Blue One
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Blue One |
| Publisher: | Osiris Publications ("official publications of Battlestar OSIRIS, an unofficial BATTLESTAR GALACTICA fan club, c/o The New Fantasy Shop, 5652 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60634.") |
| Editor(s): | Joy Harrison |
| Date(s): | 1981 |
| Series?: | |
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| Genre: | het |
| Fandom: | Battlestar Galactica (1978) |
| Language: | English |
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Blue One is an explicit het Battlestar Galactica (1978) anthology.
It is a sister zine to Purple and Orange?, a gen anthology.
On the cover: "Not to be sold to anyone under the age of eighteen with permission of parent or guardian."
The art is by Artis, Steve Casey, Mary Jean Holmes and Mary Ihssen.
Ad Description
From Agent With Style:
The editors of Purple and Orange?... were frequently asked to publish "blue" stories (those of a more adult nature) in their zines, but they resisted, not wanting to change the focus of that wonderful series. So they decided to do an entire zine of "blues" just so these authors would have someplace to put their stories! Come see a side of Apollo, Starbuck, Boomer and the rest of the Colonials that you've never seen before. When the lights go out, all bets are off!
Zine's Introduction
This issue of "Purple and Orange?" requires a small amount of explanation. During the first year or so of our existence, many people asked if we ever planned to publish what they defined as a "blue" issue. We said, again and again, that, yes, one day we'd do one—but we never said when. Finally, pinned down by several writers, we said we'd print the issue if we ever received six "blue" stories for it.
The six stories presented in this issue are only a beginning—there are more than a dozen others waiting in our files. It has been suggested that we print a "blue" issue after every seven regular ones. Seven? Well, there are precedents...
Therefore, if response to what we have named "Blue One" is favourable, we will be printing "Son of Blue" following our fourteenth issue, which (assuming we follow our present schedule) should appear late in 1982.
As for the stories themselves:
"The Sin of the Father," by our professional friend "John Jones IX," introduces Major Dion, a new member of the OSIRIS crew. We think you'll agree it is an excellent story—whatever its colour—and it may well appear in a regular issue of "Purple and Orange?" at some future time.
"Gift of the Gods," one of several stories submitted by Marj Ihssen, tells something of the relationship between Captain Apollo and Lieutenant Reisa, a Vandusian refugee he met about the time Sheba died. (We'll tell you about that in our upcoming special issue, "Apollo's Odyssey," which will be available at Minnicon, Easter weekend in Minneapolis.)
"Ladies of the Evening" is another story by the talented Sharon Monroe, and it tells us something more of the past of one Flight Sergeant Alexandra. But Alexandra and Starbuck? We wonder how the Caprican Academy managed to survive.
"Vengeance Is Mine, Sayeth the Colonel" is another OSIRIS story, this time by N. J. Burridge. The Colonel in question is Arsenaux, Executive Officer of the OSIRIS. As for why he seeks vengeance, well, you'll have to read the story!
"Circumstances Require..." Is Anne Cecil's contribution to our first venture into "blue" fiction. What happens when a former socialator is placed in a position where her old talents provide the only obvious hope of rescue? And what will Starbuck think? Anne has quite an answer...
"Star-Crossed Lovers" is our final story, written by a member of a professional writers' workshop who chooses to write under the name "Tawny Meteor." The reason for the nom de plume will quickly become obvious. The puns—and they are numerous—are only as X-rated as the reader's mind.
So, without further comment, we herewith present "Purple and Orange?—Blue One." We hope you, our readers, enjoy it. And we hope you will write us and let us know; writers, artists, and editors all thrive on praise—and we hope we are all capable of learning from criticism. Pleasant reading!
Contents
- The Sin of the Father by John Jones IX (4)
- Cartoon by Arlis (25)
- Gift of the Gods by Marj Ihssen (26)
- Cartoon by Arlis (33)
- Ladies of the Evening by Sharon Monroe (35)
- Vengeance is Mine, Sayeth the Colonel by N.J. Burridge (45)
- Circumstances Require... by Anne Cecil (55)
- Star-Crossed Lovers by Tawny Meteor (69)
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