Forever Live and Die
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| Title: | Forever Live and Die |
| Publisher: | A Wrinkle in Time |
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| Author(s): | Shawn Wigton |
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| Date(s): | 1989 |
| Series?: | yes |
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| Fandom: | Blake's 7 |
| Language: | English |
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Forever Live and Die is a gen 50-page Blake's 7 novel by Shawn Wigton.
On the cover: "5th Series, Episode One."
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Reactions and Reviews
Unimpressive. Didn't make me want to buy any more in the series. [1]
I just read: "Forever Live and Die," Chapter 1 in a 5th series saga by Shawn Wigton. Stylistically this was just fine, but...SPOILERS:
Anyone who likes Blake even a tiny bit should stay far away from this one. The action is set 2 years PGP. We meet on page one the new heroine, Taedra, who is very annoyingly described as "tossing her auburn hair" a lot and "classically beautiful"; she is then revealed on page 3 or 4 as "Blake the First's" wife, and this Blake is of course our Blake, survivor of GP somehow, although the teeming masses think he is dead, and he wears his hair differently and has added a beard to further convince them of this. He is also a megalomaniac who punches our pretty heroine in the face when she disagrees with him about something. So the stage is set for her to run away with a new Liberator, and with Vila's help, to spring Avon from prison. The rebellion starts again, with Blake as the Bad Guy.
Aside from being very annoyed at Blake's portrayal as a real bastard, I hated Taedra. Her "classic" features annoyed me just a trifle less than the statement at some point that she was a "female Kerr Avon." I almost tossed my lunch at that point. The obviousness of the romantic interlude that seemed to be looming was only increased by the fact that among Taedra's crew on her Liberator was a woman who has a transparent crush on Vila. It all seemed like the opening to a suburban soap opera more than the B7 I know and love. Chapter Two ought to include kids and mortgages, and skip Blake the First.
Am I the only one who hates the introduction of beautiful new heroines who steal the hearts of our crusty mistrustful rebels? Someone tell me I am not screwed up for not identifying with auburn-haired classical beauties (I confess, my hair is just brown, and we'll leave classics out of it). Who are stories like this aimed at? [2]
References
- ^ from Virgule-L, quoted anonymously (Oct 28, 1992)
- ^ Subject: zine pan: Forever Live and Die on Lysator dated April 8, 1993.