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Re: accidental avatars
by Betty Ragan 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

Oh, and on the B7/Andromeda matchups... I don't know *how* I could have forgotten Harper. Smart-alecky, brilliant in his own field but with a bit of a tendency towards being a screw-up outside of it, a real eye for the ladies... Sound like anybody else we know? -- Betty Ragan ** ragan(a)sdc.org ** http://www.sdc.org/~ragan/ Crichton: "I'm sick of having you sell us out every chance you get." Rygel: "I don't do it *every* chance." -- _Farscape_, demonstrating its fundamental difference from _Star Trek_

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RE: [B7L] Re: spin off books
by Nicola Mody-Nikoloff 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

Leah wrote: > In a message dated 12/17/01 6:47:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, > mody-nikoloffn(a)axis-intermodal.co.nz writes: > > << > Don't forget Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee, which has Vila and Avon > > avatars. > > Yeah, I've looked for that one, but haven't yet found it. > Anyone know where > I can get it? >> > > If you're really determined, there's a copy of it available > on Ebay right now > (auction will expire in 20 hours): > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1494978941 > > It's a combination edition of two Tanith Lee novels called > "Sometimes After Sunset." Thanks very much! I already found and ordered a copy of 'Kill the Dead' yesterday from Z-shops. Nico *** This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. ***

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RE: B7 spin-off books
by Nicola Mody-Nikoloff 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

Jacqui wrote: > Does that American detective story with 'a group of names' > deliberately borrowed from Blake's Seven count? Which one's that? Do you have any details? How close are the names? Are they recognisable as characters too? In her avatar list, Judith mentions a western novel ("Darrow's Law") with the two main characters called Darrow and Keating. I actually read it out of curiosity and it was pretty light-weight and forgettable, but the sheriff and his deputy were definitely Avon and Vila. I read another one, ("The Raven Ring"), also not that great, but with a recognisable Vila avatar. However, I'd highly recommend another book I read last year, before I saw the recent B7 reruns here. It was "City of Diamond" by Jane Emerson, a wonderful book with a fascinating and detailed universe, quite different from that of B7. Two of my favourite characters from it were Tal the 'demon' (an alien who found human emotions incomprehensible) and his side-kick, a charming, funny and nervous thief, whose name I've forgotten, but whom I liked very much. Great, well-drawn, rounded characters. It was only when I saw it mentioned by Judith that I realised that those two were indeed Avon and Vila, though I don't think I would have recognised Avon as readily. I must re-read the book - it's good enough to enjoy many times. I hope Emerson writes a sequel; she left the way open for one. Nico *** This e-mail is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. ***

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Re: [B7L] Accidental avatars
by Ellynne G. 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:15:56 -0800 Helen Krummenacker <avona(a)jps.net> writes: > Is it my own Avon-centric p.o.v., or is there a reason it seems that > Avon is the easiest to find 'avatars' of in other fiction [snip] > In contrast, Blake seems more difficult to find eqivalents of, > possibly > because he is less of a type? He's often compared to Robin Hood. > Maybe > King Arthur could be another avatar. For me, I think it's that I'm more conscious of a character being like Avon, probably because he seems to be more the original, full throttle . . . him. Spock predates him but is so much _nicer_ . He remains a related but different character type. Holmes may be related but lacks Avon's thorniness. Snape is him, but Avon was rather clearly written first. Blake, OTOH, seems more clearly based on his archetypes rather than the other way around. So that's how I see a character who may remind me of him. As for Vila avatars, they only seem like Vila if they're interacting with Avon. Otherwise, they're just trickster archetypes to me. The same really with the others (only perhaps more so, since I never felt the clearly defined verbal style Avon and Vila had). Then again, I've noticed I've been kind of overly critical with some of the books I've picked up lately and might not notice a good avatar if he or she jumped off the pages and handed me a driver's license with a B7 character's name on it (just found out one of my favorite authors loves Louise Cooper - and that I'd enjoyed some books I didn't realize were by her when I wasn't in this present, persnickety mood). Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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Re: Kill the Dead
by Steve Rogerson 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

Kathryn wrote: >>On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 07:46:19AM +0000, Steve Rogerson wrote: >> Leia wrote: "Out of interest did she write that before or after >> writing _Sand_?" >> >> Kill the Dead is copyright 1980, Sand was first broadcast late 1981. > >And how long a delay between when Sand was *written* and when it was >broadcast? That I don't know, but I suspect not long. Scripts were normally coming in as episodes were being filmed. -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent Celebrating 25 years of Blake's 7 and 10 years of Babylon 5 http://www.smof.com/redemption

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B7 e-cards
by Steve Rogerson 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

Louise and Simon have added some more Xmas e-cards to their site: http://www.blakes-7.co.uk/ and their advent calendar is still going strong, but still no picture of Og. -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent Celebrating 25 years of Blake's 7 and 10 years of Babylon 5 http://www.smof.com/redemption

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Kit instructions.
by Minnie 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

Hellooooo can anyone out there help me with instructions for the large Liberator kit? A friend had one, they hid this fact from me, and stupidly as soon as I found out they had one just HAD to put it together for them! But behold the lack of instructions and try and behold all the little itty bitty bits that came with it that I have no idea what they are for. Can anyone help?? Cheers. Min.xxx

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Re: [B7L] Re: spin off books
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

In a message dated 12/17/01 6:47:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, mody-nikoloffn(a)axis-intermodal.co.nz writes: << > Don't forget Kill the Dead by Tanith Lee, which has Vila and Avon > avatars. Yeah, I've looked for that one, but haven't yet found it. Anyone know where I can get it? >> If you're really determined, there's a copy of it available on Ebay right now (auction will expire in 20 hours): http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1494978941 It's a combination edition of two Tanith Lee novels called "Sometimes After Sunset." Leah

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Re: [B7L] Original plans for B7 season 5 and a new series
by J MacQueen 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

>From: "Una McCormack" <una(a)qresearch.org.uk> >Isn't there also a very short book by Adrian Rigelsford, the pages of which >fall out after one reading? That's alarming. What a poorly put-together thing that sounds. Though I have vague memories of reviews that suggest "poorly put-together" is a phrase with other applications in regard to that book... Regards Joanne _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

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Re: [B7L] OT: PC horrors
by J MacQueen 18 Dec '01

18 Dec '01

>From: "Una Mccormack" <una(a)qresearch.org.uk> >What a drag. Indeed. But... >Still, it was interesting chipping bits of my thesis onto stone. ...now I have to revise my image of the contents of Mad Dr McCormack's combination vault/lair/hideaway. I hope the penguins gave you some help. Regards Joanne _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

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