, The Next Phase", David Gerrold, pp.14-15 (first of his The Next Generations columns that ran from issue 118 through 123)
  • "Dorothy Fontana, Still in Love with 'Star Trek'", Edward Gross, pp. 16-21
  • "William Shatner, Captain's Log: 'Star Trek V'", Ian Spelling & Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier, pp. 37-41, 50
119, June 1987
121, August 1987
124, November 1987
125, December 1987
  • "Margaret Armen, Treks into Paradise", Edward Gross, pp. 40-41, 72
  • "J.M. Dillard, Blood on the Enterprise", Daniel Dickholtz, pp. 42-43, 72
  • "Designing 'The Next Generation'", Marc Shapiro, p. 45-48
126, January 1988
  • "Joseph Pevney, Moments with "Star Trek", Edward Gross, pp. 34-36, 71
  • "Marina Sirtis, Empath on the Enterprise, Marc Shapiro, p. 46-48, 58
127, February 1988
128, March 1988
  • "John de Lancie, The Man Who Would Be Q", Edward Gross, pp. 12-14
  • "William Campbell, From Naughty Boy to Nasty Klingon", Robert Greenberger, p. 17-20
  • "Walter Koenig, Buck Alice & the Actor/Writer", Howard Weinstein, pp. 28-31, 72
  • "Tribute: Michael Minor", Bob Burns, pp. 60-61
  • "Lloyd Haynes", Eric Niderost, p. 61
129, April 1988
130, May 1988
131, June 1988
132, July 1988
  • "Special Effects: 'The Next Generation'", David Hutchison, pp. 54-57, 77
  • "Video Log: Final Treks Launched", David Hutchison, p. 89
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'":
133, August 1988
  • "Jerry Goldsmith, Scoring the Fantastic", Marc Shapiro, pp. 18-21, 69
  • "Marina Sirtis, Emotional Appeal", David McDonnell, pp. 23-25, 72
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'":
    • "Stewart Moss, From Crew Man to Alien", Mark Phillips, pp. 58-59
    • "Julie Cobb and the 'Crushing Death'", Mark Phillips & Frank Garcia, pp. 59-60
134, September 1988
  • "Denise Crosby, Farewell to The Next Generation", Marc Shapiro, pp. 29-31
135, October 1988
  • "Fan Network, The Enterprise Incident", Laurie Morris, p. 25
  • "Joe Scanlan, Direct from The Next Generation", Edward Gross, pp. 45-48, 88
  • "All Ian Wolfe's Yesterdays", Bill Florence, pp. 60-62, 81
  • "Susan Oliver, First Trek", Frank Garcia, pp. 78-80, 88
  • "Jerry Sohl, Multiple Memories, No Regrets, Part I", Edward Gross, pp. 82-85
136, November 1988
  • "Catherine Hicks, Among the Whales & the Magic People", Ian Spelling & Kim Howard Johnson, pp. 17-19, 58
  • "Rob Bowman, On the Edge of the Universe", Marc Shapiro, pp. 22-25, 43
  • "Star Trek II, The Lost Generation", Edward Gross, pp. 45-48, 57
  • "Untold Tales of Star Trek II, The Lost Generation", Edward Gross, pp. 59-65
  • "Jerry Sohl, The Broken Promise of the Green Hand", Edward Gross, pp. 68-72
137, December 1988
138, January 1989
  • "John Colicos, The Quintessential Klingon", Peter Bloch-Hansen, pp. 17-20, 63
  • "John Larroquette, Klingon Comedian", Will Murray, pp. 23-26, 63
  • "John Schuck, Klongon of a Thousand Faces", Bill Warren, pp. 28-31, 63
  • "Michael Ansara, Klingon with a Cause", Mark Phillips, pp. 32-33
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'":
    • "William Campbell, Klingon Antagonist", Steven H. Wilson, p. 34
    • "Mark Lenard, Klingon Commander", David McDonnell, p. 35
    • "Tige Andrews, Mod Klingon", Mark Phillips, p. 36
  • "Michael Dorn, Klingon Warrior", Kathryn Drennan, pp. 37-40, 64
139, February 1989
  • "Casualty of The Lost Generation", Edward Gross, pp. 12-14
  • "Fan Network: The Future Birthplace of James T. Kirk", Eddie Berganza, pp. 17-18
  • "Patrick Stewart, Epic Hero", David McDonnell, pp. 37-41, 72
140, March 1989
141, April 1989
  • "Harve Bennet, Destination: The Final Frontier", Marc Shapiro, pp. 9-12, 64
  • "Fan Network: Tourist Trek", Larry Marcheschi, Jr., pp. 28-29
  • "Diana Muldaur, Shop's Doctor", Bill Warren, pp. 30-33, 64
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'":
  • "Umpire of the Strike Zone", Mochael MvEvennie, pp. 54-55, 64
143, June 1989
  • "Tracy Tormé, Commanding Next Generation", Edward Gross, pp. 26-31, 64
  • "DeForrest Kelley's Medical Plan", Kathryn M. Drennan, pp. 37-40, 64
  • "The Admiral's New Clothes", James E. Brooks, pp. 60-62, 71
144, July 1989
  • "William Shatner, Part One: Shakedown Cruise", Marc Shapiro, pp. 38-43, 72
  • "Boxing The Future", Scott Bruce, pp. 44-47 (on Star Trek lunch box collectibles)
  • "The McEveety Glory", Edward Gross, pp. 89-92
  • "DeForrest Kelley's Western Days", Kathryn M. Drennan, p. 93
145, August 1989
  • "Laurence Luckinbill, The Laughing Vulcan", Marc Shapiro, pp. 9-12, 16
  • "Video Log: The Completed Animated Trek", David Hutchison, pp. 14-15
  • "William Shatner, Part Two: Captain's Discretion", Marc Shapiro, pp. 17-19
146, September 1989
  • "James Doohan, Daredevil of the Skies", Kathryn M. Drennan, pp. 53-56, 58
  • "George Takei: Real Anticipations, Eternal Frustrations", Ian Spelling, pp. 59-62
147, October 1989
149, December 1989
  • "From the Files of Gary Seven", Peter Bloch-Hansen, pp. 23-26, 36
  • "Yvonne Craig, Some Call Her Batgirl", Kyle Counts, pp. 29-32, 36
  • "Jeff Corey, A Test of Character", Kathryn M. Drennan, pp. 50-53, 70
  • "David Loughery, Swan Songs", Edward Goss, pp. 56-59, 72
  • "The God Thing", Edward Gross, p. 57
  • "'Star Trek V', The Lost Ending", Edward Gross, p. 59
  • "Charles Cooper, Down & Out on Nimbus III", Bill Warren, pp. 60-62
  • "Todd Bryant, The Universe Beneath his Heel", Kris Gilpin, pp. 63-65
  • "Spice Williams, Klingon Companion", Marc Shapiro, pp. 66-68

