Hehehe. It's simple, you missed it because I cheated! This was dated out of order; I actually wrote it only yesterday :-DDD. I really intended to write it on the 21st when I received Debbie's zines and didn't have time, but I still wanted the reminder and a copy of those gorgeous covers on my journal. So there. Muahahahaha. I do out-of-order posts pretty often on my blog, less often on LJ. But there are several I am planning to do, such as two zine reviews that I was supposed to do during the Holidays, like the Christmas Contact zine. We'll see if I ever get to it.
And you did express your happiness for me by e-mail, but it's still very appreciated again! :-D I'm actually reading the bulk of FT 42 right now, and I'm completely in love with the simple but absurdely perfect little story that begins it, The Picnic by Kate Sheridan. Jim invited Spock to spend shore leave in Iowa with him and they're taking part in all sorts of local activities together just quietly happy, with Jim's mom studying them from afar and speculatig.... and then on the night of a picnic basket auction, where people bid on a basket and spend the evening with the person who entered said basket, mama Kirk enters a basket in Jim's name and makes sure Spock knows she did it.... and Spock decides it's the perfectly logical way to let Jim know of his love. I was squeeing and cooing the whole time. You know, one of those stories taht just make you feel good. *sigh* Now I'm torn between the JS Cavalcante story in this zine or a Carolyn Spencer from another one.
I think the zine is worth it, especially now that I've read the very long Cavalcante story (over 60 pages) and found it absolutely lovely. Lots of long conversations between Spock and Kirk, who is plagued by nightmares following the transference with Janice Lester and knows his dreams mean he has somehting to figure out but not sure what. The Butler story at te end, wasn't bad, and the Spencer, while not my favorite and available online, is interesting too. But for those covers alone I'd have paid much more than I did. Now the issue of First Time I'm most looking for is #43... it has another Sheridan story, author of the lovely Picnic, plus a Ciana Micthell story, and a story where Spock wins the company of Jim for one night... a completely different vibe than the Picnic story though.
Speaking of gorgeous covers, did you read anything in FT 39 yet?
And you did express your happiness for me by e-mail, but it's still very appreciated again! :-D I'm actually reading the bulk of FT 42 right now, and I'm completely in love with the simple but absurdely perfect little story that begins it, The Picnic by Kate Sheridan. Jim invited Spock to spend shore leave in Iowa with him and they're taking part in all sorts of local activities together just quietly happy, with Jim's mom studying them from afar and speculatig.... and then on the night of a picnic basket auction, where people bid on a basket and spend the evening with the person who entered said basket, mama Kirk enters a basket in Jim's name and makes sure Spock knows she did it.... and Spock decides it's the perfectly logical way to let Jim know of his love. I was squeeing and cooing the whole time. You know, one of those stories taht just make you feel good. *sigh* Now I'm torn between the JS Cavalcante story in this zine or a Carolyn Spencer from another one.
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Speaking of gorgeous covers, did you read anything in FT 39 yet?
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