I've had an idea, which I wanted to put to the Lyst to see if other people thought it was a good one.

I belong to a Doctor Who mailing list called "Jade Pagoda," dedicated to the BBC and Virgin Doctor Who novels. They have a practice they call "Book of the Month," which means that every month, the person running the thread names a book, and everyone who wants to participate reads it, and then posts their comments, reviews, mad ideas etc. After the last day of the month, no more posts on that particular topic can be sent in.

It occurred to me that something similar could be done on Lysator with the B7 episodes. Say every month we pick a B7 episode, and people who feel like talking about it, do. People don't have to go away and watch it, just read the script or make a few comments on what they remember about it or whatever, but it provides a common discussion point and B7-related activity for the Lyst. At the end of the month, we move on to the next one. In addition, it could provide a useful source of episode reviews and essays for people's zines and websites. If a month is too long, we could always make it a weekly or fortnightly thing (I suggested a month because that seems to be the time limit that works best for JP).

Maybe you all think this is an oppressive idea, or whatever, but it would give those of us who don't write fanfic, or who do but also like talking about the programme, something to do.

Fiona

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