THE VERY FIRST STAR TREK SLASH FIC PUBLISHED
âA Fragment out of Timeâ, published in 1974. Kirk / Spock. page 1 page 2
I had to share it with you because I canât stop laughing, and every time I reread it it just gets funnier and fUNNIER
This fan fiction is older than the push-through tabs on soda cans.
Your grandma wrote this on her Commodore 64.
I miss my Commodore 64
Oh my dear, sweet children. The Commodore 64 came out in 1982. This was produced on a typewriter and probably mimeographed. And while it may seem funny now, it took more courage to write and distribute this than you will ever  know.
Reblogged for that last comment.
respect your elders
Children, in the olden days fanfiction was written on a typewriter, copied and sent by snail mail. Getting one one of those letters from across the world was every bit as exciting as getting a notification that your favorite writer posted a new fic.
Itâs been said before, but the fact that this fic begins with the dialogue assertion âWeâre by no means setting a precedentâ is endlessly amusing to me.
Diane Marchant changed all our lives. May she rest in peace.
The precedent line is especially amusing when you bear in mind that âA Fragment Out of Timeâ is not only the first Star Trek slashfic to be published in a widely distributed magazine: itâs believed by some to be the first slashfic of any kind to be widely published.
In 1974 it was illegal to send pornography through the USPS. So distributing fic like this via mailed newsletter was literally dangerous. And they knew it.
















