The Questor Tapes, Genesis II, Gary 7, and Spectre

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MaryB's first published fanzine was The Vaslovik Archives, produced in 1976. Her partner in the venture was her lifelong friend, M. K. Davis. The focus of the zine was the other projects of Gene Roddenberry, but especially the 1974 pilot The Questor Tapes. Many of the submissions were from fellow members of the group that put on the historic August Party conventions, and included Gary 7 (from the Star Trek episode Assignment: Earth), and Genesis II/Planet Earth fiction and art. The zine ultimately ran 6 issues, plus a special edition collecting Peter A. David's Questor/Gary 7 crossover series, "The Devil's War."

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At 62 pages, the first issue was published in 1976 and contained:

• Questor - Assignment Earth Part 2 (2 pages)
• Genesis Too (1 page)
• Imperative Of The Sentinel (7 pages)
• Genesis Too, Two (1 page)
• Vengeance Times Two (18 pages)
• Genesis Too, Two Plus One (1 page)
• The Steel Mallard (7 pages)
• Genesis Too Much (1 page)
• Warbird (11 pages)
• And Miles To Go (5 pages)
• Transplanet Earth (1 page)
• Augury (3 pages)
• Final Mission (3 pages)

At 86 pages, the second issue was published in 1977 and contained:

• Prologue Part I (MASH crossover) (7 pages) (note - Part II was never published)
• Insufficient Data (5 pages)
• The Dog Leg Course (16 pages)
• The Empyrean Relic (8 pages)
• The Devil's War Part 1-Imperative Override (16 pages)
• The People's Choice Part 1 (26 pages)

At 51 pages, the third issue was published in 1980 and contained:

• The Devil's War Part 2 (8 pages)
• Losers Weepers (7 pages)
• Encounter In A Small Town (7 pages)
• For Now and Ever After (6 pages)
• The 0939 From Canaveral (13 pages)
• The People's Choice Part 2 (12 pages)

At 84 pages, the fourth issue was published in 1981 and contained:

• Unshot (18 pages)
• Friends (7 pages)
• A Woman's Work (3 pages)
• Promises and Maple Leaves (16 pages)
• The Devil's War Part 3 (40 pages)

At 50 pages, the fifth issue was published in 1985 and contained:

• Settling In (11 pages)
• A Walk In The Park (7 pages)
• Guardians (31 pages)

At 42 pages, the sixth and last issue of The Vaslovik Archives was also the smallest. The final issue was published in 1987, and contained the single story, "Sheldon."

Alpha Log was the club fanzine for the Space: 1999 club, Main Mission Alpha. In the late '70s, many zines were published as part of a club's activities, and Main Mission Alpha was no different. The zines were pubished annually, and distributed to all active members as part of their club membership. Main Mission Alpha was born at one of the early Star Trek conventions in New York City. Mary Bloemker was originally the club vice president, but took over responsibility for the club from the founder when she moved west, and began publishing the club zine with issue #2, with assistance from the club VP, G. Paradis and other local friends. At the time, the club had over 200 members across the US. Each issue would contain art, stories, poems, limericks, articles, crossword puzzles, and more submitted by club members. The club zine ran for five issues, ending with the fifth issue in 1981.

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At 26 pages, the second issue was published in 1978 and contained:

• Psychon Encounter (6 pages)
• Into the Stars (2 pages)
• Spoof:1999 (2 pages)
• Our Alpha Love (1 page)
• Journey to Where Word Find (1 page)
• Is This the Face ...? (2 pages)
• Survivor? (1 page)
• Daughter of the Stars (1 page)
• Space: 1999 Portfolio (6 pages)
• Alphan Memory (1 page)

At 30 pages, the third issue was published in 1979.

• Living Death (4 pages)
• Theme (1 page)
• A Galactic Game of Marbles (1 page)
• The DNA Crisis (2 pages)
• Ring a Full Circle Around the Moon (1/2 page)
• For the Love of Man (1/2 page)
• Alpha Limerick (1/2 page)
• A Perfect Place, But ... (3 pages)
• Moonbase Alpha (1/2 page)
• Fate (1/2 page)
• Deadly Strategy (10 pages)

At 32 pages, the fourth issue was published in 1980.

• A Step Towards the Future (1 page)
• She Sleeps Now (1 page)
• Looking Back (1 page)
• The Luck O' the Irish (11 pages)
• Alien Love (1 page)
• Reflections of a tired, Aging Scientist (1 page)
• Stress Factor (10 pages)

At 38 pages, the final issue was published in 1981.

• It Takes All Kinds (4 pages)
• A Chance (2 pages)
• Girl Trouble (8 pages)
• HMS Hood (2 pages)
• Alien Return (5 pages)
• Dear Maya (1 page)
• Aftermath (8 pages)
• A Bad, Mercifully Short Poem (1 page)
• I Was Here (1 page)
• Biographies of David Kano and Robert Brian Mathias (1 page)
• Another Bad, Mercifully Short Poem (1 page)
• There is Nothing Wrong with the Big Screen (1/2 page)
• Still Another Bad, Mercifully Short Poem (1/2 page)
• Jackie (1 page)
• Starshine Thoughts (1/2 page)
• Even Yet Another Bad, Mercifully Short Poem (1/2 page)

MaryB was a big fan of British SF (aka telefantasy), and she embraced Doctor Who enthusiastically. At the same time, she was a fan of Blake's 7, Sapphire and Steel, and The Tomorrow People, among other programs. But once she got the rest of us hooked on Blake's 7, she was happy to let the rest of us produce zines in that fandom while she played in Doctor Who for a while. Her first foray was Faces of Time, followed by Castrovalva. Well Met in Time and Space collected Doctor Who/Battlestar Galactica stories by MaryB and Mary Fall Wardell that had been published elsewhere into a single volume.

