Turning off The Lights of Zetar

[Therin of Andor]

Jeremy Tarcher, writer of the "Star Trek" episode, "The Lights of Zetar", has passed away. He co-wrote it with puppeteer Shari Lewis, who had hoped to star in it as Mira Romaine.

The episode was memorable/embarrassing for me: my elusive last episode of TOS to see!
http://therinofandor.blogspot.com.au/2008/03/finally-i-see-lights-over-on-trekbbs.html

 

[T'Girl]

We seem to be getting increasing numbers of threads concerning the passing of Trek alumni, very sad.

RIP.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

"The Lights of Zetar" was very well-chronicled in Starlog magazine. They had feature articles on Shari Lewis, guest star Jan Shutan, and director Herb Kenwith.

 

[Balok's Head]

Anyone have any scans of that?

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Anyone have any scans of that?

There's an archive of hi-res Starlog scans online. You can download articles covering the whole history of science fiction. Going after Star Trek material alone will be more than a one day project.

Shari Lewis is in Nov 1991, page 48-50:
https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-172

Director Herb Kenwith is in June 1992, page 92-95:
https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-179

Jan Shutan is in Feb 1994, page 58-60:
https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-199

 

[publiusr]

I miss Starlog

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I miss Starlog

I'm just thankful the back issues are available online. Practically all the sci-fi I'm interested in is vintage now anyway. With the exception of Star Trek, most of my sci-fi is set in "future" years that have already past on the real calendar. So those old Starlogs are still "up to date" for me.

 

[Balok's Head]

What a great resource! Thanks so much

 

[ZapBrannigan]

You're very welcome. I've been saving my own archive of that stuff against the danger that the site will go out of business someday, or even go behind a paywall.

 

[Shaka Zulu]

I miss Starlog

I miss Starlog

I'm just thankful the back issues are available online. Practically all the sci-fi I'm interested in is vintage now anyway. With the exception of Star Trek, most of my sci-fi is set in "future" years that have already past on the real calendar. So those old Starlogs are still "up to date" for me.

I wish that it could come back-we need an alternative to most of the web based 'news' media (blogs) that say a lot about sci-fi but that are just crap and not very well-written (or researched.)

Rest in peace, Mr. Tarcher-you and your wife entertained millions.