Visitors, Rebels and Allies

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Zine
Title: Visitors, Rebels and Allies
Publisher: Hoshi Kaizoku Press
Editor(s): Patricia Malone
Date(s): 1985-1986
Series?:
Medium: print
Genre: gen
Fandom: V
Language: English
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VIsitors, Rebels and Allies is a gen V anthology. It contains fiction, art, poetry, cartoons, fan ads and filks.

Issue 1

Visitors, Rebels and Allies 1 was published in 1985 and contains 182 pages.

  • Traps, Pawns, and Schemes by Patricia Malone (Diana sets up Martin as a pawn in a power play between her and Alexander, who is trying to gain command for himself. Sent to inspect a desert mineral mine and processing plant, Martin realizes he is involved in something -- Martin and Alexander are old adversaries from military academy -- and he is determined to survive, but there is another complication -- Donovan's been captured.)
  • Crosslines, part one by JoLynne Horvath (A Resistance force led by Donovan and Tyler destroy a Visitor experiment, but not before Airwolf, Hawke, and Santini are transported to their dimension. Tyler and Hawke know each other from Vietnam, but in each dimension, the other is dead.)
  • The Ultimate Warrior by Brian Cirulnick (One of Diana's experiments gets out of hand, spelling trouble not only for the Resistance, but the Visitors as well. Can the Resistance stop this menace? But, why should they as it's killing Visitors? But if it can kill Visitors easily, it can kill humans just as easily. Can the Visitors stop it? Can the Resistance stop it? Can it be killed at all?)
  • The Resistance Blues, a filk to the tune of "Smuggler's Blues"
  • Another Lizard Bites the Dust, filk to the tune of "Another One Bites the Dust
  • How Do You Solve a Problem Like Diana?, filk to the tune of "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?"
  • Demolition Man, filk to the tune of the same name
  • other contributors: Joseph Malone, Robert Fenelon, Jeffrey McIver, Julie Casari and Mary K. Curran

Issue 2

Visitors, Rebels and Allies 1 was published in 1986 and contains 100+ pages. It contains four stories and art by P. Malone, Cesarl and Mumford, poetry by Siegel, Lucas and Shad, and cartoons by Matarazzo and J. Malone. Filk songs by McIver and Lyons and others.

  • Crosslines by JoLynn Horvath. (After explaining the Visitors to Hawke and Santini, and explaining Hawke, Santini and Airwolf to the Resistance, one Visitor scientist is willing to try to send them back to their own dimension. But will the equipment work? Will the procedure work? If it does, will they survive? If It doesn't, are they stuck here? And what have Tyler and Chris been up to lately?)
  • Running Scared by Erandl. (One man's rude awakening to what the Visitors really are. And what it costs him personally and emotionally to find out almost too late.)
  • Prisoner of the Mind by Rosemary Shad. (Krystal Tyler is finally safe with family and friends, after rescue by Caleb, Willie and Martin. But after seven months of torture, use and abuse by the Visitors on the Mothership, the Resistance isn't sure if she's been converted, just demoralized, or broken. Complicating her recovery is her brother. Ham Tyler. (Part 1))
  • Encounters by Patricia Malone. (After Jemma's fiancee vanishes, she and her daughter flee hoping to find safety at her uncle's house. But while there, they are attacked by Visitors and police rounding up scientists. They are forced to flee again. In the woods they are befriended by a youthful, runaway Visitor, who prefers reading comics to translating. But is he a friend? Will her family survive? And will Martin find him first?)