Issues 151-200

Issue Cover Contents
151, February 1990
  • "Nichelle Nichols, Left On Hold", Marc Shapiro, pp. 23-25
  • "Videolog, 'Star Trek V' Is Priceless", David Hutchison, p. 29
  • "Denise Crosby, Survivor", David McDonell, pp. 46-48, 64
  • "Nancy Kovack-Mehta, Lady and the Argonauts", Tom Weaver, pp. 51-53
  • "Tribute",
    • "Marc Daniels", Edward Gross, p. 72
    • "Meritt Butrick", Anthony Timpone, p. 73
152, March 1990
  • "Maurice Hurley, Matters of Honor", Edward Gross, pp. 29-33, 64
  • "Rex Holman, Space Cowboy", Bill Warren, pp. 60-63
  • "Ron Soble, Frontier Nightmares", Mark Phillips, pp. 62-62
153, April 1990
  • "Lee Meriwether, The Cat with Nine Lives", Kyle Counts, pp. 14-17, 36
  • "Bibi Besch, Kirk's First Love", Kris Gilpin, pp. 53-55, 64
  • "David Frankham, Is There in Youth No Beauty?", Jimmie Hollified II, pp. 60-63
154, May 1990
155, June 1990
  • "Vic Perrin, Voice of Control", Mike Clark & Mike Phillips, pp. 41-44, 58
  • "Colm Meaney, O'Brien on Duty", Mark A. Altman, pp. 53-55
  • "The Guests of 'Trek'",
  • "Sea Stories", David McDonnell" (on the 1990 Star Trek Caribbean Cruise Convention), pp. 65-69, 71
156, July 1990
  • "Michael Dorn, Worf's Klingon Relationship Manual", David McDonnell, pp. 17-20, 23
157, August 1990
  • "The Guests of 'Trek': Paul Comi, Out of this World", Mark Phillips, pp. 26-27
159, October 1990
160, November 1990
161, December 1990
  • "Suzie Plakson, Klingon in Love", Robert Greenberger, pp. 18-20, 58
  • "Jane Wyatt, Mother Knows Best", Tom Weaver, pp. 53-57, 63
162, January 1991
163, February 1991
  • "Robert Brown, Lazarus Rises Again", Duane S. Arnott, pp. 17-19, 36
  • "Gates McFadden, Divine Doctor", Ian Spelling, pp. 29-32, 36
164, March 1991
  • "Jerome Bixby, Fantastic Voyages", Pat Janciewicz, pp. 43-48, 70
165, April 1991
  • "Judy Burns, Tholian Webs", Edward Gross, pp. 23-25
168, July 1991
169, August 1991
  • "Gerald Fried, The 23rd Century's Greatest Hits", David Hirsch, pp. 52-55
170, September 1991
171, October 1991
  • "Brent Spiner, Data Bits", Marc Shapiro, pp. 27-30
  • "George F. Slavin, Bringing Death to Gideon", Bill Florence, pp. 56-58
  • "Cruise Control" (on the 1991 Star Trek Caribbean Cruise Convention), David McDonnell, pp. 75-81, 69
172, November 1991
173, December 1991
  • "DeForrest Kelley, The real McCoy", Lynne Stephens, pp. 25-29
  • "Jonathan Frakes, First Officer & a Gentleman", Ian Spelling, pp. 30-33, 66
  • "Carel Struycken, Gentle Giant", Kyle Counts, pp. 34-37, 66
  • "Rick Berman, Leader of the Next Generation", Ian Spelling, pp. 39-43, 65
  • "Terri Garr, Hollywood Mom", Bill Warren, pp. 44-47
174, January 1992
