T— Negativ e 2 8 o -2- T-Negative 28, September 1975j from Ruth Berman, 5620 Edgewater Boulevard, Minneapo Ils Minnesota 55417 Comes out I*R*R*E*G*U*L*A*R*L*Y. Contents cover: Ricky Pearson The Brooks of Eden, by Marnie Ellingson........... ................................................... ....3 Three musical themes transcribed by Donald Koch..........................................................................15 List of STzlnes received............................................................................................................................... 16 T-Waves: Letters ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Visit to the Set, by Shirley Meech......................................................................................................... 18 illos: D.L. Collin P. 4; Bunny Jackson pp. 6, 14; Janice p. 8; Douglas Herring p. 10; Gee Moaven p. 12. reasons why you should take these pages out of the cold into your dwelling or place of residence: L._ ) I felt like sending it You contributed You paid money at the rate of 50^/one or $2/five, and your subscription is currently due to end: ..—. issue #Q ) this issued J) Back Issues are 75^/one or $2/three. At present #'s 1-12, 19-20, 22-27 are avail­ able I'll be reprinting others later. answers to Jackie Franke's puzzle in #26: Coridan, nerve, deflection, foolle, The Glory, thralls; The City on the Edge of Forever -- Harlan Ellison. a reprint: "Shatner's Glum About TV Drama/ TV and Radio Chatter" by Forrest Powers, Minneapolis Star, August 20, 1958. William Shatner may be making his Shatner Is a young man (26) who seems last appearance on television for some to be on the verge of stardom. Almost time tonight. Thursday he starts re­ everything he has done has received cri­ hearsals for the new Broadway produc­ tical acclaim. tion of "The World of Suzie Wong " After graduation from McGill univer­ Even if "Suzie" fails to enjoy a sity, he worked in summer theater in Cana­ lasting run on Broadway, the Canadian- da and thence to the Stratford Shakespeare born actor doubts that he will play a festival in Montreal. He came to the major role in television next season. United States in 1956 and has appeared in "I take a dim view of the future a number of television dramas and in the of television drama," he said tn a movie "The Brothers Karamazov." He re­ telephone interview. "Each year we cently received rave reviews for his per­ lose a couple of dramatic series. Next formance in Rod Serling's Playhouse 90 season looks like slim pickings for both drama, "A Town Has Turned to Dust." actors and viewers." Shatner's performance in tonight's Shatner said he had been offered CBS drama, "Old Marshals Never Die, " will the lead role in a number of television be his third for the U S. Steel dramatic series, but that he has rejected them series. He will star as a young marshal all. who is forced to choose between his duty "I refuse to take a series because and his respect for an old man. I don't care to play the same role week Shatner moved to New York recently after week," he explained. "The view­ from Hollywood. He and his wife, actress ers not only begin to associate an ac­ Gloria Rand, are In the process of tor with a certain type of role, but decorating their apartment. the actor loses the freshness which a "Top priority went to the nursery, " variety of parts provides." said Shatner. "If you see me pass out ci­ gars during the show -- or just plain pass out -- you'll know I just'got the word." -3- I he B E rooks of den by Marnie Ellingson Spock arrived at the University been called on. The dismay in her face three days late for the opening of the told him she was at a loss for an answer, spring term. Captain Pike had done his and assuming it was because her attention best to get him to a base where he could had been diverted by adjusting his tape, get passenger transport to Earth in he let the tip of his stylus rest on her time, but an ion storm had brought about desktop, tracing over and over the double­ an unavoidable delay. loop sign for Infinity. Of course he could have enrolled at She gave him a doubtful glance and the Vulcan Science Academy for the then said hesitantly, "There is no formu­ series of refresher courses required by la. If Sokel's Law is correct, the pos­ Star Fleet regulations, but the situa­ sibilities are infinite." tion between him and his father was such that it seemed inappropriate for him to "Very good," the lecturer said, and spend three months on his home planet. she let out a long breath of relief and Whether he was acting out of filial flashed Spock a shyly grateful smile. courtesy or whether he was avoiding the wound of having his presence