HORIZON NEWSLETTERS

Mini Review By Sarah Thompson

I finally got a look at the complete run (so far) of these, with special thanks to Carol McCoy and Teri White, who had the issues that I still hadn't seen. It turns out that quite a lot of the newsletters-- more than I realized-- have fan fiction, poetry, or art, so I'm adding them to the grand lists of those things. For now I left out the nonfiction, interviews and such, although in fact that is the bulk of the zine.

BTW, I especially like Nik Spender's ongoing graphic story in the last few issues. I think it's very well drawn. For that matter, the graphic stories in the old Marvel monthlies were nicely done too.

Sometimes it's hard to decide what's fiction and what's nonfiction. For instance, I finally decided, after stewing over it, to consider Neil's fictional history of the Federation a kind of SF story.

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #1-38 ongoing

Publisher: Horizon, The Blake's Seven Appreciation Society (London)

Primarily nonfiction, but often includes fiction, poetry, and/or fan art, as follows:

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #1

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: April 1980
Format: A4, 34 pp.

Fiction:
Dorothy Davies, "Strike Call" (S2; humor)

Poetry:
Heather Hillsden, "Anna"
Elaine Thomson, "The Price"

Art:
? p. 28 A

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #2

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [mid 1980]
Format: A4, 40 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Kerrill, "Farewell" (V)
Ricia Watts, "On Looking Back" (B?)
J. Jewsbury, "Blake's Seven"

Art:
Deborah Eckman p. 8 V
p. 14 Se

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #3

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [late 1980]
Format: A4, 46 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads

Fiction, all from 4th-series competition:
Anthony Murray, "The Hatch" (competition winner; alt-S4; humor)
Barbara Wakely, "First Episode" (competition runner-up; alt-S4)

Poetry:
Eileen Duffield, "Elegy" (S3, Terminal; A-B)
Eileen Duffield, "Epitaph to Zen" (S3, Terminal)

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #4

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: April 1981
Format: A4, 43 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads

Fiction:
Dorothy Davies, "Bad News" (S3, Terminal; oc)

Poetry:
Susan M. Morton, "The Dawning" (S3, Terminal; A-B)
Eileen Duffield, "When the Fighting Is Over" (J)
Eileen Duffield, "Explanations, by Anna"
Kathleen Glancy, "Title Changes"
Eileen Duffield, "Soon..." (mutoids)

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #5

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [mid 1981]
Format: A4, 36 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads

Fiction:
Jo Blackie, "Memories" (S1; A)

Poetry:
Margaret Martin, "Foolish Child" (D)

Art:
Deborah Eckman p. 12 D

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #6

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [late 1981 or early 1982]
Format: A4, 36 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads
(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Judith M. Seaman, "Lost on Terminal" (C)

Art:
? p. 13 C

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #7

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [mid 1982]
Format: A4, 38 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads
(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Pam Wright, "Episode 13 (Series 4) as Seen from 'Down Under'" (f, Waltzing Matilda)
Judith Seaman, "No One Ever Knows" (S4; So-V dialogue)

Art:
? p. 17 A

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #8

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [late 1982]
Format: A4, 41 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads

Fiction:
Rhea Antoniades and Deborah Gryc, "Pull the Other One" (S1 or S2; V; humor)

Poetry:
Pamela Wright, "The Vila of Bethnal Green" (f; a version with very slight variations, retitled "Star of the Delta Grade," was later recorded by Linda Short on the filk tape "Ditties from the Edge of the World")

Art:
Deborah Eckman p. 10 Peter Tuddenham, Zen, Orac, Slave

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #9

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [early 1983]
Format: A4, 42 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads

Fiction:
J. D. Humphries, "Dead or Alive" (S5; real world crossover; A-Chris Boucher)
(No poetry in this issue.)