  • "Patrick Stewart, A Captain's Carol", Lynne Stephens, pp. 25-29
  • "Leonard Nimoy, Farewell to Spock?", Marc Shapiro, pp. 30-33, 71
  • "George Takei, Captain Sulu", Ian Spelling, pp. 43-47
  • "George Clayton Johnson, His Own Man", Bill Warren, pp. 63-67
  • "Michael Dante, Good Warrior", Mark Phillips, pp. 68-69
175, February 1992
  • "William Shatner, The Undiscovered Kirk", Dan Yakir, pp. 25-29
  • "Michael Dorn, Cry of the Warrior", Ian Spelling, pp. 27-31
  • "Nichelle Nichols, Uhura's Mission", Ian Spelling, pp. 36-39, 82
  • "Gene Roddenberry, Celebrating a Life 1921-1991
    • "My Friend, Gene", Kerry O'Quinn, p. 42
    • "The Creator's Tale", Lee Goldberg, pp. 43-49
    • "Celebrating The Creator", George Takei, pp. 50-53
    • "The Creator's Legacy",
176, March 1992
  • "Kim Cattrall, The New Vulcan Woman", Adam Pirani, pp. 34-37, 68
  • "James Doohan, Miracle Worker", Lynne Stephens, pp. 42-45
  • "Wil Wheaton, Guest Star", Ian Spelling, pp. 50-53
177, April 1992
  • "Don M. Mankiewicz, Trials & Errors", Bill Florence, pp. 42-45, 68
  • "Nicholas Meyer, The Klingon Per-Cent Solution", Edward Gross, pp. 46-50
  • "The Lost Beginning", Edward Gross, p. 50
  • "Ralph Winter, In Producer Country", Marc Shapiro, pp. 52-55
178, May 1992
  • "Tribute: Dame Judith Anderson 1898-1992", John Sayers, p. 22
  • "Star Quarters", Ian Spelling, pp. 56-58
179, June 1992
180, July 1992
183, October 1992
184, November 1992
186, January 1993
187, February 1993
  • "Rock Berman, Leader of the Space Station", Ian Spelling, pp. 40-45, 70
  • "Robert McCullough, Man & Pakled", Pat Jankiewicz, pp. 54-56, 72
188, March 1993
189, April 1993
  • "Larry Brody, The Magic Man", Bill Florence, pp. 30-33, 68
  • "Harve Bennet, School's Out", Ian Spelling, pp. 38-39, 68
  • "Deep Thoughts", Ian Spelling, pp. 44-47, 64
  • "Rene Echevarria, Alien Thoughts", Craig W. Chrissinger, pp. 54-58, 64
  • "Arthur Batanides, Rocket Wrangler", Mark Phillips, pp. 60-62
190, May 1993
191, June 1993
192, July 1993
193, August 1993
194, September 1993
195, October 1993
  • "David Mattingly, Master Strokes", Joe Nazzaro, pp. 27-31, 72
  • "Best of The Generation", pp. 44-49
  • "Michael Piller, Guide to a New Generation", Ian Spelling, pp. 50-56
  • "Michael Piller, Guide to the Space Station", Ian Spelling, pp. 56-57
  • "Roy Brocksmith, Real Truths from a Professional", Bill Warren, pp. 58-61, 72
196, November 1993
  • "Rescues at 'Sea Trek'", David Hutchison, pp. 50-51
  • "Marina Sirtis, Beloved Betazoid", Ian Spelling, pp. 52-57, 80
197, December 1993
198, January 1994
  • "Mike W. Barr, Station Log", Craig W. Chrissinger, pp. 52-55
199, February 1994

