RESISTANCE COMMUNIQUE

Mini Review By Sarah Thompson

And here's a real oldie. A friend just sent me photocopies of the first two issues of the newsletter of one of the first B7 clubs (maybe even =the= first; I'm not sure). The zines advertised in #2 must be the very first B7 zines! I had had the three standalones by Janet Ellicott listed as "1978 or 79," and =Strangers Among Us= listed as "1980 or before," so now I know for sure that they were all published in 1978.

You may be intrigued by the poll in #2. Already the favorite character was-- Avon! Followed, in order, by Blake, Jenna, Vila, Cally, Gan, and Zen. For "Favorite Alien/Other," the winners were, in order, Travis, Tarvin (!), Decimas, Servalan. The Decimas beat out Servalan?! Ah well, it was early days. The order of favorite episodes, back when there were only 13, was: Deliverance, Breakdown, Duel, Bounty, Web, Mission to Destiny, Seek-Locate-Destroy, Cygnus Al[pha, Time Squad, Orac, Spacefall, Project Avalon, Way Back.

Contents of #1

RESISTANCE COMMUNIQUE #1

Editor: Carole S. Fairman (London)
Publisher: Blake's Seven Information Service and Appreciation Society (Seveners)
Date: August 1978
Format: A4, [1] + 9 pp., corner staple

Fiction:
Liz Newton, "Deliver Us from Evil" (S1)

Nonfiction:
Carole, "Editorial"
Various announcements
"Quiz: How Much Do You Know about Blake's Seven?"
"Competition" (art, fiction)
"Favorite Characters, Aliens/Others, Episodes"
?, "Blake/Avon Relationship Analysis"

No art.

Contents of #2

RESISTANCE COMMUNIQUE #2

Editor: Carole S. Fairman (London)
Publisher: Blake's Seven Information Service and Appreciation Society (Seveners)
Date: November 1978
Format: A4, [12] pp., corner staple

Fiction:
Carole S. Fairman, "The Price of Water" (S1)

Nonfiction:
Carole, "Editorial"
Zine ads: Liberator 1-2-3; Delirium, A Woman's Place,
Freya; Spacefall 1-2; Alternative Seven; Strangers Among Us
"Question" (quiz)
"Stephen Greif" (bio)
"Space Commander Travis" (essay)
Janet Ellicott, with Anne Harding and Jo Banks, "Mission Impossible: A Visit to the 'Blake's 7' Set"
"Notice to Members"

Poetry:
Marilyn White, "Olag Gan," "Kerr Avon"
Carole S. Fairman, untitled poems

No art.


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