Art:
? p. 19 A
Kay Wallace p. 20 A

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #10

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [mid 1983]
Format: A4, 44 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, octagonal brads

Fiction:
Helen Gerald, "New Recruit" (early S4; So)
Sarah Berry, "Pragmatic Heroes" (S5 or AU; A/Se; humor)
Ros Williams, "Last Gasps" (S5; humor)
Barbara Wakely, "Thirty Years On (or Thereabouts)" (S5; humor)
Mary Moulden, "Inside Information" (S2)
David Nicol, "Orac/Slave" (comic strip; humor)
David Nicol, "Bake's 7" (comic strip; humor)

Poetry:
David Bell, "An Odd Piece of Verse" (parody of You Are Old, Father William; humor)
Charlotte Brooks and Natalie Prior, "Song for the Aged B7 Crew Members" (f, When I'm Sixty-Four; humor)

Art:
Helen Pitt p. 26 A
Davod Nicol p. 27 "Orac/Slave"
p. 28 "Bake's 7"
? pp. 43-44 badge designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #11

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [January or February 1984]
Format: A4, 42 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
David Nicol, "Orac/Slave" (comic strip; humor)
Pam Wright, "Rumours of... Love?" (S3, Rumours; C-Ta)
Felis Sylvestris, "Letters- To Mother, from Tarrant" (S3; humor)

Poetry:
Del, untitled poem (S3, Rumours)

Art:
David Nicol p. 17 "Orac/Slave"
S. Hender p. 18 A; cartoon
Chris Copp p. 19 cartoons

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #12

Editor: Heather Lulham
Date: [mid 1984]
Format: A4, 40 pp. + [4] pp. unnumbered illos in center, slick wraparound paper cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Felis Sylvestris, "Letters- To Mother, from Tarrant (Part 2)" (S4; humor)
Cathy Heatherley, "It Takes Three..." (S3-4; uc C/V)
Wendy Ingle, "Blake's Seven-- The Motion Picture" (S5)
Ann Godfrey, "Blake's 7-- The Film" (alt-S4)
Gillian Marsden, "Still Life in Water Colour" (S5; A-C)

Poetry:
Vince Barnett, "Blake's Seven Alphabet" (humor)

Art:
Guy Daniels p. 20b various B7 spaceships
Peter Cook p. 20c pursuit ship; Space Rat
Chick p. 20d cartoon in style of Gahan Wilson

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #13 (incorrectly labeled 12)

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [January 1985, acc. to editorial in #14]
Format: A4, 45 pp. + [1] unnumbered illo p., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Emma Clarke, untitled (AU; B7 characters in 1984; humor)
Ros Williams, untitled (AU; B7 characters in 1984; humor)
Sarah Berry, untitled (AU; B7 characters in 1984; humor)
Kathryn Cuttmore, "(Sending) Up the Workers" (AU; B7 characters in 1984; humor)

Poetry:
Ruth Guttridge, "Blake's Death"


Art:
Danny Dresner p. 31 Xmas card designs
Chris Copp p. 32 cartoons
David Nicol p. 45 cartoon

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #14

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: [May 1985]
Format: A4, 44 pp., wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Helen Pitt, "Goodwill to All Men" (S4; O; Christmas)
David Bell, untitled story (S3)
David Nicol, "Orac/Slave" (comic strip; humor)
Geoff Tilley, "It's Supertravis!" (S2, post-Star One; Tr; humor)

Art:
Val Leibson p. 21 V
David Nicol p. 22 cartoon
Danny Dresner p. 27 badge & Xmas card designs
Kay Wallace p. 38 D-Ta

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #15

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [late 1985?]
Format: A4, 48 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Ann Godfrey, "The Big Space" (S3; Phillip Marlowe crossover; humor) Judith Seaman, "Cry 'UNCLE' or The Way Way Out in Space Affair" (S3; UNCLE crossover; humor)
Wendy Ingle, "Seven Go Roundabout" (alt-S1 or S2; crossover; humor)
Pam Wright, "Dempsey and Makepeace Meet Dorian" (crossover; humor)
David Nicol, "Orac + Slave" (comic strip; humor)

Poetry:
Stephen Haines, "Ode to 'Afterlife' (the Authentic Sequel)!" (humor)

Art: Jo Blackie p. 14 A
David Nicol p. 36 "Orac + Slave"

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #16

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: [early 1986]
Format: A4, 40 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Emma Clarke, "Halcyon Days" (S4-S0; A-V)
(No poetry in this issue.)

