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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-01T19:04:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Star Trek",
    "fandom",
    "history",
    "ralfmaximus",
    "prokopetz",
    "berlynn-wohl",
    "ohfreckle",
    "gokuma",
    "athelind",
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  "textContent": "ralfmaximus:\n\n> prokopetz:\n>\n>> berlynn-wohl:\n>>\n>>> ohfreckle:\n>>>\n>>>> gokuma:\n>>>>\n>>>>> athelind:\n>>>>>\n>>>>>> stoplookingup:\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>> strike-team-delta:\n>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>> cylonqueen:\n>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>> catbountry:\n>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> notallergymeds:\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>> “A Fragment out of Time”, published in 1974.\n>  Kirk / Spock.\n> page 1\n> page 2\n>>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>>> 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\n>>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>>> This fan fiction is older than the push-through tabs on soda cans.\n>>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>>> Your grandma wrote this on her Commodore 64.\n>>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>>> I miss my Commodore 64\n>>>>>>>\n>>>>>>> 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.\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> Reblogged for that last comment.\n>>>>>\n>>>>> respect your elders\n>\n>>>>\n>>>> 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.\n>>>\n>>> 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.\n>\n>>>\n>>> Diane Marchant changed all our lives. May she rest in peace.\n>\n>>\n>> 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.\n>\n>\n> 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.",
  "title": "THE VERY FIRST STAR TREK SLASH FIC PUBLISHED"
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