STARSHIP BRITANNICA

Mini Review By Sarah Thompson

I've never actually seen =Starship Britannica= #s 1 & 2. According to the editorial in #3, they were published on behalf of a fan club; I'm just guessing that it was the same club named in =Magnificent Seven= #1. The titles and descriptions of the stories are given in the =B7 A-Z= by Emma Abraham. Apparently the authors were not named in the original publication, but one story of the same title and description was later published under Leigh Arnold's own name, so I'm guessing that the other one is by her too.

The editorial in SB #3 also solves the mystery of "Motley Crew." It was originally intended to be a special all-B7/whatever crossover issue of SB, but wound up being included in =Magnificent Seven= #9, along with the last segment of the =New Horizons= series.

Contents of STARSHIP BRITANNICA #1

Editor: Leigh Arnold (Houston, TX)
Publisher: Overmind: The Society for British Science Fiction and Telefantasy
Date: 1983?
Format:

B7 fiction
[Leigh Arnold], "Avon's Big Score" (S4); reprinted in POWERPLAY #6 (US, 1989)

B7 nonfiction
Intro to B7

Other fandoms: HHGG

Contents of STARSHIP BRITANNICA #2

Editor: Leigh Arnold (Houston, TX)
Publisher: Overmind: The Society for British Science Fiction and Telefantasy
Date: 1983?
Format:

B7 fiction
[Leigh Arnold?], "Blake's 7-- A Birthday Present" (S4; A)

Other fandoms: Gerry Anderson, Tomorrow People, HHGG

Contents of STARSHIP BRITANNICA #3

Editor: Leigh Arnold
Publisher: Pony Press (Van Nuys, CA)
Date: February 1987
Format: letter size, [8] + 186 text pp. + [4] pp. zine ads, blue card covers, side staples

B7 fiction
Mary Alice Wuerz, "Rest(less) Cure" (S2)
Rebecca Ann Brothers, "Promises to Keep" (S3; A-B)
Genn Eccles, "Jassi's Storm" (S3)
Joan Hoffman, "Journey's End" (S5)

B7-related art:
Vicki Brinkmeier cover various fandoms, incl. B-A, Liberator
Dani Lane frontispiece various fandoms, incl. V picking pocket of DW

Other fandoms: HHGG, DW, Tomorrow People, Pros, Dangermouse

[Starship Britannica #4: Motley Crew (all B7/other crossovers) included in MAGNIFICENT SEVEN #9]

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