Great Expectations: A World of Dancing Lights (Beauty and the Beast con zine)
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| Title: | Great Expectations: A World of Dancing Lights |
| Publisher: | Roxanne Koogler |
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| Date(s): | 1993 |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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Great Expectations: A World of Dancing Lights is a 202-page gen and het Beauty and the Beast convention zine for the con, Great Expectations.
The art is by Barb Gipson, Sandy Chandler Shelton, K.G. Miles, Renate Haller, Bruce Holroyd, Inez Brown, Michele Sayles, Lena Wood, Anna Deavers-Kelley, Rosemarie Hauer, Jacqueline Kapke, Teri Milliman, Lynette Combs, Jan Durr, M. Young, Dragon, Pam Tuck, Phyllis Berwick, and P.S. Nim.
Photographs
This zine contains approximately 32 pages of 70 black and white photographs from previous gathers and events. The topics are mostly fans, fan gatherings at cons and other venues, and of fan club members. There are some candid photos of the celebrities, often with fans.
All of the photos are clearly labeled with first and last names.
Some of the groups: Atlanta Helpers at Winterfest, South Carolina Society for Beauty and the Beast, Great Expectations: A World of Dancing Lights, the Minnesota Beauty and the Beast Society, The North Jersey Tunnel Community, an unnamed Florida Beauty and the Beast fan club, DreamSeekers, Advo*Cats, Masquerade '91, are just a few.
Contents
- Guest Biographies (8)
- Great Expectations by Pat Leslie (18)
- Beast Wishes by Cheryl Duval (19)
- Unspoken Guardians by Rebecca Marcus (23)
- Vincent by Marilyn Oakavik (30)
- Vincent and Catherine's Excellent Adventure by Sandy P. Shelton (31)
- Ode to Impatience by Catherine Edwards (35)
- Letter From the Fireplace by Ann Brown (37)
- Vincent's Secret Friend by Peggy Garvin (47)
- Dear Mr. Koslow by Lynette Combs (reprinted in What Light Through Yonder Window #1) (48)
- Never Giving Up by Deborah Martin (49)
- "You are not, I think" by Roxanne Shearer Koogler (58)
- Tunnel World by Marilyn Oakavik (59)
- The Faded Rose by Catherine Edwards (60)
- Tempest On the Green by Carol Kyne (61)
- Touched By Love by Wayne Kelley (69)
- Excuses by Catherine Edwards (71)
- When the Wait Is Over by Catherine Edwards (73)
- Winterinfesiation by Jim Wible & Jana Ondrechen (74)
- Sanctuary by Margaret Davis (75)
- Unworthy Knight by Rhonda Collins (Explanation of Arabesque, Vincent feels unworthy of Catherine’s love.) (also in Friends and Lovers and Of Things That are Not but Should Be) (81)
- Idylls In a Kingdom by the Sea by Lynette Combs (reprinted in What Light Through Yonder Window #1) (88)
- Not Me by Sandy Dapoz (90)
- I Am Made Finer by Melissa Cook (92)
- Surprises by Jacqueline Kapke (93)
- Only a Dream by Carla McRorie (98)
- A Visit from St. Vincent by Cynthia Hatch (99)
- A Winter's Tale by Sandra Burrows (101)
- Lullaby by Sue Glasgow (107)
- Early Riser by Melissa Cook (110)
- Dancers by Carla McRorie (112)
- Much Ado About Very Little by Catherine Edwards (113)
- Honeysuckle, Lilacs and Roses by Linda Mooney (123)
- Decisions by Trisha Kehoe (129)
- The Greenhouse Effect by Betty Nieswinder (135)
- "Come to me out of time" by Roxanne Shearer Koogler (140)
- Fall Symphony by Helen Commodore (141)
- Dreaming of You by Catherine Edwards (144)
- Pilgrim by S.K. Dapoz (147)
- Waterfall by Carla McRorie (148)
- A Lion Rampant by Stephanie Davis (149)
- Choices by Michael Beacom (157)
- Fairy Time by Becky Bain (171)
- There Is a Season by Cynthia Hatch (181)
- A World of Dancing Lights (203)
"Dear Mr. Koslow"
"Dear Mr. Koslow" by Lynette Combs by Lynette Combs is an open letter in poetry form which addresses many fans' desire for future resolution and material for the show.
- Now it seems you must know
- what we want. Even so,
- I will risk beig [sic] thought of as rude,
- a repeat just a few
- of the details you,
- as our filmmaker, ought to include:
- Resolution, and fast.
- Let's be done with the past
- and get on with romantic reunion.
- All the fandom's agreed
- on a definite need
- for a more than symbolic communnion [sic].
- Consummation is fine.
- Hold the lava on mine;
- no allusive explosions of roses.
- To unite these two souls
- implies more (check the polls)
- than a floral dream-sequence exposes.
- A kiss would be nice.
- Here's some friendly advice;
- they should both remain conscious to do it.
- If conception's in store
- then it's got to be more
- than a baby two people intuit.
- This dream we all share --
- we want all of it there,
- from the park to the terrace Above it;
- and the chambers Below
- filled with faces we know;
- everything, as we first came to love it.
- As you plan your attack,
- know we want it all back --
- not just more of the same, sir, but more;
- all the scenes left unseen,
- the embraces offscreen,
- every kiss on the cutting-room floor.
Sample Gallery
Barbara Gipson
K.G. Miles
Sandy C. Shelton
Renate Haller
Bruce Holroyd
Lena Wood
Anna Deavers-Kelley
Sandy C. Shelton
Renate Haller
Teri Milliman
Rosemarie Hauer
Michelle Sayles, portrays Joe Maxwell
Dragon
Pam Tuck
Janice Durr
Inez Brown
Phyllis Berwick
Phyllis Berwick
Barbara Gipson
P.S. Nim
Jacqueline Kapke
Lynette Combs
Reactions and Reviews
Notable in this vast catchall of a zine are Rebecca Marcus' thoughtful essay, “Unspoken Guardians,” on the relationship between Vincent and Father as shown throughout the series; among the fiction, a notable item is Cynthia Hatch's “There is a Season,” in which V is unwilling to debate with Father the mysteries of fate vs. free will...on the night he first finds C. Among the poetry, the work of Sandie Dapoz and Melissa Cook stands out.[1]