#gerry downes

[trekzine]

gerry downes, thrust, 1978

[raydrawsdaly]

A comic about the Warp Drive Five as original generation trekkies. Thank you to my friend Rod R. Driver for letting me pour our love of trek history into a love letter to Star Trek and its fans!

Inspired by Rod's original watercolor piece of the Warp Core Four...

Referenced in the comic, The Epilog to Orion by Gerry Downes was the first K/S published, though K/S zines had been made underground for much longer. You can read Gerry Downes' other trek fan works online.

[the-uss-premise]

Broken Images | Connie Faddis, 1983 The entire novel-length fic by Beverly Sutherland can be read here on ao3!

"I was trying to make a point about the genre [of K/S] itself...

... My best friend & co-editor does not care for K/S. She's not really opposed to it; she just can't see the characters in that light. Her right. It's not a source of conflict between us. I was, however, very enthusiastic about the possibilities of K/S & electrified by novels like Gerry Downes' Alternative 2 & 3* & Susan K. James & Carol Frisbie's Nightvisions**. I wanted her to understand, if not share, my enthusiasm. I set out to write a K/S novel that kept the characters in character, with a premise that a non-K/S devotee could accept as believable.

* The first fanzine & novel dedicated to K/S (1976) ** Tied for 2nd with Gayle Freyrer's Mirrors of Mind and Flesh (both 1979)

"I designed this alternate universe with Spock as captain because I wanted to have a believable reason for Kirk to be vulnerable enough, dependent enough on Spock, that any threat of Spock's death would be catastrophic. I set out to rob poor James T. of his captaincy, his friends, all of his support systems & self-image, & finally his health--all the while trying to maintain his innate strength & masculinity, his ability to bounce back & take charge." - Beverly Sutherland interview, Not Tonight Spock!, 1984