From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #53 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume99/53 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 99 : Issue 53 Today's Topics: [B7L] limericks [B7L] Re: Flat Robin Re: Fwd: RE: [B7L] Telepaths and psychic menances in B7 and SF Re: [B7L] Flat Robin continues... Re: [B7L] Telepaths and psychic menances in B7 and SF [B7L] hodge podge [B7L] Sheelagh's tapes [B7L] Refractions on the Net Re: [B7L] Flat Robin continues... Re: [B7L] hodge podge [B7L] Re: My Dream [B7L] Blake Re: [B7L] Blake Re: [B7L] Blake ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 19:19:40 -0000 From: "Debra Collard" To: "B7L" Subject: [B7L] limericks Message-ID: <000001be513c$d3ea7c40$c117883e@whisson1globalnet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There was a great leader called Blake Who was considered by many a fake but he rose up in arms and used all his charms And is now out for all he can take A clever young thief name of Vila Said 'I'm not really much of a killer and if you give me a gun I promise I'll run To that handily placed nearby pillar' ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 12:35:25 PST From: "Penny Dreadful" To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Re: Flat Robin Message-ID: <19990205203525.24882.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Very good! Boffo laffs! I reckon Death mistook Vila for Rincewind...I wish I could contribute but I left my creativity in my other pants. I think I may even be out of limericks. Of the PG variety anyhow. I realize what a blow this must be to you all... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 13:00:55 PST From: "Penny Dreadful" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Fwd: RE: [B7L] Telepaths and psychic menances in B7 and SF Message-ID: <19990205210056.21746.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Pat P pondered: >What would you find if you opened up the Blakes7 crew? I postulate: ... >Tarrant - grape bubble gum >Soolin - crushed diamonds >Travis - black goo squirming with hard shelled beetles >Servalan - sharp-edged sequins Last night I had a dream based on this posting. Just thought you'd like to know the power of your creative vision. Or maybe this says more about *me*... ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 16:52:23 -0700 From: Helen Krummenacker To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Flat Robin continues... Message-ID: <36BB8438.26F0@jps.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (Someone else join in, please? I know I'm adding stuff pretty often, but I'll be back to work Monday and we will certainly need more writers to keep it going. Com'on then, I know you are all funny and talented!) > > The death of rats looked at someone behind Vila. It said, very loudly, > "squeek!". Vila started trembling as he heard a bony footstep behind him, > and a very, very cold voice said: "YES?". > Vila slowly raised a glasss over his shoulder. "Andrenaline and soma?" "THANK YOU." The voice reminded him of the thud of a judge's gavel reading sentence. "Don't mention it." "I will mention it," Jenna's voice raised sharply. "You've already had one glass, you don't need another. You need to be sober to handle the teleport." Vila mumbled that this was likely the last glass he'd ever have. "SHE CAN'T SEE ME," Death explained to him, "MOST PEOPLE CAN'T. AT LEAST NOT WHILE THEY'RE ALIVE." "SNE, SNE, SNE" The Death of Rats enjoyed the terrified look as VIla automaticcally raised his hand to check his heart. Death came through the furniture and sat next to Vila, an act that gave the thief no comfort. "I'M JUST HERE TO SEE THE SHIP. I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS BEFORE. NOT PERSONALLY." "Oh, in that case, shall I give you a tour?" Vila began to relax. "IT WOULD HAVE TO BE VERY FAST. YOUR TIME HAS NOT YET RUN OUT< BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE SUN." "The su-- Jenna!" The blonde pilot swung her head up. "Yes?" "Jenna, what about the sun?" She looked down at her navigation systems and saw something big and hot appraoching. "Damn!" She quickly put full power on a single thruster, verring them in closer to the disk below. "Thank you Vila. The computer's are complete unable to cope with this system. I'd worked out a trajectory to compenstate for the disk, the turtle and the moon, but I'm used to suns being orbitted, not the other way around. What made you think of it." "Oh, a little skeleton told me." Death and The Death of Rats had both disappeared while he was looking at Jenna. Or so he thought. A voice from the doorway said, "I WILL SEE YOU LATER." Vila drained the rest of his glass. ***** There weren't many rock quarries around Ankh-Morpork, but they had landed in one. What none of the rebels had ever done was translate the System's language throughoughly, or