18 Dec
2001
18 Dec
'01
3:38 a.m.
In message 3C1EA6DF.DBFCFE2A@jps.net, Helen Krummenacker avona@jps.net writes
In contrast, Blake seems more difficult to find eqivalents of, possibly because he is less of a type? He's often compared to Robin Hood.
Possibly because he *is* Robin Hood - Terry Nation described the series concept as Robin Hood leading the Dirty Dozen in space. Blake is a deliberate avatar of Robin. So much so that I'm not sure whether the Robin Hood in Gayle Feyrer's "Thief's Mistress" is an intentional Blake avatar, or whether I'm just seeing it because Blake is Robin anyway.
There are non-Avon avatars out there - my favourite so far is the Blake avatar in C S Friedman's Coldfire trilogy
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