The club was originally started way back in 1978 and was the very first B7 fan club, producing 4 newsletters a year plus several fanzines. The club appeared in a special 2 page spread in the Radio Times for the launch of "Rescue".
I dithered over whether to call Ros William's item in #21 fiction or not. It's really an article describing a story that could possibly be written, but as I recall there are some fictional passages in it.
So, does anyone have #s 1, 2 or 4?
Lovely cover art by Tim Pieraccini, in pencil, and reasonably well screened so that you can actually see the pencil shading. If you're into art, the cover of #23 is worth getting hold of. I don't like #21 as much, because it's very obviously two pieces of art, in the days when cut-and-paste meant a pair of scissors and a pot of glue, and the layout and reproduction don't do them justice.
The zines are mainly reviews, discussions and con reports, which are interesting if you like reading that sort of thing years after it was written, and probably deeply boring if you don't. Lots of ads, which are completely irrelevant today, but of historical interest.
As far as the fiction and poetry goes, the only thing in #21 that might qualify is a discussion by Ros Williams of how Deliverance might have gone if Blake had gone down to Meegat's planet and Avon had been hijacked by Ensor. I gave up on it after the first page. Ros Williams' view of the characters is a long way from mine, which I don't mind, and the article assumes that the rest of fandom shares the author's view of the characters, which I *do* mind.
Issue 23 has Tim Pieraccini's "Blake's 7: The Authorised Version", a story in the form politely known as a parody, and colloquially known as a piss-take. Tastes are likely to vary on this one, but I personally thought it was bloody funny, although it probably went on a little longer than the joke could really sustain. And it's interesting to see that some cliches were already well established in 1985. There is also Patrick Chapman's "Shadow on the Wall" (Rumours of Death-- A Prologue), a one page dream sequence about Avon and Anna. I'm not sure whether I like it or not. One piece of poetry, which I'm not impressed with, but then "not impressed with" means I rate it higher than quite a lot of fan poetry...
If you're interested in the history of the fandom, these newsletters are worth getting hold of. As to art, fiction and poetry, the amount varies (see Sarah Thompson's bibliography for details of individual issues). Use your own judgement as to how much effort and money it's worth to get hold of them. On the two examples I've got, I wouldn't chase after them but I'd happily pay a few pounds if I found a set in a box of used zines, if only for Tim Pieraccini's cover art on the later issues.
(No fiction in this issue.)
Poetry:
E. P. S., "Seven"
Glennys Holland, "The Enigma of Anna" (A/Anna)
(No fiction in this issue.)
Poetry:
Margaret Martin, "Why?" (A-Se)
(No fiction in this issue.)
Poetry:
Margaret Martin, "Only a Fool" (V)
Anonymous, "On Anna" (A/Anna; humor)
Fiction:
Sue Little, "The Final Farewell" (S4, Rescue; A-C death)
Tamsin Cater, "The Ordeal" (S3; A-V)
Fiction:
Ian S. Lamont, "Blake: Part Two" (S5)
Fiction:
Judith Seaman, "Blake: Part Two-- Part Two" (sequel to
Ian S. Lamont's "Blake: Part Two" in #9; S5)
Fiction:
Tim Pieraccini, "Blake: Part Two-- Part Three" (part 3 of ?; S5)
Tim Pieraccini, "Farewell Flight" (S4, B-J)
Fiction:
Judith Seaman, "Blake: Part Two-- Part Four" (part 4 of ?; S5)
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover all crew
Fiction:
Pauline Causey, "The Prisoner" (S4, Ta; humor)
Nonfiction:
Interviews with Tanith Lee
Poetry:
Pauline Causey, "Ode to Superman"
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover Tanith Lee
Fiction:
Lee Steadman, "'Terminal'-- An Epilogue" (S4, Rescue; A-C death)
Tim Pieraccini, "Asteroid Attack...?" (S4)
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover S4 crew
Fiction:
Tim Pieraccini, "Decoys" (S4; D-So)
Poetry:
Linda Short, "Elegy" (recorded on filk tape Songs of the Seven)
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover So on GP, D, trooper
Fiction:
Sylvia White, "A Certain Smile" (S5; Se)
Tim Pieraccini, "The Tarrant Sketch" (script; Monthy Python parody; humor; A-Ta)
Laura Corkell, "Tarrant's Bad Influence" (S4)
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover A
Fiction:
Tim Pieraccini, "Distrust and Respect" (S4, A-So)
Dilly Daydream, "The Operation" (S4; Ta; humor)
Poetry:
Sue Walker, "The Light I Lived In" (S5; Se-A)
K. Dean, "Questioned Faith"
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover S3 crew, Se
Fiction:
Tim Pieraccini, "From the Very Beginning" (S2, Star One; A-B)
Sue Walker, "To the Very End"
Lee Steadman, "'Blake'-- A Prologue" (S4, post-Warlord)
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover A-B
Fiction:
A Loyal Avon and LPF Fan, "Avon's Conscience" (S5; A)
Geoff Tilley, "The Long Fall of a Brave Coward" (S4, Blake; V)
Tim Pieraccini, "Patterns of Orbit (I)" (S2; A-B)
Tim Pieraccini, "Patterns of Orbit (II)" (S4; Ta-So)
Tim Pieraccini, "Patterns of Orbit (III)" (S1; Se-Tr)
Joanne Stone, "Judgement" (S3, Sarcophagus; C)
Poetry:
Nicola Barnard, "Malodaar"
Brenda Hampton, "To Dayna"
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover V
Fiction:
Peter Anghelides, prologue to BLAKE (novelization of ep)
Poetry:
Tim Pieraccini, "The Leader" (B)
Brenda Hampton, "Tarrant"
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover S1 crew
Nonfiction:
Ros Williams, "Deliverance Undelivered" (discussion of
alternate version of Deliverance, with B in A's
place)
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover B-Meegat, A-Meegat
Fiction:
Alex Delicado, "Afterwards" (S4, post-Sand; Se-Ta)
Patrick Chapman, "A Cry from Eternity" (S4; So-Dorian)
Poetry:
Anon., "Masquerade (to Paul Darrow)"
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover A in Warlord
Fiction:
Tim Pieraccini, "Blake's Seven, the Authorized Version,
by Trebor Boil, Crisp Voucher, and A. Phanrighter"
(S1; humor)
Patrick Chapman, "Shadow on the Wall (Rumours of Death-- A Prologue)" (S3, Rumours; A)
Poetry:
Elizabeth M. Cook, "Avon's Lament for Cally"
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover S1 crew, Se, Tr
Fiction:
Sylvia White, "Sid-- Unsung Hero of Blake's Seven" (S1; B's brother; humor)
Judith H. Seaman, "Occupying Power" (early S3)
Tim Pieraccini, Deathwatch" (S2; humor)
Patrick Chapman, "Reincarnation" (S2, post-Pressure Point)
Poetry:
Tim Pieraccini, "Daughter of Death"
Art:
Tim Pieraccini cover S3 crew, Se
Last updated on 24th of October 2001.