Blakes7 June 2001

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Cons
by Helen Krummenacker 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

There's a Helen and a Hellen on the list. Steve, you've been referring to Hellen as Helen. I don't go to Redemption as it's a bit far from California. Baycon, otoh, was lovely. Wish I'd been in better shape, but the dances were terrific, my costumes were recognized more often than I expected, and I got to meet Julia Jones, who kindly allowed me to borrow a few slash zines so I could see what all the fuss was about. (Let the brainwashing commence!) Actually, all the stories I had the opportunity to read or skim were a cut above the average of fanfic I've encountered, when it comes to pure use of language. I found The Birds and The Bees terribly funny, as it sent up 3 things I'm familiar with (Aristophanes, Cole Porter, and B7). I also saw enough to realize that what I'm *not* interested in with slash isn't any different from what I'm not interested in in het-- reading about sex, for me, is rather like reading about sports... to appreciate the story, I may need to know who scored, but I don't have much interest in the details of how it was done. Aside from the parody, it looked like most of the stories were 'character-junkie' type; they got more into exploring feelings and relationships than accomplishing outside tasks. Methinks I'm less character junkie than I thought, because I as I read I thought "Good story, but not really Blake's 7-- we need some Fed lackeys to invade now, or a call from the flight deck about a wierd floating thingie". Mind, ithe writing was good; I just also saw the point about fanon diverging from canon. Enough burbling, Helen

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Re: [B7L] Re: Zine lists coming up
by Tavia 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

Dana wrote re my Case of the Disappearing Fanzine: >Yeah, but that's printzines (not to mention variables in type size and >page count)--even if you just count stories that don't appear anywhere >else, the Hermit Library and Liberated are very large "zines." My guess is that the reduction represents both an increase in Web publishing and a decrease in fannish interest in B7. I don't know if anyone has any figures on the publication or sales of printzines in other fandoms, or for that matter other quantifiable measures of fan interest, such as sales of videos, attendance at cons, viewing figures for the satellite/cable repeats? Although the Hermit library, Liberated and other sites are all great, a high proportion of the stories archived have been previously published in printzines, especially the longer stories. Tavia

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FW: Re: [B7L] Re: Zine lists coming up
by Tavia 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

This didn't seem to go through, apologies if you get it twice..... Dana wrote re my Case of the Disappearing Fanzine: >Yeah, but that's printzines (not to mention variables in type size and >page count)--even if you just count stories that don't appear anywhere >else, the Hermit Library and Liberated are very large "zines." My guess is that the reduction represents both an increase in Web publishing and a decrease in fannish interest in B7. I don't know if anyone has any figures on the publication or sales of printzines in other fandoms, or for that matter other quantifiable measures of fan interest, such as sales of videos, attendance at cons, viewing figures for the satellite/cable repeats? Although the Hermit library, Liberated and other sites are all great, a high proportion of the stories archived have been previously published in printzines, especially the longer stories. Tavia

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Nexus
by Judith Proctor 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

Could those of you going to Nexus (and if not, why not as it's a really good weekend and has a B7 guest to boot) please start thinking about books for Oxfam? I'll be selling SF books for Oxfam at Nexus (probably in the dealer's room, but possibily elsewhere when the dealer's room is shut, if there's a suitable space in the bar area). I'd appreciate it if people could bring along donations of sellable books. We asked this at Redemption and had some really good condition books on crime, decorating, stress-management, history, SF and all sorts of subjects which I was able to take back and sell in the local shop. The shop sells around 130 books a week (not counting the children's books which my friend Angie looks after) and we're forever in desperate need of new stock. Good condition paperback novels and all non-fiction books are always welcome. We also accept collectables and sell these at a realistic price. If donations are brought to the dealers room, they can be given to my husband Richard who is easily recognised by the ginger-biscuit colour beard. We've had a couple of large boxes of SF donated recently, so we hope to have a really good collection of books for fans to buy and we'll keep changing the books on display as there's too many to have them all out at once. Judith PS. We took 130 pounds for Oxfam at Redemption and 116 at Paragon, so hopefully Nexus will raise a similar amount. -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 - Fanzines for Blake's 7, B7 Filk songs, pictures, news, Conventions past and present, Blake's 7 fan clubs, Gareth Thomas, etc. (also non-Blake's 7 zines at http://www.knightwriter.org ) Redemption '03 21-23 Feb 2003 http://www.smof.com/redemption/

