From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #173 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: <blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se> archive/volume99/173 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 173 Today's Topics: [B7L] Resurrected from desk rubble [B7L] Character Hobbies [B7L] Fanzines at MediaWest*Con [B7L] Re: Definition of Blake Re: [B7L] Avon Re: [B7L] Avon Re: [B7L] B7 novels Re: [B7L] B7 Wallpaper Re: [B7L] Character Hobbies Re: [B7L] Gan words ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 20:08:01 -0700 (PDT) From: J MacQueen <jomacqueen@yahoo.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Resurrected from desk rubble Message-ID: <19990524030801.11717.rocketmail@web905.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Found this while looking for something else on my desk at work. No Muse this time. Sorry <smile> Instead, imagine a spotlight over a Zerok copier, and a silver security-overall clad figure leaning against it, singing plaintively (to another tune from Oliver!) this sensitive little ditty entitled: Where's the Gold? Where's the gold? Is it really in the hold? Keiller assures me it's so easy But he was ne'er that bold. Where is she Who has set a trap for me? This ship is the bait for tempting fate; Do I have time to flee? Who can say all will be fine, Even now we've left the mine? All around the sign of something wrong, And she'll be here before too long. Where, where's the gold? Every little plan I make On my guard against mistake She gives me no break, again I see She got here before me Where's, where's the gold? Regards Joanne (wondering what else is to be found if she actually has time to rearrange things...) _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 03:17:58 PDT From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Character Hobbies Message-ID: <19990524101758.86772.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; Mistral wrote: <What hobbies would you give to various characters?> A few belated suggestions... Blake - reading...I see him as a voracious reader, with a special interest in history, in particular political and military, but reaching into just about anything to do with *people*. If he collected anything, I'd vote for old rare - and probably proscribed - books. Metalwork. Orienteering. Jenna - tough, as we don't get much insight into her mind. But perhaps buying something rare and valuable e.g. antique jewellry (which would satisfy her taste in self-display *and* her smuggler's avaricious streak...). Avon - 'private research' - I would imagine finding out everything humanly possible about the Liberator would have kept him happily occupied for months...beating Vila at games. As avid a reader as Blake, but about science and technology. Cally - Drawing. Calisthenics or yoga or whatever...ceramics. I could see her interested in something like lace-making - intricate and beautiful - but then we never see her wearing any. Gan - woodwork, beer-making (and I'm sure Vila would be glad to help). Reading the futuristic version of Westerns. Tarrant - those calculatedly high-risk sports like bunji-jumping and sky-diving (Dayna would go for these too), adventure novels (and maybe Gan's old collection of Space westerns). War games. Dayna - see Tarrant, plus archery, collecting antique weapons (I have this mental picture of her with some of those massive and fearsome medieval weapons - and Servalan in her mind's eye). Music (not very good music, but still...) Athletics. Vila - card games, board games (despite the fact that he never seems to win, and when he 'advises' Dayna, *she* loses as well, so he isn't very good at them) games of any sort that didn't involve too much in the way of exercise. Helping Gan with the beer-making. Soolin - Solitaire, and for some reason, metal embroidery (especially gold). ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 07:37:48 EDT From: Bizarro7@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se, space-city@world.std.com Subject: [B7L] Fanzines at MediaWest*Con Message-ID: <23de31e5.247a940c@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We hope to see a lot of you at MediaWest (Ashton Press will have a dealer's table in the main dealer's room). For those of you intending to pick up copies of zines, there, this is a heads up. We will have very limited copies of several zines and I've already received several pre-orders. So, if you were intending to pick up a copy at the convention, e-mail me NOW. We leave for the convention in two days. Down & Out (Blakes 7 novellas -- 10 copies only and several spoken for!) Southern Seven 11 (Blakes 7 genzine -- 10 copies) Southern Seven 12 (Blakes 7 genzine -- 10 copies) One More Last Chance (this is an Alias Smith & Jones novel.. I'll only have 4 copies) Southern Comfort 10.5 (Blakes 7 adult) Southern Comfort 11.5 (Blakes 7 adult) I will also have the following zines, although they should be available in sufficient quantity: So Speaks the Hero (Highlander genzine) Then the Night Comes (Highlander novel) The Lightning's Hand (Highlander novel) Reflections (Highlander slash novel) Revelations (Highlander adult zine) Blakes 7, Highlander and Highlander convention photos will be for sale at our table, along with Celtic art prints, used zines, HL, Buffy & X-Files trading cards and other fun stuff. Please stop by and say hello! Annie CWPack http://members.aol.com/ashton7/ashton.htm (Ashton Press) http://members.aol.com/methosela/cass.htm (Donan Woods) http://members.aol.com/pelkiepet/stories.htm (Fan Fiction) Latest Updates & News From Ashton Press: 1) Two new fanzines have just gone into print: Southern Comfort 10.5 and Southern Comfort 11.5. Both of these are Blakes 7 adult zines. 2) Revelations #2 (a HL adult zine) is now in the works and should be available in the next month or so. 3) A new set of photo orders is going to be placed in the next few days. If you are interested, please contact ASAP. Please note that photo prices have increased as of 5/12/99. 4) Submissions for So Speaks the Hero #2 (HL gen zine) will be closing soon. Contact me if you're interested! 5) Touched by Magic is being actively worked on again and will hopefully be finished soon! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:03:47 BST From: "Tor Avon" <tor_avon@hotmail.