Art:
Danny Dressner p. 25 Xmas card designs
p. 26 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #17

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: [late 1986]
Format: A4, 48 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Judith M. Seamam, "Still Round the Corner We May Meet" (S4, Blake; B)
(No poetry in this issue.)

Art:
Jo Jobson p. 11 J
Stephen Haines p. 11 J

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #18

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: [early 1987]
Format: A4, 56 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

(No fiction or poetry in this issue.)

Art: Fliss Davies p. 17 cartoon
various artists p. 34 Xmas card designs
Danny Dresner p. 35 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #19

Editor: Pat Thomas
Date: [late 1987]
Format: A4, 72 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Helen Parkinson, "Terminal, An Alternative Ending" (S3, alt-Terminal)
Rory Hull, untitled (alternative ending for Terminal) (S3, alt-Terminal)
Carol Wyke, "A Gambit Bargain" (S2, alt-Gambit)
Richard E. Nielub and Aldan N. Ellis, "Fairly Secret Diary of a Federation Officer" (Tr; humor)

Art:
various artists p. 67 Xmas card designs
Danny Dresner p. 68 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #20

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: June 1988
Format: A4, 72 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

Fiction: David Nicol, "Play Fair" (S1; Se-Tr; humor)
Jeff, "Flake's 1 to 8: Afterflake" (graphic story; alt- S3; humor)

Poetry:
Michael A. Hather, "The Ballad of Roj Blake"

Art:
Jeff p. 33 "Flake's 1 to 8"
various artists p. 62 Xmas card designs
Danny Dresner p. 63 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #21

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: October 1988
Format: A4, 84 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Pam Wright, "A Poem for Gareth (with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett)"

Art:
Tim Pieraccini p. 18 B
Fliss Davies p. 25 B
Danny Dresner p. 67 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #22

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: June 1989
Format: A4, 72 pp. (+ center pull-out pp. A-H on "The Controversy in Blake's Seven Fandom"), slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Helen Parkinson, "Best Laid Plans" (S3; A-Ta)
Fliss Davies, "Travis' Last Stand (from Growltiger's Last Stand by T. S. Eliot)" (S2, Star One; Tr)

Art: Fliss Davies p. 13 Terry Nation
p. 53 A-B cartoon
p. 62 T-shirt design; Se as witch
various artists p. 40 Xmas card designs
Danny Dresner p. 43 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #23

Editor: Jackie Ophir
Date: December 1989
Format: A4, 72 pp. (+ center pull-out pp. A-D on "The Controversy in Blake's Seven Fandom"), slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Cheryl Beresford, "An Old Wall that Waits" (S3, Rumours; Se)

Art:
various artists p. 49 Xmas card designs
Danny Dresner p. 52 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #24

Editor: Jackie Ophir
Date: May 1990
Format: A4, 80 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry (all Horizon Poetry Competition results):

Category A-- Serious

Jacqui Topp, "Facing the Facts (after Orbit)" (winner; S4, post-Orbit; A-V)
Priscilla Futcher, "Alien Thoughts" (S3; A-C)
Teresa Ward, "For Maryatt" (S1; Tr)
Kathryn Andersen, "Tempered Blade" (So)
Gill Marsden, "Lamentation for Unfinished Business" (A, Se)

Special Category A (i)

Claire Gabriel, "Sepulchre (Avalon's People)"
Ingrid Porter, "Terminal Prophecy" (S4)

Category B-- Humorous

Teresa Ward, "'Sarcophagus' Scenario" (winner; S3, Sarcophagus; A-Ta)
Ruth White, "My Secret Revealed" (A-B)
Ros Williams, "Vila's Catch-22" (S5)

Category C-- Vogon

Roberta Roe, "Ode to a Small, Sticky Piece of Blake Found
behind Avon's Left Ear after Gauda Prime" (winner; S5)
Roberta Roe, "Thoughts upon Being Shot Dead by a Psychopath in Black Leather Who Has Overdosed on Studs-- A Viewpoint of Roj Blake"
William J. Morrison, "The Blake Effect"
Teresa Ward, "Ode to Avon" (V)
A. J. Startup, "Freedom's Crusade"

Special Category C (i)-- Failed Vogons!