on Vulcan When class was over, as she gathered go unacknowledged by his father was a her things together she said, "How on question he did not ask himself, but It earth did you know the answer to that seemed to him that the logical course question? Here I was feeling so sorry was to enroll at the American Institute for you, thinking you'd never catch up of Technology. after missing the first three days." Missing the first three days of "Computer techniques are a specialty classes did not worry him unduly. He of mine," he said, experiencing mild sur­ habitually kept up with the scientific prise that it would have occurred to her Journals pertinent to his work and did to anticipate that he might have diffi­ not anticipate any difficulty with culty. course work. She shook her head ruefully. "I Registration his first morning did managed to get through the basic computer not take long, but his first class in courses earlier, but this advanced one is advanced computer techniques had already beyond me. I am Just not tuned in to begun as he slid into the only vacant computers. It all seems so inhuman -- " seat. He had Just switched on his desk She broke off, stricken. "I'm so sorry. viewer and was trying to orient himself That was a stupid thing to say." to the discussion, when a girl in the seat next to his reached over and For a moment he did not understand selected a tape from the cartridge case her distress, but then he realized that he had been Issued for the course, in­ she had perhaps never known an alien and serted it, and pushed the fast-forward was anxious not to offend. "It's quite button until it reached the point il­ all right," he said. "Vulcans are not lustrating the lecturer's words. sensitive to the word 'inhuman'." Spock realized immediately that She relaxed a bit, but as he left these were indeed advanced concepts her she was still wearing a look of con­ under discussion, but ones with which cern like a polite child at a party who he was familiar. has made an unintentional social gaffe and doesn't know how to make amends. It was only a few moments until the lecturer asked a question which several His next two classes passed unevent­ class members answered incorrectly. "If fully. The one on gravitational physics we assume the validity of Sokel's Dis­ promised to be challenging. tributive Law, what formula can we use to calculate the limit of possibilities The next class, In comparative zoolo­ of working out a heuristic that will gy, was In a building at the other end of prove or disprove Orsakov's Theorem?" the campus, and when he approached the standing where he had been told he could Suddenly the girl who had helped get a transporta tlon tram, he saw that him gave an almost inaudible groan and the girl from his computer class was moved nervously in her chair, and Spock there ahead of him. realized that now It was she who had -4- These are sup­ posed to come every five minutes and I've been waiting fifteen," she told him, impatiently pushing back a strand of long pale gold hair that had escaped the ring which had earlier held it neatly in place. "Wouldn't you think if they can send a rocket probe to the Great Spiral Nebula,, they could make a tran- trarn that runs on time?" "It was the Star Fleet Deep Space Agency that was responsible for the rocket probe, " he said seriously. "I think it unlikely that they have any­ thing to do with intra-campus trans­ portation . " A sudden smile lit her face though he did not under­ stand why. Then she asked what his next class was. When he told her she said, "I'm in that, too. It's a good course. Tough, but good. Oh, and you're taking Professor Harmon's poetry course," she said, pointing to the black-bound book he was carrying. A bit defensively he said, "I be­ a tape -- and he thinks we should note lieve it is a policy of the University our reactions to anything that strikes us to offer only arts courses during the as particularly meaningful." last class period. I understand this is an attempt to produce scientists who The tram arrived then and ended are 'well-rounded'." their discussion. She smiled again. "Let's hope it works. Professor Harmon's a lamb...a At the end of two weeks Spock was very good teacher," she amended hastily comfortably caught up with all his course at his startled look. "Do you know why work. Feeling somewhat frustrated at not he issued real books instead of tapes? having the Enterprise's computer available He says it's infinitely more in tune for a research problem he was working on with the nature of poetry to hold a in his spare time, he signed up to use book in your hands and turn its pages one which was available to students in his than to turn on a machine.