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exciting video news--Gareth Thomas
by JEB31538＠cs.com 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

For all of us who have desperately wanted to see the 1975-6 Gareth Thomas version of How Green Was My Valley the exciting news is that it is now available on video and DIRT CHEAP. I have been inquiring about BBC making this 6 hour version starring Sian Phillips available for years. i have also bugged friends into contacting the BBC, too. And I have contacted various video companies that tend to sell British drama. Just today I discovered that the Sian Phillips/Gareth Thomas video is to be available very cheaply in the next week or so. AND if you PRE-order you not only get to save a few pounds but shipping is FREE and this is very important to us Americans. You can order online with a credit card or call. Be careful as the video company also sells the Wqlter Pigeon American movie, too. The Gareth Thomas video is labeled Sian Phillips and is called a twin pack. IF you pre-order before June 8, you get the set for 13.59 pounds and the shipping is free. If you order June 8 or after, the price is 16.99 and you will have to pay for shipping which for non-UK residents could be pricey. You pre-order or order this video from http://www.choicesdirect.co.uk or you can call this UK number 010601-29702 Make sure that you order the Sian Phillips twin pack. ********** Now that this dream has come true, I would ask everyone who is a Gareth Thomas fan to write to the BBC and ask that they make the 1982 four episode story The Bell available on video. It starred Ian Holm and Gareth Thomas has a major role in it. I would think with the new show being made about Iris Murdock's life and the fact that Ian Holm is a high profile actor these days that there is a very good chance of getting The Bell also released on video. However, it will not happen unless the BBC and video companies think that there is an interest in it. So, please, think about writing the BBC and requesting that The Bell be made available on video. Joyce (who has a very big smile on her face right now)

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Missed opportunity for quoting
by J MacQueen 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

In a little meeting this morning, and the IT person doing the spiel says, "Anyway, that's a rough analogy." Why oh why did I just think of Travis, rather than giving the relevant response? Regards Joanne (the answer: I'm not awake, not really <yawn>) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Shields
by Andrew Williams 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hellen wrote: >For the sake of consistency I would prefer to imagine that all shielding >devises with similar functions are based on one single technology. Same >way, as all today's cars, regardless the variations in shape, colour, etc., >use same internal combustion engine. The logic is, that if given technology >works efficiently, why bother changing it. I always assumed that force fields were different from force walls. In "City" Vila states that air can bleed through a force field, whereas the blister force wall mentioned by Slave in "Stardrive" would have to be airtight. Andrew.

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Re: [Frivolous] Re: [B7L] B7 movie
by Pherber＠aol.com 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

In a message dated 5/31/01 12:05:04 AM Mountain Daylight Time, mistral(a)centurytel.net writes: > Is it just me, or does anybody else long to see (the original) Mrs. Peel > slice Avon into little ribbons with that smirk of hers? She'd have his > number in a New York minute. Half-minute. LOL - yeah, but wouldn't they *look* great together? > Am I also the only one who thinks that one of the reasons B7 fandom is > so interesting is because it doesn't have the mass appeal of Trek? (At > least in the U.S.) I really _like_ being in a niche fandom. It's the > 'make your own fun' mentality that appeals so much. Oh, yes! I grew up being really into Trek, but once it got to be darn near universal (not to mention so commercial) it got really annoying to me. Of course, changing from a starry-eyed preadolescent into a cynical adult probably had something to do with it too - B7 came along just at the right point in my life that I could really related to it. Nina

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Blakes7 June 2001