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Re: Definition of Blake Message-ID: <19990524120348.23071.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; Sondra wrote: > Now, would anyone like to try Blake? I'll go first: Altruistic, >courageous, compassionate, single-minded and shrewd. I think I'd have to say Idealistic, stubborn, passionate, manipulative and earnest. Tor. The lone wolf belongs to the wilderness! You must not grow up to be a lone wolf! #2 to #6 'Once Upon a Time' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:35:40 BST From: "Tor Avon" <tor_avon@hotmail.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Avon Message-ID: <19990524123541.74751.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; David wrote: >Intelligent, Dangerous, Way-cool, Deep, Idealistic. And if allowed a sixth >I'd add Passionat. Those last two will get some queries, I'm sure, but I >think they both fit - they're just something he hides and denies. Intelligent I agree with profusely, no list describing Avon could ever be complete without it. I also like the inclusion of 'Deep'. Doesn't the saying 'Still waters run deep' suit his so well? Way-cool? No. There's a lot about Avon that is masked by his cool front, but like passionate, he tends to swing between the two extremes. It's this that defines your second point, dangerous. It's his intense passions and cool front which make him appear as an 'unknown quantity'. People like Avon are often misinterpreted, making them appear to be loose cannons, when in actual fact they stick to their own rules regarding morality. Sure, it looks bad for them, but there is a certain degree of self preservation is maintaining a front of 'mad, bad and dangerous to know.' Idealistic, well yes - to a point. Inside every cynic there's a repressed idealist, because however much the cynic may want the ideals to work, the real world comes between them and their implementation. Blake's passions blinded him to uncertainty of life. Avon remained brutally practical. Tor. The lone wolf belongs to the wilderness! You must not grow up to be a lone wolf! #2 to #6 'Once Upon a Time' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:38:12 BST From: "Tor Avon" <tor_avon@hotmail.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Avon Message-ID: <19990524123812.60456.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; Jenna wrote: >Gorgeous, sexy, well-dressed, witty, and intelligent. Well, I'm glad to see that you've not been wasting time with frivolities. Tor The lone wolf belongs to the wilderness! You must not grow up to be a lone wolf! #2 to #6 'Once Upon a Time' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 13:45:42 BST From: "Tor Avon" <tor_avon@hotmail.com> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] B7 novels Message-ID: <19990524124542.55239.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; Kevin wrote: > Since it looks like we're discounting the TV movie before it even starts, >what about another alternative? I didn't realise that you were a B7 fan, >David. Why don't you suggest to the Beeb's Steve Cole a series of B7 >novels? Chris Boucher already writes for Doctor Who, and I know that Kate >Orman has written some Blakle fanfic in the past. Would the B7 fanbase be >large enough to sustain a series of novels? I've already tried to convince Steve Cole to do a series of B7 novels. I even offered him one and he wasn't interested. Then I saw him at 35 up and he still wan't interested. So much for that idea. Tor The lone wolf belongs to the wilderness! You must not grow up to be a lone wolf! #2 to #6 'Once Upon a Time' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 15:55:31 -0700 From: Pat Patera <patpatera@netzero.net> To: kalazar <kalazar@earthlink.net>, B7 Lysator <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: Re: [B7L] B7 Wallpaper Message-ID: <3749D8E3.49DA29E6@netzero.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit kalazar wrote: > > Hi! I had an assignment to create wallpaper and I picked B7 to practice. > If anyone is interested, they're at > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2544/blakegc.html > or directly to > http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2544/wallpap.htm Hi, I cruised your site and enjoyed the trip. re: wallpaper: The soft grainy texture effect is lovely. The wallpaper gallery had me hearing Vila saying: "I'm in hell and it's full of Avons!" The flight trip from the bridge, etc. was very nicely done and creatively crafted. fun. Plus beautiful background patterns. And a nifty teleport sparkle effect. But the very best was that "Zen on Soma" effect. Wowser! You should put this on the B7 web ring. pat ________________________________________________________ NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:20:26 EDT From: AdamWho@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Character Hobbies Message-ID: <392a0cc7.247b38ba@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 99-05-24 06:19:45 EDT, smanton@hotmail.com writes: << Jenna - tough, as we don't get much insight into her mind. But perhaps buying something rare and valuable e.g. antique jewellry (which would satisfy her taste in self-display *and* her smuggler's avaricious streak...). >> This might not be a hobby, but I think Jenna could drink most people under the table. Except Vila. Nothing onscreen to prove Jenna could do that, but it wouldn't surprise me. Dayna: With all the one-shouldered outfits she wore in Aftermath, she may have custom-made her own clothing. Her life on the home planet was isolated and designing her own clothes would certainly fill up lots of free time. Cally: Crosswords, logic problems, brain teasers, something that requires a lot of thinking. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 17:34:06 -0700 From: mistral@ptinet.net To: B7 List <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: Re: [B7L] Gan words Message-ID: <37474CFE.E092D7BA@ptinet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Judith Proctor wrote: > Gan - strong, unswerving, loyal, dependable, gentle. Steady, loyal, ethical, kind, humble. Mistral -- "And for my next trick, I shall swallow my other foot."--Vila -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #173 **************************************