Blakes7 August 2001

blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se

51 participants
264 discussions

RE: Re: [B7L] Gauda Prime (was Shadows of Blake)
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

"Sally Manton" <smanton(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Marian wrote: ><In Warlord Soolin tells Zeeona that her father was murdered when she was >eight.> > >Thanks for correcting me (see, people, I *do* admit it when I'm wrong. >That's your lot for this millenium, though). > ><Of course we don't know how old Soolin is in Warlord, but if we >assume her to be in her mid-twenties, an estimation of 15-20 years would be >about right.> > >And is unfortunately fairly nonsensical from my suspension-of-disbelief >frame, but oh well ... > > But 'aged 8' GP calendar or 'Federation Standard' calendar (there would have to be one so that people on different planets could coordinate things) Jacqui __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

1 0

RE: Re: [B7L] Re: Orbit
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

"Dana Shilling" <dshilling(a)worldnet.att.net> wrote: >Betty said: >> >> Most empathatically agreed. And I strongly suspect a lot of that is >> because he can't stand the guilt he feels when he lets someone who >> trusts him down (see: Grant, Anna). > >There was a recent Freedom City thread (suitable for all audiences-- >don't worry!) about fanfic treatments of telepathy and empathy. >Possibly Avon has some degree of clairvoyance ("I always thought >his death and mine would be linked in some way") and he's trying to >stand back from the carnage he senses in the future. > >-(Y) > Or - Avon "knows" he is going to have to go and rescue Blake again - and Blake's cause is likely to be the death of him. Jacqui __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

1 0

Top Ten
by Julie Horner 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

A recent Horizon bulletin said that Paul Darrow had been recording an interview for Channel 4's Top Ten series. Does anyone know any more about that - like Top Ten what? I thought they were mostly concerned with musical themes e.g. Top Ten Boy Bands, Top Ten Punk etc. Julie Horner

1 0

Temporary absence
by Louise Rutter 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

I'm off to the wilds of Lancashire for a week and a computerless existence with my parents. So no mail will be answered in that time, I'm not just being rude.... Louise

1 0

Re: Orbit
by Betty Ragan 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

Catching up on a whole bunch of posts here... Kathryn Andersen wrote: > But it's Avon's fault for listening to it. (Insert Biblical quote which > I can't remember which basically refutes the argument "He tempted me" > with the answer "You wouldn't have been tempted if you hadn't wanted to > do it in the first place") I most definitely agree that it was Avon who was morally culpable (or would have been if he'd actually done the deed). But I don't quite agree that he really wanted to do it, anyway. I do think it's notable that Avon *doesn't* come up with the idea himself, and that it takes Orac bringing it up to make him take action... Especially when you consider the fact that it seems to be very much the sort of thing Avon would be entirely capable of thinking of on his own (not unlike faking the running log in "Space Fall"). My personal theory is that Avon didn't *want* to think of it, and possibly wouldn't have allowed himself to think of it (at least not until the very last moment, if then). But once Orac brought it out into the open, Avon was forced to acknowledge it. And once he'd permitted the thought into his head, it would have gone against his entire self-image *not* to follow up on it. And I suspect Orac knew all that, too. But then, I rather like to think of Orac as amoral, manipulative, and far more involved in things that he generally appears. Makes him a much more interesting character. :) Helen Krummenacker wrote: > LOL. Betty, can that paragraph also be punctuated as, "Personally, I > generally use "he" or "she" to refer to anything setient/sapient, so > it'd annoy Avon. 'What? Do I care?'" After all, his persnickityness can > actually make him a target of fun. Yes, it quite probably *could* be validly punctuated that way. Annoying Avon, in fact, seems to have become something of a major hobby for me. :) And Sally Manton wrote: > As I've mentioned before, Avon's impulse to discourage trust is very > strong, moreso even *than* his self-interest, to the point where he > will stir up distrust even when it's a bad idea ("I have to get rid > of Blake first. You're next on my list." Cygnus Alpha). He wants to > keep the others wary of him, wary of relying on him, wary of > trusting him. Most empathatically agreed. And I strongly suspect a lot of that is because he can't stand the guilt he feels when he lets someone who trusts him down (see: Grant, Anna). That and the fact that having to live up to someone else's trust can seriously put one's own skin in danger. I think I may have said this before at some point, but I see Avon's take on this as essentially "A man who is not trusted can never betray." -- Betty Ragan ** bragan(a)nrao.edu ** http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~bragan Not speaking for my employers, officially or otherwise. "Seeing a rotten picture for the special effects is like eating a tough steak for the smothered onions..." -- Isaac Asimov

2 1

Re: [B7L] Gauda Prime (was Shadows of Blake)
by Sally Manton 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

Marian wrote: <In Warlord Soolin tells Zeeona that her father was murdered when she was eight.> Thanks for correcting me (see, people, I *do* admit it when I'm wrong. That's your lot for this millenium, though). <Of course we don't know how old Soolin is in Warlord, but if we assume her to be in her mid-twenties, an estimation of 15-20 years would be about right.> And is unfortunately fairly nonsensical from my suspension-of-disbelief frame, but oh well ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

1 0

Re: [B7L] Gauda Prime (was Shadows of Blake)
by Marian de Haan 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

Sally wrote: >Also, how long was GP an open planet? We don't *know* how old Soolin was when her family was murdered, it appears to be generally assumed that she was a child (so that the murderers would 'adopt' and teach her) but I really don't know that we can be talking about 15-20 or more years, since it would not take that long for the farmers to be disposed of, or the new owners to want rid of the crooks and murderers afterwards. Any thoughts?< In Warlord Soolin tells Zeeona that her father was murdered when she was eight. Of course we don't know how old Soolin is in Warlord, but if we assume her to be in her mid-twenties, an estimation of 15-20 years would be about right. Marian

1 0

Re: [B7L] Gshault
by Sally Manton 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

<Im wondering if other people see themsleves a a mixed bag of B7 characters qualities.> 'Fraid not ... I don't really think there's anyone quite like me in their whole galaxy (probably because someone like me would not survive to my age in the first place :) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

1 0

RE: RE: [B7L] Shadows of Blake (addendum)
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

"Rhonda L. Stroud" <rstroud(a)qwest.net> wrote: >> >> >>>>> "Sally" == Sally Manton <smanton(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> >> > Wasn't there a space mission that went up in a million-dollar >> > explosion because someone typed a minus instead of a plus sign? >> >"A classic confusion between metric and imperial (English) measurement units >has been reported as the probable cause of the loss of the $125M Mars >Climate Orbiter." >http://metrologyforum.tm.agilent.com/news19991020.shtml >Lockheed Martin used imperial measurements, Jet Propulsion Labs used metric. >Not quite a plus or minus sign, but also pretty close. And way more >expensive. > There is a quote along the lines of 'Nothing can be made foolproof because fools are so ingenious' (possibly a Murphy's law derivative) Jacqui > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

6 5

Shadows of Blake (short and entirely silly)
by Sally Manton 04 Aug '01

04 Aug '01

After I wrote: <This isn't a proper police station with an eye to the niceties of law and order -> Carol answered: <Yet the base is very orderly.> :-) Well that proves it, doesn't it? We've *been* on the Liberator, and whatever you could say about it (and I've said reams) orderly it weren't ever. These *can't* be Blake's people, they're too proper for that. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

1 0

← Newer
1
...
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
...
27
Older →

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Blakes7 August 2001