Martin Leigh, "Travis's Ode to a Purple Ball" (winner; S1, Project Avalon)
Priscilla Futcher, "Vila's Vogon"
Margaret Scroggs, "The Tragic Loss of the Liberator, after William McGonagall"

Art:
Kathy Hanson p. 39 cartoon from calendar
Fliss Davies pp. 46-7 Colin Davis & scenes from Gold
various artists p. 55 Xmas card designs
Danny Dresner p. 57 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #25

Editor: Jackie Ophir
Date: November 1990
Format: A4, 76 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Roberta C. Roe, "Rebel Holiday" (f, Summer Holiday)

Art:
Rory Hull p. 41 Z cartoon
Kevin Davies p. 57 "Scratch-building a Scorpio teleport bracelet"
various artists p. 63 Xmas card designs
Danny Dresner p. 63 Horizon badge design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #26

Editor: Jackie Ophir
Date: May 1991
Format: A4, 84 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, center staples

Fiction:
Felina Archer, "Once Upon a Shuttlecraft" (alt-S4; 11 different Orbit scenarios: the author with Se, Tr, G, So, Ta, D, V, C, B, J, A)

Poetry:
Simon Webster, "Liberation Celebration" and "The Cynic's Approach"

Art:
Kevin Davies p. 33 "Scratch-building a Scorpio clipgun"
Rory Hull p. 71 "Zen-tics" (cartoons)
Fliss Davies p. 83 David Jackson - G
Roo p. 84 "Stardrive" cartoon

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #27

Editor: Jackie Ophir
Date: November 1991
Format: A4, 84 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, full-color front, center staples

Fiction (all from "in the style of" competition):
Margaret Scroggs, "Duel or The Folly of Madness" (competition winner; excerpt from script in the style of Shakespeare; S1, Duel; humor); later reprinted in full in HORIZON #17

Henry Eggleton, "Blake (in the style of Terry Pratchett)" (S4, Blake; humor)

Anne C. Clark, "Blake (in the style of David Coleman reprorting for the B.B.C.)" (S4, Blake; humor)

Jenny Gallagher, "Blake (in the style of Fun with Dick and Jane)" (S4, Blake; humor)

Teresa Hewitt, "Star None" (S2, Star One; in the style of Enid Blyton; humor)

Judy Bowen, "Five Go Mad on Gauda Prime" (S4, Blake; in the style of Enid Blyton; humor)

Poetry (also from "in the style of" competition):

Teresa Ward, "Vila Sees a Seska" (parody of "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss; S4, Power)

Art: Richard Self p. 78 "Product of a Strontium
Grenade-- the Final
Moments of Olag Gan"
Danny Dresner p. 75 bumper sticker design
various artists pp. 80-82 T-shirt designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #28

Editor: Jackie Ophir
Date: May 1992
Format: A4, 88 pp., slick wraparound card cover with photos, full-color front, center staples

Fiction:
Neil Faulkner, "Birth of a Federation" (S0; fictional history)

Poetry (results of epitaph competition; humor):
Untitled epitaphs by: Joan Wakewman (winner), Brad Black, Ruth White, Nina Lynch, Jeannie [sic] Graham, Helen Knott

Andrew Bridgewater-Walker, "A Memorial to Blake and His Crew, or, an Epitaph to an Epic-Taff"

Judy Bowen, "An Epitaph for Blake's Seven"

Art:
various artists p. 45 T-shirt designs
Danny Dresner p. 80 bumper sticker design

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #29

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: December 1992
Format: A4, 88 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, full-color front and back, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Joan Wakeman, "A Visit from St. Nicholas, or Seasonal Recollections of a Rebel Leader (with profuse, humble & totally inadequate apologies to Clement Clark Moore)" (parody of The Night before Christmas; S2; humor)

