Gentle Genius
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gentle Genius |
| Author(s): | Bryn Lantry |
| Date(s): | 1989 |
| Length: | |
| Genre(s): | Avon/Blake |
| Fandom(s): | Blake's 7 |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | online at AO3 |
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Gentle Genius is a Blake's 7 Avon/Blake story by Bryn Lantry.
It was originally printed in Before and After with the title "Gentle Genius" which was the editor's choice. When it was posted online, it was with the author's title, "Evil Genius."
Author's Notes
This got scrambled. First I was afraid to write what I meant to write, then the editor re-wrote it. And I've lost the original, so I've written the back end again along the lines intended (in a different style but I can't help that). [1]
Reactions and Reviews
The Bryn Lantry fic 'Gentle Genius' is now sort of available online with a different name, a different ending, and an author's note that claims the fic was heavily and wrongly edited by the publisher. This claim seems to be borne out, and is disappointing. The AO3 version doesn't make tonnes of sense, but the B&A version makes no sense. From what has been published in the zine as a whole it's clear a lot of these fics needed heavy editing (I'll quote some particularly revealing passages), but .... they don't seem to be any better for it, if it did happen! Amongst various non-characterisation, and purple prose, we even have simple errors like Vila spelled consistently with two Ls - Villa - throughout. [2]
References
- ^ from AO3
- ^ scroll down for comments by aralias at Blake-focused zines - Procrastination Central, Archived version, June 9, 2016