From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V98 #269 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume98/269 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 269 Today's Topics: [B7L] Middle Ages, Bizarro [B7L]Teleport [B7L] Bizzaro Re: [B7L] top 100 Re: [B7L] top 100 [B7L] Three drabbles [B7L] Re: b75 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Oct 98 04:35:00 GMT From: s.thompson8@genie.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Middle Ages, Bizarro Message-Id: <199810240441.EAA15086@rock103.genie.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Rob said: >Er... Don't mean to be nosy, but why do you loathe the idea of putting >the B7 characters into an historical context? One could make a good >case for saying that the post-war Federation was an allegory for early >Medieval Europe. ... and went on to explain in fascinating detail. Rob, this sounds to me like an excellent basis for a story. And we know you can write, from your clever Avon-Jenna vignette that took the silly cliched phrases and gave them different meanings. So if you feel the urge to do a medieval B7 historical-- go for it! I don't think anyone has ever done a B7 AU (Alternate Universe story) using real medieval history, although there have been a couple of medievaloid fantasy stories, such as the one with the yummy Lovett illos already mentioned. If you emphasize the historical and sociological aspects, then I bet Neil Faulkner would be interested in the story for his new zine. Come to think of it, you might also consider sending him your first story, with a little introduction listing those silly phrases and explaining the basic idea. Leah said: >In the Bizarro 7 story "Trick or Treat", Blake needed to recover a video >tape valuable to the rebellion (or so he said). Since it was being hidden >somewhere in Space Commander Travis' apartment and it was Halloween, he >came up with the idea to masquerade himself and the crew to safely get them >right up to Travis's door. They went as the following: Blake: Darth Vader. >Avon: Mad Max. Cally: Dracula. Vila: A large pink bunny. Jenna: Han Solo. >Predictably, the evening ended in disaster. And there's an utterly wonderful illo of them all in costume. I particularly like Avon as Mad Max, of course. If any of you don't have the Bizarro zines yet, I recommend then very strongly indeed! They are =so funny= it's almost impossible to describe. I think they are now available from Linda Knights, yes? Sarah T. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 11:24:49 +0100 From: "Julie Horner" To: Subject: [B7L]Teleport Message-ID: <000001bdff38$eebf2e40$205f95c1@orac> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I heard on Radio 4 the other day that someone at Bangor University had invented the first teleport. Apparently he moved light(!) one metre. Didn't know Wales was renowned as a great natural source of Aquitar. Julie Horner ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 12:17:01 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor To: Lysator List Subject: [B7L] Bizzaro Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sarah T said: > > If any of you don't have the Bizarro zines yet, I recommend then very strongly > indeed! They are =so funny= it's almost impossible to describe. I think they > are now available from Linda Knights, yes? I remember virtually rolling on the floor the first time I read a Bizzaro story. Yes, Linda Knights does have them all in stock and they're available via me in the UK. Australian fans can order via Pat Fenech, though the Aus dollar exchange rate is still pretty dire. They're all listed on my web page. Judith -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 Redemption 99 - The Blakes 7/Babylon 5 convention 26-28 February 1999, Ashford International Hotel, Kent http://www.smof.com/redemption/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 08:43:29 -0600 From: kmwilcox@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (K. Michael Wilcox) To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] top 100 Message-Id: <199810241338.PAA25249@samantha.lysator.liu.se> D. Rose wrote: > K. Michael Wilcox writes: > << K. M. Wilcox > This is my first post. >> > We hope not your last; a well said piece. Thanks. I only recently subscribed, after someone told me that people could post fanfic here. K. M. Wilcox I just finished my first PGP drabble and my first B7 filk. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 15:57:14 +0100 From: "Heather Smith" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] top 100 Message-ID: <000601bdff5e$967e24e0$0c3563c3@smith99> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit KM Wilcox wrote: >Thanks. I only recently subscribed, after someone told me that >people could post fanfic here. >I just finished my first PGP drabble and my first B7 filk. Feel like sharing them here? We promise to be nice............... I for one *love* filk, shame I'm somewhat lacking in the creative talent area :-/ Heather. 'There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish' -The fourth Doctor ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 11:34:21 -0600 From: kmwilcox@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (K. Michael Wilcox) To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Three drabbles Message-Id: <199810241628.SAA01766@samantha.lysator.liu.se> A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words (not counting title). The first two of these were originally posted to alt.drwho.creative (though they have no Who content). The third is new. -------------- Avon's Apostle Originally Posted: 26 May, 1998 "Sometimes I don't understand you, Avon," Gan said. "That I believe." "I agree with Gan," Vila added. "As if I care. Some out there consider me a god." "So you've been reminding us for three weeks," Cally moaned. "I couldn't do it," Vila said. "Do what?" "Leave a woman behind like that." "That's where you and I differ," Avon said. Avon knocked twice, then entered his room. "Greetings, Lord Avon," Meegat said. "How was your day?" "Like every other." "I'm sorry. Lie down and let me make it all better." Avon smiled. "Can you wear the butler's uniform?" "Absolutely, Avon." --------------- Games of Chance Originally Posted: 10 July, 1998 "Find the red queen and win twenty credits. Simplest game in the universe. How 'bout you, sir? Try your luck?" "Why not?" The blonde man set a chip on the counter, then wrote a short note in a pad. "I'm game." "Alright." The dealer showed three cards, including the queen of hearts. He set them down and swiftly moved them around. "Okay, sir, where's the lady in red?" "I'll go one better," the man said. "I'll bet you a hundred she's where this note says." "A sportsman! Okay!" He took the pad and groaned. "Left sleeve. I win," Carnell said. --------- Surprise! Set after "Blake" Avon grinned as he raised his gun and started firing in a wide arc. Almost immediately, the guards surrounding him fired back. For many seconds, the blasting continued. Then Avon paused; the guards weren't falling. Even more surprisingly, neither was he. He looked down at Blake, who was staring up and laughing. "Blanks?" Avon rasped. "Surprise," Blake said. Around the room, the others stood up. "Happy birthday!" "Sorry it's a month late," Blake said. "We really expected you to come sooner." Avon scowled. "Then all this..." "Was a ruse, yes." Avon calmly pointed his gun at Blake's head and fired. ------------ K. M. Wilcox These are also on the web at http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~kmwilcox/Blake ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 12:25:21 +0100 From: Steve Rogerson To: Lysator Subject: [B7L] Re: b75 Message-ID: <36330A98.1993E00E@mcr1.poptel.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit After reading the article on similarities between B7 and Babylon 5 in the second progress report for Redemtion, Gavin Rymill (who did the cover art) made the following additional suggestion. What do people think. I've told Gavin that I'll copy any responses to him, just so you know. > Consider the Liberator's timely appearance on the flight path of the London, > right on cue for Blake and his bunch to nab it. Consider also that stars of > Blake's 7 were the only people not to get zapped upon boarding the ship. And > consider also that Zen, in his dying moments, says that he has failed, as if > uncovering a secret mission and revealing his own consealed self-awareness at > the same time... Was the Liberator deliberately sent to aide Blake... perhaps > sent from the future...? > > ... Now consider also the timely arrival of the space-station Babylon 4 in > Babylon Squared. It was sent from the future as part of a plan to aide our > heros. -- cheers Steve Rogerson Redemption 99: The Blakes 7 and Babylon 5 convention 26-28 February 1999, Ashford International Hotel, Ashford, Kent http://www.smof.com/redemption/ "Get in there you big furry oaf, I don't care what you smell" Star Wars -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V98 Issue #269 **************************************