Art: Joan Wakeman p. 16 baby pictures (cartoons)
Michael Lanham? p. 70 "Liberator Teleport Bracelet"
Una McCormack p. 74 photo of sweatshirt design
Paula Gross p. 74 photo of sweatshirt design
Danny Dresner p. 77 bumper sticker design
Lucia Casarella Moore back c. J-B-A; cover of CHECKERS; color

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #30

Editor: Diane Gies?
Date: August 1993
Format: A4, 92 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, full-color front and back, center staples

Fiction:
Lucy Collins, "Orac's Prediction" (graphic story; early S2; humor)

Art:
Tim Burroughs p. 45 T-shirt/sweatshirt design
Una McCormack p. 45 photo of sweatshirt design
Paula Gross p. 45 photo of sweatshirt design
Katherine Fraser p. 51 S4 cartoon
Rory Hull p. 90 "Zen-tics" cartoon
Lucy Collins p. 92 "Orac's Prediction" cartoon

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #31

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: May 1994
Format: A4, 92 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with photos, full-color front and back, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Joan Wakeman, untitled (f, Jingle Bells; within LOC)

Art:
various artists pp. 62-4 merchandise designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #32

Editors: Jackie Ophir and Diane Gies
Date: March 1995
Format: A4, 103 pp. + inserted p. 104 on blue paper, slick wraparound paper cover with photos, full-color front and back, center staples; full-color poster enclosed

Fiction:
Andrew Phillips, "Secret Memo" (S0)

Joan Wakeman, untitled ("relationships" competition winner, humorous section; parodies of various poems in S5 frame story)

Karen Bush, untitled ("relationships" competition honorable mention; S?; A/O; humor)

Rachel Holdsworth, untitled ("relationships" competition honorable mention; script of newscast; S5; A/C; humor)

Art:
Pete Wallbank poster all main characters
T'AZ p. 6 "The Trials of Travis" (cartoons)
Colin Hanley p. 19 Liberator cartoon
various artists pp. 74-7 merchandise designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #33

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: November 1995
Format: A4, 96 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with full- color photos, center staples

Fiction:
David Tulley, "Prelude" ("Down Among the Dead Men" [subsequently retitled "Mark of Kane"] universe; S2; Tr)

Pita Enriquez Harris, "The Seer Vindicated" (S1; ocs)

Poetry:
Susan Bennett, "On the Re-discovery of Blake's 7"
James Hoy, untitled (within LOC; S4, Power; humor)

Art:
T'AZ pp. 8, 91, 92 "The Trials of Travis" (cartoons)
? p. 10 Tr2
various artists pp. 84-8 merchandise designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #34

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: June 1996
Format: A4, 96 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with full- color photos & art, center staples

(No fiction in this issue.)

Poetry:
Karen Bush, "Fashion Victims" (Tr, Se, A; humor)
Paula Robinson, "Ode to B7 Fandom" (humor)

Art:
various artists pp. 85-8 merchandise designs
Emma Griffiths, age 11 p. 93 Liberator
David Griffiths, age 8 p. 93 Kairopan insect
Pete Wallbank back c. art for "Mark of Kane"

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #35

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: December 1996
Format: A4, 92 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with full- color photos, center staples

Fiction:
Nik Spender, "Prime Legacy, Part One: Paranoid Pursuits" (graphic story; S5)

David Tulley, with Alan Stevens, "You Fly, You Die" ("Mark of Kane" universe; S3 or S4; J)

Kathryn Davis, "Test of Loyalty" ("missing scenes" competition winner; S4?; B-J); later reprinted in POWER

Poetry:
Kristen Allender, "First and Last Dance"
PR, "I'm Not Very Good at Titles So There Isn't One" (alt-S2?; A-B; humor)
Gail Gawlick, "Deliverance Provoked, by Meegat"
Carrie Hewlett, untitled (S1, Deliverance)
Kathryn Davis, untitled limerick (S1, Spacefall; J-Raiker)
Susan Bennett, "The Writers"