they would know that the default setting of the teleport was always 'rock quarry'. The Liberator had been designed to do geological surveys and that seemed the most efficient way. And so it was that, even before Blake had raised his bracelet to say, "Down and safe," Avon was scanning the area with eyes and gun, simultaneously. "Oh, good. More rocks." "You gotta problem with rocks?" came a slow bass voice. Avon looked over the shoulder he'd been tapped on, at a creature with muscles like granite, fists like stones, and well-- completely metamorphic. The creature continued. "You better not, or else rocks could have a problem wit' you." Three other trolls came to back the first one up. Avon gave his 'peacable' smile, the one he used when he wanted people to think of him as harmless. "I just don't like landing on rocks. I'm always afraid I'll hurt them." The trolls thought about that. It was strange thing for a human to say, but on the other hand, they were, in fact, generally peaceful farmers, plowing the shale to fill the mineral-basket of Ankh-Morpork's sizable troll population. Cally stretched out a hand in the silence. "Could one of you spare the time to act as a guide for us? We are strangers in your land. Of course, we would be willing to compensate you for your time." (someone, next?) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:25:32 EST From: VulcanXYZ@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Telepaths and psychic menances in B7 and SF Message-ID: Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Pat P. suggested that if we opened these up we'd find: >Tarrant - grape bubble gum >Soolin - crushed diamonds >Travis - black goo squirming with hard shelled beetles >Servalan - sharp-edged sequins and Penny Dreadful said: Last night I had a dream based on this posting. Just thought you'd like to know the power of your creative vision. Or maybe this says more about *me*... >> Very interesting! Please, can we have more details on the dream? Gail ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 19:05:40 -0800 From: Pat Patera To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] hodge podge Message-ID: <36BBB184.6FC8@geocities.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Julia Jones wrote: re: Avon > On the other hand, I liked him when I was a child *because* he was such > a bastard. ... > Besides, being a horrible child, I loved the idea of being able to > behave like that and get away with it. {snort!} And do you still get away with it? this from the Round Robin story: > ... Near the edge of the galaxy, where stars are > scattered further apart than Avon's acts of kindness, ha ha - nice black-hearted analogy Penny wrote: re: >What would you find if you opened up the Blakes7 crew? I postulate: >>Tarrant - grape bubble gum >>Soolin - crushed diamonds >>Travis - black goo squirming with hard shelled beetles >>Servalan - sharp-edged sequins >Last night I had a dream based on this posting... Well??? Are you going to tell us or just tease us? Pat P ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 09:16:02 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor To: Space City cc: Lysator List Subject: [B7L] Sheelagh's tapes Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sheelagh Wells has just told me who's going to be on her new tape that's being recorded on Sunday. 'Solstice' will feature two of the directors who worked on Blake's 7. Pennant Roberts directed early episodes including Spacefall, Time Squad (which was the very first episode to be filmed), Mission to Destiny and Bounty. Mary Ridge directed for the first time in 'Terminal' but was to return for Rescue and Power (and I'm really interested in hearing her talk about this episode as I've often wondered how she felt about the script and what influence she had on the way it was presented). She was landed with Animals (I doubt anyone could have done much to rescue that episode except Jan Chapell) , Headhunter and directed the very last episode, Blake. Paul Darrow and Gareth Thomas will be there as usual to give their own unique perspective on events. The tape should be available in March. All orders recieved by Sheelagh before 20 March will be entered in a prize draw for a mystery prize. (Knowing Sheelagh and her wide-ranging connections with the series, I'd expect it to be an interesting prize.) The price is 8.25 pounds or $15 including P+P. All cheques should be made payable to Sheelagh J. Wells (she can take dollar cheques) The address is 20A New Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 0NX, United Kingdom. Incidentally, if you've enjoyed the tapes, why not write to Sheelagh and say what you enjoyed most and what you'd like to see in future tapes if she does another one. She likes to get feedback. For those of you who haven't heard any of Sheelagh's tapes, they really are a 'must buy'. Sheelagh worked