Issues 201-250

Issue Cover Contents
201, April 1994
203, June 1994
204, July 1994
  • "Swan Songs", Ian Spelling, pp. 32-34
  • "Jonathan Frakes, Directional Enterprise", Ian Spelling, pp. 40-45
  • "Directing "Genesis", Ian Spelling, pp. 44-45
  • "Jill Sherman Donner, Tome of the Green", Pat Jankiewicz, pp. 72-76
205, August 1994
206, September 1994
207, October 1994
209, December 1994
  • "Spawning Generations", Ian Spelling, pp. 48-53
210, January 1995
211, February 1995
  • "Jerry Hardin, Keeper of Secrets", Bill Florence, pp. 28-30, 74
  • "Jeri Taylor, Now Voyager", Ian Spelling, pp. 40-45, 66
212, March 1995
  • "Kate Mulgrew, Voyager Captain", Ian Spelling, pp. 27-31, 72
  • "Patrick Stewart, The One and Future Captain", Ian Spelling, pp. 3-35, 70
  • "William Shatner, Classic Captain", Peter Bloch-Hansen & Ian Spelling, pp. 36-37, 70
213, April 1995
214, May 1995
216, July 1995
218, September 1995
  • "Denise Crosby, Like a Phoenix", Ian Spelling, pp. 52-55, 66
219, October 1995
  • "Michael Dorn, Klingon Again", Ian Spelling, pp. 42-43
220, November 1995
221, December 1995
  • "Brent Spiner, Independence Data", Marc Shapiro, pp. 27-29
  • "John DeLancie, Heroic Passings", Joe Nazzaro, pp. 35-37
222, January 1996
  • "Rene Auberjonois, The New Form", Joe Nazzaro, pp. 27-29, 31-32
  • "Morph Memories", Joe Nazzaro, p. 30
  • "Dwight Schultz, Secret Master of the Holodeck", Stuart Banks, pp, 72-75
  • "Garrett Wang, Ensign Adventure", Joe Nazzaro, pp. 78-81
223, February 1996
  • "Maximum Career Surge: Walter Koenig", Mark Shapiro, pp. 46-47
  • "Merchant of Menace" (John Crawford), Joel Eisner, p. 64-68
225, April 1996
  • "Noble Presence" (Michael Ansara), Tom Weaver, pp. 56-61
226, May 1996
  • "A Day in the Life of Trek", Ian Spelling, pp. 42-47
  • "The Lizard Look" (Caitlin Brown), Joe Nazzaro, pp.72-75
227, June 1996
  • "Luck of the Irish" (Colm Meaney), Ian Spelling, pp. 32-35
  • "Innocent Abroad" (Jennifer Lien), Ian Spelling, pp. 41-43
228, July 1996
229, August 1996
231, October 1996
  • "The Unknown Captain" (Jeffrey Hunter), Glenn A. Mosley, pp. 22-25
  • "Making Star Trek: First Contact", Ian Spelling, pp. 34-39
  • "Voices of the Trek", Ian Spelling, pp. 40-43
  • "Odd Couple" (Armin Shimerman & Rene Auberjonois), Kathy Krantz & illustration by John Langton, pp. 44-46
  • "Jam Session" (Voyager cast interview), Ian Spelling, pp. 48-53
232, November 1996
  • "A Man for All Seasons" (Michael Dorn), Ian Spelling, pp. 48-51
233, December 1996
  • "Through the Generations" (Jonathan Frakes), Ian Spelling, pp. 27-31
  • "Indeed an Actor" (Patrick Stewart), Ian Spelling, pp. 32-35
234, January 1997
235, February 1997
236, March 1997
237, April 1997
238, May 1997
  • "Russ to Judgment" (Tim Russ), Ian Spelling, pp. 38-41
  • "Eye Contact" (LeVar Burton), Ian Spelling, pp. 44-47
240, July 1997
241, August 1997
  • "The Man Who Bought Star Trek" (Herb Solow), Ian Spelling, pp. 74-77
243, October 1997
245, December 1997
247, February 1998
  • "Rebel With a Cause" (Nana Visitor), Ian Spelling, pp. 52-55
248, March 1998
  • "Journeyman's End" (Eric Menyuk), James Swallow, pp. 56-58
249, April 1998
250, May 1998
  • "The Future of Trek" (Rick Berman), Ian Spelling, pp. 50-53