Art:
Nik Spender p. 7 "Prime Legacy"
? p. 20 Tr2
p. 21 Tr1
p. 34 J
Antony Adams, age 12 p. 61 A, Liberator
various artists pp. 73-5 merchandise designs
Kathryn Davis p. 82 J-Raiker
Sarah Berry p. 83 cartoons

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #36

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: June 1997
Format: A4, 88 pp. + [4] center pullout pages of Deliverance con info on blue paper, slick wraparound paper cover with full-color photos (except b/w front), center staples

Fiction:
Nik Spender, "Prime Legacy, Part Two: Taken for a Ride" (graphic story; S5)

Art:
ASW p. 7 Tr in Voice; cartoon
p. 40 GP cartoon
? p. 23 Scorpio
p. 28 Liberator
Nik Spender pp. 41-2 "Prime Legacy"
various artists pp. 64-7 merchandise designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #37

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: November 1997
Format: A4, 88 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with full- color photos, center staples

Fiction:
Marion Horrocks, "A Galactic Performance of 'Blake's 7 the Opera'" (competition winner; plot summary with opera filks; S2; humor)

Anne Murphy, "Blake's 7-- The Panto" (competition runner up; script; S4, Orbit; humor)

Karen Bush, "Seven on One" (second runner up; script of newscast; S2; humor)

Nik Spender, "Prime Legacy, Part Three: Gone But Not Forgotten" (graphic story; S5)

David Tulley, "Gothic" ("Mark of Kane" universe; S3; Travis's mutoid)

Poetry:
Sarah Vernon, age 16, "The Renegades" (S5)
Connie Gawlick, age 8 1/2, "Webs" (S1, The Web)

Art:
Nik Spender pp. 61-2 "Prime Legacy"
various artists pp. 74-8 assorted merchandise designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #38

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: June 1998
Format: A4, 96 pp., slick wraparound paper cover with full- color photos, center staples; inserts: 4 pp. charity auction bid sheet, full-color poster

Fiction:
Nik Spender, "Prime Legacy, Part Four: New Friends, Old Enemies" (graphic story; S5)

David Tulley and Alan Stevens, "Premature Burial" ("The Logic of Empire" universe; S4; A)

Shaan Everson, "The Last Fan" (surreal real world story)

Art:
Nik Spender pp. 7-8 "Prime Legacy"
p. 21 A at GP
p. 92 Deliverance con cartoon
various artists p. 92 T-shirt designs
p. 93 assorted merchandise designs

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #39

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: December 1998
Format: A4, 100 pp. incl. covers, full-color wraparound cover, center staples

Fiction: Nik Spender, "Prime Legacy, Part Five: Meetings But No Greetings" (graphic story; S5)
David Tulley and Alan Stevens, "Scars" ("The Logic of Empire" universe; S4; B)
"Singing Fish" Bob, "Bottom of the Barrel: Soolin's Twin Dilemma" (S4; humor)

