The Holmesian Federation Duration: 1978 to 1991, fourteen years Here's a very lovely little production, a definite one-of-a-kind journal that was nothing but fun for its readership. As the name implies, this journal featured Sherlock Holmes/Star Trek crossover fan fiction. Beautiful covers, a nice variety of stories that took some imagination to come up with, the occasional non-Trek Holmes crossover (Dr. Who, H.P. Lovecraft, the Invisible Man, Dracula . . .). The Holmesian Federation was one of those publications that was definitely taken from us too early -- a sort of James Dean of fanzines -- as Holmes and Star Trek hadn't even begun to cross over. I'd have loved to have seen where it would have gone once Mr. Data and Spock's Star Trek VI well-known quote, "An ancestor of mine . . ." had entered the mix. -- BAK |