as a make-up artist on Blake's 7 and got to know virtually everyone involved with the series. She and her husband Joe Nazzaro wrote 'Blake's 7: The Inside Story' which is the only decent book that's ever been written about the making of the series. (Adrian Rigglesford did one a few years before that was absolutely dire.) The tapes are not just informative, telling you all sorts of things that you didn't know about the making of the series, they are also hilarious. I still remember listening to the first one on my walkman, walking down the road, and bursting into laughter. Put Paul and Gareth into the same room and you can't help getting jokes and anecdotes flying loose. All the tapes have a relaxed, informal feel to them, as though you're in the middle of a group of old friends. And the voices. Ah, I could listen to those voices for ages. I think all five earlier tapes are still available, though Sheelagh's low in stock for one or two of them. They are all the same price and are available from Sheelagh. More details on all Sheelagh's tapes, including reviews, who's on each tape, and the sleeve photos, can be found on my web page under 'merchandise'. 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, 6 Feb 1999 20:20:37 +1100 From: Kathryn Andersen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: [B7L] Refractions on the Net Message-ID: <19990206202037.19252@welkin.apana.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi folks! I have been web-page updating with a vengeance; the Refractions page http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat/refract.htm has a new look and a new organisation. And I have been tweaking my other pages too, including the Enarrare' page, which has info on the upcoming Enarrare #14. http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat/enarrare/enarrare.htm But, most importantly of all, I have put Refractions #1 up on the net. You can now download it in PDF (Acrobat) format. (check out the Refractions page). And before I get a storm of complaints about how horrible PDF format is, how people can't read it because the type is too small, and how they have to go up and down for double-columned pages (which Refractions is), I have to tell you that I spent a great deal of time tuning the PDF files so that all the stories are *articles*, so you just click and it will follow the columns automatically, filling the window at the optimal size. Okay? And this lot of PDF files is smaller than the lot I did for Refractions #2, because I did all the titles as WordArt, and didn't embed any fonts at all. So instead of being 4.7 Meg altogether, it's 1.5 Meg altogether. Okay? (Hmmm, why should I feel defensive about something which is a *favour* to everybody? Probably because of the reaction I got last time.) So, folks, give me some positive feedback, huh? Kathryn -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Sarkoff: You'd sell your grandmother, wouldn't you? Tarvin: I did. She was going to sell me, I got in first. (Blake's 7: Bounty [A11]) -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 00:01:54 +0000 From: Julia Jones To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Flat Robin continues... Message-ID: In message <36BB8438.26F0@jps.net>, Helen Krummenacker writes >There weren't many rock quarries around Ankh-Morpork, but they had >landed in one. What none of the rebels had ever done was translate the >System's language throughoughly, or they would know that the default >setting of the teleport was always 'rock quarry'. The Liberator had been >designed to do geological surveys and that seemed the most efficient >way. ROFLMAO This has to be the most plausible explanation I've seen for that particular aspect of their adventures... -- Julia Jones "Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!" The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 14:33:32 +0000 From: Julia Jones To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] hodge podge Message-ID: In message <36BBB184.6FC8@geocities.com>, Pat Patera writes >> Besides, being a horrible child, I loved the idea of being able to >> behave like that and get away with it. > >{snort!} >And do you still get away with it? I never did get away with it - which was why it was so nice to see someone who did :-) -- Julia Jones "Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!" The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 09:21:15 PST From: "Penny Dreadful" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Re: My Dream Message-ID: <19990206172116.4907.