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This multifandom fanzine ran for a number of issues. Below is a time line of its publication history:

Contents 1 1975 2 1977 3 1978 4 1979 5 1980 6 1981 7 1982 8 1983 9 1984 10 1985 11 Sources

[edit] 1975

• Warped Space 4 was published by T'Kuhtian Press. It was edited by Lori Chapek-Carleton. At 29 pages long, it contained Star Trek fan fiction. The material included was written by Paula Block, Gordon Carleton, Lori Chapek, Jane Clinkenbeard, Sharon Ferraro, Karen Klinck, Anne Laurie Logan, Jan Marche, Pat McCormack, Linda Michaels, Denise Peterson, Gene Roddenberry (reprint), James Steele, and Ed Zdrojewski. It was printed offset and stapled.
• Warped Space 8 was published by T'Kuhtian Press. It was edited by Lori Chapek-Carleton. At 27 pages, it contained Star Trek fan fiction. It contained material by Paula M. Block, Gordon Carleton, Phil Foglio, Paula Smith, and Jim Steele. It features two full length cartoon strips by Phil Foglio and Gordon Carleton. It was printed offset, stapled.

[edit] 1977

• Warped Space 28 published one of, if not, the first Star Wars stories this edition. The publishing of this story marked Warped Space as being a mixed fandom fanzine. (Verba, Langley)
• Warped Space 29
• Warped Space 30

[edit] 1978

• Warped Space 31
• Warped Space 32
• Warped Space 37 was published June 21, 1978. It was edited by Lori Chapek-Carleton. At 61 pages, it contained fiction by Dian Hardison, Ronnie Molnar, Amy Forrest, P.M. Block, Cheryl Rice, Marcia Mathog, J. Lindner, Catherine Strand, Anne Wilson, Kathleen Resch, Jane Firmstone, Susan Matthews. It contained artwork and illustrations by Martynn, Mary Bloemker, Robin Wood, Signe Landon, Joni Wagner, Cheryl Frashure, Desire Gonzalez, Edith Crowe, Michael Goodwin, Gordon Carleton and M.J. Fisher. Fandoms represented included Star Wars, Star Trek, and Man From Atlantis.

[edit] 1979

• Warped Space 41 was 94 pages long.

[edit] 1980

• Warped Space 44 contained Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who fan fiction.

[edit] 1981

• Warped Space 45 contained Star Wars, Star Trek fan fiction. It was published in March and was 93 pages long.
• Warped Space 46 contained Star Wars, Star Trek fan fiction. It was published in September.

[edit] 1982

• Warped Space 47 was published in June and was 96 pages long. It contained Star Wars fan fiction.

[edit] 1983

• Warped Space 48 contained Star Trek, Star Wars fan fiction. It was published in March and was 93 pages long.
• Warped Space 49 contained Star Trek, Star Wars, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark fan fiction. It was published in October and was 98 pages.

[edit] 1984

• Warped Space 50 was published in January. It contained Star Wars fan fiction. It was 99 pages long. In Warped Space #50, Paula Smith contributed an essay to ongoing dialogue about characterization issues in fan fiction. She discussed something known to fanzine readers and writers called “Langsam’s Law.” She is quoted by Langley as saying "special caveat for writing media-based fiction. Don't make an established character do or say something out of line with his established character, of if you must, give good, solid reasons why."
• Warped Space 51 contained Star Trek, Star Wars fan fiction. It was published in September. It was 99 pages long.

[edit] 1985

• Warped Space 52 contained Star Trek, Star Wars fan fiction. It was published in May. It was 99 pages long.

[edit] Sources

• "Star Trek Lives: Trekker Slang" by Patricia Byrd appearing in American Speech, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring, 1978) , pp. 52-58.
• Verba, Joan Marie. Boldly Writing a Trekker Fan and Zine History 1967-1987. Minnetonka, Minn: FTL Publications, 1996