Blakes7 February 2001

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Re: [B7L] Domes
by Sally Manton 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Neil wrote: <If we posit an average population density of perhaps 1000 people per square kilometre (possibly a bit low, if anything, especially if you include the vertical dimension), and a dome radius of say 10 km, then we have a dome population of about 350,000.> Have to admit, my mental picture of Dome life is very influenced by scenes from books like 'Mothers and Daughters' by Elena Bonner: 1930s Russia, families being stacked into apartments (the quality and above all size of which are definitely based on rank) with one or two rooms apiece. It's actually very difficult for someone like me, who's lived since childhood in a small Australian city with the quarter-acre blocks and masses of open space to imagine, but these sort of stories do help. <You can pack a lot of people into a small space.> Which brings up the point of how much room people wouls have been allowed. We have (as alwasy) precious little evidence, but it appears that both Blake and Avon at least lived alone, and even in TWB, the rebels who actually speak seem to be lone family members, there's no spouse/sibling with Ravella when she and Blake leave etc. From non-Dome indications, family life in the Federation is often rare or disfunctional (the number of single-parent households). This could have an impact on the way Our Heroes act and speak, those layered, defensive speech patterns and oblique verbal sparring that are such fun to untangle and decipher. If you're packed into 'buildings' with masses of other people, are nevertheless essentially alone, and living in a threatening environment to boot ... you'd learn very fast *not* to say what you actually mean too clearly. JMHO. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Re: in calm discussion (was Deliverance)
by Mac4781＠aol.com 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Dana wrote: > 1. In my case, I'm a serious fanfic writer so I need to understand > what readers are interested in. That's an unusual approach. Most fan writers write what they like to read as opposed to what other readers like. > 2. Who knows? Maybe if I had a better analysis, I'd like > the form better. I've honestly never seen any fan converted to h/c through discussions of the genre. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. As I said in a post a couple of days ago, if I were interested in converting fans to h/c I'd recommend they read the genre. But I think you've already done that and came up empty. And I believe we've discussed h/c on FC while you were a member. I can't think of anything to add to what has been discussed there. If I come up with anything, I'll post it to FC. I could be wrong, but I think appreciation of h/c almost has to be an instinctual reaction. Though if there is anyone who took to h/c via a more scholarly approach, that might be the best person to advise you. Carol Mc

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re [B7L] Anti-Hijackers Anonymous
by Neil Faulkner 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Now back from Redemption, and Greatly Calmed Down. I have made an off-Lyst pledge to say nothing further on That Topic. Things were getting too heated on both sides and the opposing camps are clearly irreconcilable. Some minds (my own included) are not going to be changed on this one. I also wish to make a public apology to Penny Dreadful for calling her 'infantile' and a 'boorish lout'. These words were not used in haste, they were if anything restrained, which only goes to show how intense the level of feeling had become. But it does the Lyst no favours if people are driven to such counter-productive language, even if driven by sheer frustration. My post was, in retrospect, inexcusable. I do hope Penny has not unsubscribed. It was never, and never will be, my intention to drive her or anyone else off the Lyst, assuming I could ever do so. Neil

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Aphrodite Blues
by Steve Rogerson 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

At Redemption, a few of us where thinking of going to see Jacqueline Pearce in Aphrodite Blues at the New End Theatre in Hampstead, north London in the matinee (3.30pm) on Saturday 10 March followed by a few drinks in Pages Bar. As this is only a week on Saturday, can anyone who wants to come email me by 6pm Wednesday 28 Feb (ie within two days) and I'll buy the tickets and you can pay me on te day? -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption: The Blake's 7 and Babylon 5 convention 23-25 February 2001, Ashford, Kent http://www.smof.com/redemption

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Re: slash policy
by Steve Rogerson 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Calle said: "I may ask people to move a thread to Freedom City, if it's about slash, which I know is a subject that upsets some people. This has happened." Er, I thought you were allowed to discuss slash on this list if you wanted. The point of Freedom City is that you can discuss slash without having deal with people who disagree with it. If you don't mind having a row about slash, I thought there was no problem about discussing it here. -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption: The Blake's 7 and Babylon 5 convention 23-25 February 2001, Ashford, Kent http://www.smof.com/redemption

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Re Gay subtext
by Steve Rogerson 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Fiona said: "Willow and Tara are a couple--but we don't see them in bed together" Yes we do, at least once. There is a policy however that we can't see them kiss, but in the dream episode at the end of season four we hear them kiss! -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption: The Blake's 7 and Babylon 5 convention 23-25 February 2001, Ashford, Kent http://www.smof.com/redemption

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List question
by Isobel Hamilton 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Sorry to bother everyone with this.. I wouldn't except that I noticed Calle is off to London, and so probably away from his email. So maybe someone could mail me with the answer? How do I go about getting on to the Freedom City and Spin lists? (As if I wasn't getting enough mail at the moment as things are!) Thanks, Isobel _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Sally-speak
by Tavia Chalcraft 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Calle wrote: >If you attended Iain's "Acting lessons from B7 and B5" >workshop, you got to see an alternatively acted version >of Anna's death scene, withme as Anna and Una as Avon. Which was massively better acted than the original, though I still have slight trouble adjusting my image of Avon to someone even shorter than me and with even redder hair... Tavia

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See you in a while!
by Calle Dybedahl 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

And now I'm off to England. I'll see some of you at Redemption, I hope. Play nice while I'm away, kids. -- Calle Dybedahl, Vasav. 82, S-177 52 Jaerfaella,SWEDEN | calle(a)lysator.liu.se "Last week was a nightmare, never to be repeated - until this week" -- Tom, a.s.r

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Re: [B7L] We have been Redeemed
by Tavia Chalcraft 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

Una & Harriere: >The facts: Sheridan assassinated. ... >Blake's 7 movie shown to tumultuous applause at closing ceremony. And Neil Faulkner declared official Redemptive fluffy bunny. Tavia

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