Nonfiction:
Diane Gies, "Editorial"
Andy & Alan, "Editorial II"
"News on the Actors"
David Maloney, "Dear Vere: Vere Lorrimer, An Appreciation"
Una McCormack, "The Web" (review of B7 on Internet)
"Lost in Space: Zen and the Art of Fan Fiction" (accounts by fans interviewed on TV show)
Alan Stevens, "Lost in Space: The Inside Story"
Judith Proctor, "Lost in Space"
Una McCormack, "Lost in Schedules"
Andy Hopkinson, "The Interview that Never Was"
Diane Gies, "Lost in Space: The Outside Story"
Letters
Tabitha Cash, "Voice from the Future" (interview with Peter Tuddenham)
Andy Hopkinson, "All Set for Deliverance" (behind-the-scenes con report)
Jim Smith, "Spotlight on Gambit" (episode review)
Aubrey Woods, "Krantor's Double Dealing" (essay by guest actor)
Alan Stevens, "Toise 'R' Us" (interview with John Leeson)
Andrew Pixley, "The Full Gambit" (comparison of script and aired episode)
"Audio Reviews"
"The Seven-Fold Crown" (reviews by Sarah Bellamy, Alex Skerratt, Stephen Adams, Jon Miller)
"The Logic of Empire" (reviews by Martin Holder, Murray Smith, Alex Skerratt, Harriet Monkhouse, Jon Miller, Chris Middleton, Kathryn Davis)
"Jacqueline Pearce in Conversation 1: Servalan" (reviews by Claire Fisher, Jim Smith, David Tulley)
"Deliverance '98" (convention reviews by Debbie Murray, Colin Frost, Kathryn Davis, Murray Smith, Julia Ferrer)
"Orac's Oddments" (ads)
Benjamin Ziman-Bright (aged 14), "Medievil from Playstation" (review of computer game w/ voice of PD)
"Theatre Reviews"
"The Crucible" (with GT; reviews by Judith Proctor, Nicola Best)
"Things We Do For Love" (with SP; review by Carol McCoy)
"Twelve Angry Men" (with MK; review by Nicola Best)
"Rehearsed Reading of 'The Jews'" (with PD; review by Diane Gies)
Diane Gies, "Club News"
Assorted ads

Art:
Nik Spender pp. 10-11 "Prime Legacy"
p. 41 GP B; illo for "Scars"
p. 50 Krantor & Toise, caricature
p. 99 graphic story style illo for "The Logic of Empire;" color
? p. 29 South Park style cartoon
photos on almost every page

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #39.5

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: March 2000
Format: A4, 16 pp. incl. covers, wraparound cover, center staples

Nonfiction:
Diane Gies, "Editorial"

Diane Gies, "Club, Committee & Magazine News"

Judith Rolls, "Blake's 7 Movie-- Latest News"

"News on the Actors"

"B7 Cast Convention Appearances in 2000"

Mark Spencer, "Fetch Me a Wig, I'm Going In" (theatre review: Jan Chappell in Les Liaisons Dangeureuses)

Rob Emery, "Over the Moon: Nightmare or Dream?"

(article on filming of TV show with brief spot on B7 fandom)

Diane Gies, "Over the Moon Afterthoughts"

"Deliverance Videos: A Hit? Or Just a Myth?"

Reviews "The Syndeton Experiment: Two Reviews" (by Jackie Ophir and Murray Smith)

Pauline Tucker, "Soldiers of Love-- Pt. 1-- 'Genesis'"

Sarah Lester, "Soldiers of Love-- Pt. 2-- 'Deathtraps'"

Nicky Shipp, "Soldiers of Love-- Pt. 3-- 'Metamorphs'"

Jann Tarrant Johnson, "Childhood's End" (audio tape read by Steven Pacey)

Sandy Douglas, "Together Again-- Solstice"

Gill Barrett and Danielle Barrett (aged nearly 7), "The Story of Anastasia on CD, Read by Paul Darrow"

"Horizon Merchandise"

"Emergency on Planet Earth! Blake's 7 Needs your Help to Stay on Terrestial TV"

"Sad News" (obituary for fan Nikkii Finck)

Art: B/w photos on almost every page.

HORIZON NEWSLETTER #40

Editor: Diane Gies
Date: April 2001
Format: A4, 100 pp. incl. covers, wraparound full-color slick paper cover with plain paper wrapper, center staples

Fiction:
Nik Spender, "Prime Legacy, Part Seven [sic]: A New Face to an Old Friend" (graphic story; S5)

Poetry:
Vere Lorrimer, Christmas card poem

Nonfiction:
Diane Gies, "Welcome!" (editorial)
"Contents"

"News on the Actors"

"Other B7 News (Obituaries; Repeats and Releases; Upcoming Conventions; B7 in Cyberspace; Miscellaneous News)"

"The Man They Called 'Uncle'..." (eulogies of Vere Lorrimer)

Andrew Mark Sewell, "Memories of a Survivor" (interview with Vere Lorrimer)

