The Slumber Party
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| Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | The Slumber Party |
| Author(s): | D.J. Driscoll |
| Date(s): | 1987 |
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| Fandom: | Blake's 7 |
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The Slumber Party is a Blake's 7 story by D.J. Driscoll.
It was published in Powerplay #1.
Reactions and Reviews
"The Slumber Party" is just what it sounds like. The women discuss the sexual prowess of the men, who just happen to be listening in on the flight deck intercom. This takes place in the "Minor Arcana" universe, invented I think by Susan Matthews, in which all the crew are alive and together except Gan (sorry, Kathy!).[1]
this is the only one i actively dislike in 'powerplay' 1. the basic premise is that everyone is alive (except gan!) and living on the same ship. everyone is straight and mostly paired off. the specific premise is that the girls are all having the eponymous slumber party and discussing which of the guys dayna should lose her virginity to...given that this whole zine has been shouting 'blake/avon is trufax' it's a bit odd to be suddenly thrust into this mega hetrosexual world. it really sits at odds with the rest of the zine. perhaps this is a relief for some readers, but i skipped it after a few pages of 'is avon safe because he's sleeping with cally, or will he be called upon to deflower dayna?' chit chat.
unfortunately the story continues in both of the other 'powerplay's i have. i skipped all of them so i still don't know if avon and dayna actually had sex...[2]
"The Slumber Party: An oral overture by D.J. Driscoll, rounds off the zine with something about the crew as a whole. Rather more than a whole, actually -- somehow all the Liberator regulars, minus Gan and plus Soolin, have wound up on the ship. The story ought to be naughty; the four women assemble to drink and discuss their favorite subject (much the same as fandom's favorite subject) at length and without inhibition. Indeed, I can't detect a whole lot of redeeming social value in this opus (So here we are .. all getting plastered on Soolin's brew..) but it is not technically obscene (Quantity instead of quality, if you know what I mean), is highly entertaining (Besides, what if he doesn't know how?) and vaguely attached to a thematic storyline (You doing nothing about your hormonal needs) if you look hard. Never mind redeeming values -- this is simply fun for the readers -- though not, perhaps, for the characters."[3]
References
- ^ from Sarah Thompson at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 site
- ^ aralias reviewed this zine in 2013 on Dreamwidth, Archived version
- ^ Pressure Point no.2