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At 88 pages, the first issue was published in 1981 and contained:

• Interview With Terrance Dicks (18 pages)
• The Blooper (1 page)
• Hail and Farewell (6 pages)
• The Scarf (1 page)
• The Cathedral Affair (20 pages)
• Modesty (2 pages)
• Doctor Who and The Four Doctors (36 pages)
• Pullout poster: A Life in the Life of a Time Lord

At 42 pages, the second issue was published in 1982 and contained:

• In A Glass Lightly (8 pages)
• Oh, Sarah (2 pages)
• Companions Of The Past - Jamie McCrimmon (2 pages)
• The Reason (2 pages)
• Close Encounters ... Some Other Time (6 pages)
• Harry (2 pages)
• Reverie (3 pages)
• Doctor Who Major Arcana Tarot Design Portfolio (8 pages)
• Conflict (8 pages)
• Pullout poster: The Faces of Time II

At 90 pages, the third issue was published in 1983 and contained:

• Faces of Time poetry and art portfolio (6 pages)
• Episode Synopsis and Art Portfolio (30 pages)
• Orphans of the Vortex Portfolio (4 pages)
• View From The Bridge (4 pages)
• The Omen (1 page)
• Aftermath (2 pages)
• I am the Master (1 page)
• Nexus At Pharos (6 pages)
• Instant Replay (4 pages)
• Triumvirate (10 pages)
• Aftershock (1 page)
• Life Begins (1 page)
• In Memoriam (10 pages)
• Reflections (1 page)
• Adric (2 pages)
• Stranger At The Door (8 pages)
• Pullout posters: Earthshock, Transitions

At 70 pages, the fourth issue was published in 1984 and contained:

• The Faces of Time (2 pages)
• Fair Play (14 pages)
• Ode to Jellybabies (2 pages)
• Leela's Move (8 pages)
• The Big Sleep (8 pages)
• Doctor Who Major Arcana Tarot Designs Portfolio (7 pages)
• Entracte (6 pages)
• Sarah Jane's Lament (2 pages)
• The Company I Keep (6 pages)
• Fugitive (2 pages)
• The Bad Companions (2 pages)

The Faces of Time Special Edition: Pawn of Leptos is a single story zine containing the novel Pawn of Leptos. Originally, the story was to be the centerpiece of Faces of Time #2. The length and complexity - and sheer quality of the writing - prompted Mary to publish this as a standalone. At 107 pages, the special edition was published in 1981.

Castrovalva was a Doctor Who zine like Faces of Time, but this zine was dedicated to the fifth doctor played by Peter Davison. At 88 pages, the zine was published in 1985 and contained:

• Time Spent Loitering
• Countercurrent
• Sonnet
• Sandcastles of the Past
• A Psychosis is not a Disease
• Black Orchid of Death
• Second Thoughts
• Moment of Truth
• Peace of Mind
• Tegan's Farewell
• A Friend in Need
• Farewell
• The Circle Turns Again
• Brave Heart

Well Met in Time and Space.

One of MaryB's greatest passions was Shadow Chasers, and her body of work in the fandom is significant. Much of her Shadow Chasers work graced the pages of Mary Fall Wardell's zines Prime Time and Shadow Chasers Express. MaryB also had Shadow Chasers stories in a number of other fanzines, both Shadow Chasers only, and multi-media. For more of her Shadow Chasers fiction, see the Fiction link. For everything you'd like to know about Shadow Chasers, go to MaryB's Shadow Chasers Home Page.

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A novel in three parts, Maelstrom is an emotionally charged and deeply cathartic story. In some ways, this is MaryB's masterwork.

Whether it was Doctor Who, Voyagers! or Quantum Leap, MaryB loved a good time travel story. The Temporal Times provided a wide open canvas for adventures in time.

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At 76 pages, the first issue was published in 1991 and contained:

• The Cliff's Edge (Quantum Leap)
• The Take of the Caribou King (Doctor Who)
• Gentle on Your Mind (Doctor Who)
• Birthdays (Quantum Leap)
• Regret (Doctor Who)
• What the Future Holds (Shoestring / Blake's 7)
• The Midnight Ride (Voyagers!)

At 94 pages, the second issue was published in 1993 and contained:

• Children of the Store (Quantum Leap)
• Time Warp (Star Trek: The Next Generation / Voyagers!)
• The Best Laid Leaps (Quantum Leap)
• Busman's Holiday (Doctor Who / Voyagers!)
• Dead Man's Party (Quantum Leap / Nick Knight)

At 74 pages, the third and final issue was published in 1996 and contained:

• Time-Crossed (Quantum Leap / Real Ghostbusters)
• Time Lines (Voyagers!)
• Leap of Logic (Real Ghostbusters / Quantum Leap)
• Inuitive Leap (Shadow Chasers / Quantum Leap)