"Mr. Lorrimer, You Can Take Over!" (interview by Diane Gies, Nicola Best and Jacky Ogilvie, edited by Jackie Ophir; condensed reprint from HORIZON NL #31, specially edited by Dinae Gies)

Vere Lorrimer credits

Robyn Heyworth, "Blake's 7 Crosswrod" (puzzle)

"Theatre Reviews"

Mark Spencer, "Alone in the Dark" (GT in Equus)

Jo Sharp, "Cross-dressing, Love, and Revenge..." (GT in Twelfth Night)

Pauline Tucker, "Intrigue in the Court of Kings" (JS in Don Carlos)

"Crime, Punishment, and Chaos" (GT in The Clearing, by Sue Wadsworth-Ladkin and Catherine Quinn; MK in Charley's Aunt, by Claire Saunders)

Paula Robinson, "The Law Gone Wrong" (JC in The Colour of Justice)

Carol McCoy, "Confused? You Will Be... or, An American on Vacation" (SP in Pinter plays, The Room and Celebration)

Jackie Ophir, "Inconceivable?" (SG in An Immaculate Misconception)

Rita Grewal, "Fallen Angels" (with SG)

Mark J. Thompson, "Written Off" (educational video with JP)

Gillian Puddle, "We're Gonna Get You Sucka!" (TV review: PD in The Strangerers)

"Silicon Heads, Parsnip Roots... An Interview with Make-up Artist Sheelagh Weells," edited by Gillian Puddle and Jackie Ophir

Diane Gies and Gillian Puddle, "B7-- The Movie-- When, When?"

"Letters of Comment"

"Special Events Squad"

Gillian Puddle and Helen Lyon, "Sleepess in Swansea" (Welsh Weekend club trip, with theatre reviews: PD in Guards! Guards!, GT in The Hosts of Rebecca)

Lorna Price, "A Cold Day on Saurian Major"

Gillian Puddle, "Ruby, Ruby, Ruby Baby..." ("A visit to Horizon's oldest member, Ruby Gunn [84]")

Jo Sharp, "A Star is Torn" (theatre review: JP at Edinburgh Festival)

Diane Gies, "Cult TV 1999" (con report)

Claire Saunders, "365 Days of Fandom" ("A photo diary of my first year as a Blake's 7 fan")

Diane Gies, "Diane's Photo Diary: The Last 18 Months..."

Mark J. Thompson, "The Making of 'Soldiers of Love'" (article on the comedy audio series, by the producer)

Rob Emery, "Oh No! They're Not on Telly Again!" (article on appearance on program "Screen Grabs")

"Merchandise Reviews"

Jackie Ophir, "Jacqueline Tells All!" (review of Mythmakers video with JP)

Keith Barnfather, "A Note from the Mythmakers Producers"

"Thomas Talks!" (reviews of GT in The Actor Speaks CD, by Valerie Guy and Helen West)

Sue Whittle, "Soldiers of Love-- Planet of Death" (audio review)

John Medany, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself" (review of "Fearmonger," DW audio with JP)

"Critical Mess?" (reviews of John Kenneth Muir, A Critical Analysis of Blake's 7, by Pauline Tucker, Jackie Ophir, Joyce Bowen)

"Horizon Fanzine 22" (reviews by Helen Speight, Francis Bishop)

Pauline Tucker, "Walking with Dinosaurs" (review of CD with PD)

"Something Wicked This Way Comes" (game review: Hostile Waters, with PD and GB)

Helen West, "Mythmakers: Stephen Greif" (video review)

"An Experiment Gone Wrong?" (reviews of BBC audio, The Syndeton Experiment, by Kathryn Davis, Susan Walker, and Bobbie Murray)

Gillian Puddle, "Together Again Seven" (review of audio tape)

"Orac's Oddments" (small ads)

"Official Horizon Merchandise"

Andrew Pixley, "The Full Gambit-- Postscript" (additions to article in #39)

"Fundraising News"

"Auction"

Art:
front c. Vere Lorrimer caricature

inside covers assorted color photos of cast now

back c. S4 A

B/w photos on almost every page.


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