ralfmaximus: > prokopetz: > >> berlynn-wohl: >> >>> ohfreckle: >>> >>>> gokuma: >>>> >>>>> athelind: >>>>> >>>>>> stoplookingup: >>>>>> >>>>>>> strike-team-delta: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> cylonqueen: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> catbountry: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> notallergymeds: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> “A Fragment out of Time”, published in 1974. > Kirk / Spock. > page 1 > page 2 >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I had to share it with you because I can’t 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. >>> >>> It’s been said before, but the fact that this fic begins with the dialogue assertion “We’re by no means setting a precedent” 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 “A Fragment Out of Time” is not only the first _Star Trek_ slashfic to be published in a widely distributed magazine: it’s 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.

“A Fragment out of Time”, published in 1974. Kirk / Spock...