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain >>>Tarrant - grape bubble gum >>>Soolin - crushed diamonds >>>Travis - black goo squirming with hard shelled beetles >>>Servalan - sharp-edged sequins > >>Last night I had a dream based on this posting... And Pat P. and Gail demanded details. What, you expect me to just hand you the keys to the metaphorical Freudian car? Just up and confess my deepest darkest -- what am I saying? This *is* the internet... There wasn't anything you could call a storyline, it was basically just a sensory reiteration of the lines quoted above: I cut open the individuals mentioned -- they had rubbery bloodless surfaces like Stretch Armstrong and weren't put out by being dissected -- and found basically the substances mentioned inside. The two women were filled with something like smashed car-window but very white and bright, Tarrant was filled (a la Stretch Armstrong again -- hmmmm) with sticky sweet atomic-purple artificially grape-scented gunk, and Travis was filled with big crunchy black cockroaches. I also cut open Cally but I can't remember what I found. --Penny "Now, Where's That Inflatable Sheep?" Dreadful ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 16:35:01 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor To: Lysator List Subject: [B7L] Blake Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII I was just working on the plot for a story, when something struck me. Throughout the entire first season, Blake makes no attempt to gain allies. He would apear to have no political ambitions at all. The only exception is 'Bounty' and he goes after Sarkoff specifically because he discovers that Sarkoff had been set up and the Federation planned to use him. Blake was acting more to aid Lindor than in his own interests. Why? Allies and political footwork would have seemed an obvious move for him. Usually I attribute it to bad script-writing, but today it struck me that the original child-molesting charge against him could be a good enough reason on its own. Blake must have known that many potential allies would be put off by hte charge. No matter how much they might suspect that he had been framed, the trial was very convincing (especially if they broadcast the evidence given by the children) and mud of that kind always sticks. Alta Morag knew what she was doing when she picked that crime to frame him with. Although Blake makes the occasional move to gain allies second season, such as in Horizon, he never tries politics until Voice From the Past. It is only when offered the chance to have the charges against him proved to be false that he becomes willing to join in a political attempt to defeat the Federation. 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, 6 Feb 1999 18:12:54 +0100 From: Murray Smith To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Blake Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 18:11:28 +0100 >To: Judith Proctor >From: Murray Smith >Subject: Re: [B7L] Blake >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Dear Judith, > > I asked a similar question in the recent issue of Horizon's >newsletter. You're prefectly right in that gaining allies would have been >'an obvious move' for him. I thought that something along the lines of the >Rebel Alliance of the 'Star Wars' films should have emerged. Various rebel >groups pool their resources, and thrash out an agreed political manifesto, >so as to better fight the Federation. Otherwise, it would have been easy >for the Federation to claim that the rebels were _only_ interested in >destruction and terrorism. > I agree that the child molesting charge would have been a >motivating factor. As you said, the trial was very convincing. What is >very interesting is that I don't believe that this aspect of Blake has >been dealt with in fan fiction. I have read no stories that have Blake >being abused and/or attacked by people who believed that he did molest >those children. It would have been easy to use true stories of convicted >paedophiles and child abusers having serious problems with neighbours once >they are released from prison. > I can also see potential allies being put off by the fact that he >has a crew of criminals (except Cally), who certainly were not victims of >a miscarriage of justice. > > Murray Smith > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 21:21:50 +0000 From: Julia Jones To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Blake Message-ID: In message , Murray Smith writes >I have read no stories that have Blake >>being abused and/or attacked by people who believed that he did molest >>those children. It would have been easy to use true stories of convicted >>paedophiles and child abusers having serious problems with neighbours once >>they are released from prison. I can think of several, often involving the children themselves. For example, part of the Hellhound sequence deals with this. It's mentioned peripherally in a number of h/c and adult stories. -- Julia Jones "Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!" The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon. -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #53 *************************************