G.R.O.T.

Zine
Title:	G.R.O.T.
Publisher:	CityPress
Editor(s):	Maggie Symon
Date(s):	1985
Series?:
Medium:	print, zine
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Genre:
Fandom:	Blake’s 7
Language:	English
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G.R.O.T. is a gen humor Blake's 7 43-page anthology published in the UK.

the table of contents

back cover

inside page

"G.R.O.T." stands for "Get Rid of Tarrant."

There were many comments about this zine in the first few issues of On the Wing, a Tarrant-centric apa. Almost fans in that zine seemed to agree that the contents of "G.R.O.T." was too fluffy to be considered offensive or slanderous to their favorite character.

The zine is online here.

Editorial

Fun for all and all for fun. A light-hearted look at B7 and Tarrant for those of a good sence of humour. A Tarrant-bashing zine all done in the best possible taste from a blast-bunker not even Liberator could reach. GROT. What does it mean? Find out from Sue Parker...

That's how the ad went and all of it's true but I must take full responsibility for this whole thing. I started it, enlisted help and got this zine together.

It began as a joke on a friend, mutated out of all belief on the bus back from the first Vilacon I and G.R.O.T, was born, my first zine. Then the work bepan, bullying people, bribing to get stories and finally I'd got what I was after - and wanted, I think, but probably deserved. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do... And GFOT 2, well that really is up to you...

For safty purposes, theirs not yours, everyone is under an alias, (I think it adds a bit of fun trying to guess.) Please excuse any typo's and spelling mistakes, (other than deliberate ones,) that isn't my strong point and I'm new at this anyway. Any comments gladly accepted, (criticisms send to Tarrant.)

I dedicate this zine to Terry Nation and Steven Pacey, without whom there'd be no Tarrant to bash. And my many helpers and hinders) to Kay that 'friend'! Christine, Anne and Fobert on the bus; Sue for publishingi and to all the writers of this illegitimate son of B7 - Triffid and co, - they know who they are.

Enjoy.

Contents

• Editorial by Maggie Symon (2)

• In the Mind, fiction by Triffid (3)
• Tarrant's Song, poem/filk ("with apologies to A.A. Milne") by Anne Shepley (5)
• That Special Day, fiction by Shah'na (6)

• The Adventures of Walter the Washing Machine and Tommy the Tumble Drier, fiction by Kay Fre (7)
• Bricked Up, fiction by Kurt Hallam (8)
• Joke by You Know Who (Maggie Symon?) (8)
• The Plan by You Know Who & The Other One (9)
• Cause of the Merriment, poem/filk by Anne Shepley (12)
• Galactic Quiz, fiction by Kurt Hallam (13)
• Shaggy Tarrant Story, fiction by Kurt Hallam (15)
• Tarrant's Bad Day, fiction by Kay Fre (16)
• Joke by MSy (16)
• Pretty as a Picture, fiction by Simon Flett (17)
• A Man, poem by Anne Shepley (19)
• Gisza-Jobba, fiction by Kurt Hallam (20)
• Ping!, fiction by Anne Shepley (23)
• The Spanner, fiction by Anne Shepley (24)
• His Secret, fiction by The Other One (26)
• Another Shaggy Tarrant Story, fiction by Kurt Hallam (27)
• The Day Trip, fiction by Kurt Hallam (28)
• Further Adventures of Walter the Washing Machine and Tommy the Tumble Drier, fiction by Kay Fre (31)
• The Auxiliary Control Room Mystery, fiction by Shah'na (33)
• Yet Another Shaggy Tarrant Story, fiction by Kurt Hallam (36)
• Touch of the Tarrants, collected by MSy (36)
• The Job, fiction by You Know Who (Maggie Symon?) (37)
• Riddle - Me by Shah'na (37)
• It's My Party, fiction by Kurt Hallam (38)
• And Yet Another Shaggy Tarrant Story, fiction by Kurt Hallam (39)
• Jokes by MSy (39)
• A-Rach-Nid, fiction by Simon Flett (40)

• DEL TARRANT, poem by Shah'na (43)

Reactions and Reviews

Here is a scarce genzine that recently came my way in photocopy form (I'm still looking for originals). I don't recommend that you put a lot of effort into looking for it, but it's an amusing collectors' item if you happen to find it.

The Tarrant stories are mild and IMO inoffensive; they're more like typical Vila joke-stories.