Issues 251-300

Issue Cover Contents
252, July 1998
254, September 1998
255, October 1998
257, December 1998
258, January 1999
259, February 1999
260, March 1999
  • "The Great American Dictionary of Trekonyms", Tom Holdkamp and Ron Jenks, pp. 39-42
  • "Rebellious Enterprise" (Michael Piller), Ian Spelling, pp. 43-46
  • "Invader in Paradise" (F. Murray Abraham), Ian Spelling, pp. 47-49
261, April 1999
263, June 1999
264, July 1999
265, August 1999
266, September 1999
267, October 1999
  • "The Final Frontiersman" (Rick Berman), Ian Spelling, pp. 51-55
268, November 1999
269, December 1999
270, January 2000
273, April 2000
  • "Collective Soul" (Jeri Ryan), Ian Spelling, pp. 29-33
274, May 2000
277, August 2000
280, November 2000
281, December 2000
282, January 2001
283, February 2001
  • "Something About Harry" (Garrett Wang), Ian Spelling, pp. 56-59
  • "They're Dead, Jim" (Star Trek's red shirts recall their fatal voyages to the final frontier, Mark Phillips, pp. 61-64
284, March 2001
285, April 2001
  • "Collective Ending" (Jeri Ryan), Ian Spelling, pp. 27-31
286, May 2001
  • "Vulcan Farewell" (Tim Russ), Ian Spelling, pp. 21-24
  • "Fading to Black" (Robert Beltran), Ian Spelling, pp. 26-29
287, June 2001
288, July 2001
291, October 2001
292, November 2001
293, December 2001
294, January 2002
295, February 2002
296, March 2002
299, June 2002
  • "Interpreting Enterprise" (Linda Park), Ian Spelling, pp. 34-37

Issues 301-350

Issue Cover Contents
303, October 2002
304, November 2002
305, December 2002
306, January 2003
307, February 2003
308, March 2003
311, June 2003
315, October 2003
  • "Animated Treks", Tom Holtkamp, pp. 46-47
  • "Wolf Call" (Charles Dierkop), Pat Jankiewicz, pp. 70-72
316, November 2003
317, December 2003
318, January 2004
319, February 2004
320, March 2004
321, April 2004
322, May 2004
324, July 2004
  • "Scotty Gets Married", Bob Muleady, p. 22
  • "Enterprising Engineer", p. 24
  • "Viva Borg Vegas!" (Borg Invasion 4D), Bill Florence, pp. 34-37
325, August 2004
327, October 2004
328, November 2004
  • "New Odysseys" (Manny Coto), Ian Spelling, pp. 32-35
330, January 2005
332, March 2005
  • "Code Breaker" (Linda Park), Ian Spelling, pp. 56-59
334, May 2005
335, June 2005
336, July 2005
  • "Exit Interview" (Rick Berman), Ian Spelling, pp. 26-29
349, October 2006
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insert cover
note: published as an one-time "Future Life" special section insert
350, November 2006
  • "What Has William Shatner Done Lately" (William Shatner), Ian Spelling, pp. 22-23

Issues 351-374

Issue Cover Contents
353, March 2007
354, April 2007
  • "Roman Holiday" (Lois Jewell), Pat Jankiewicz, pp. 80-82
355, May 2007
356, June 2007
357, July 2007
359, October 2007
  • "Leader of the Trek Generation" (Michael Piller), Joe Nazzaro, pp. 74-79
361, December 2007
362, January 2008
363, March 2008
  • "Captain Picard, Dr. Dolittle & Me: Samantha Eggar Talks of Treks & Troubles", Pat Jankiewicz, pp. 76-79
366, June 2008
368, August 2008
note: final issue to run a Star Trek-related article

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