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The Thousandth Man (Blake's 7 story)
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| Title: | The Thousandth Man |
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| Genre(s): | gen |
| Fandom(s): | Blake's 7 |
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| External Links: | AO3 |
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The Thousandth Man is a Blake's 7 story by Helen Parkinson.
Reactions and Reviews
This is one of my favourites, and one I like to use when trying to explain the appeal of Beautiful Suffering :-) It's an AU version of the episode Rumour of Death, where Avon deliberately put himself in the hands of the Federation to find the torturer who killed his lover; Helen twists the plot by bringing in the missing Blake, also a prisoner. The plot then follows their escape, made more difficult by Avon's injuries, and the fall-out when they return to the Liberator which Blake left months ago...I love the characterisation of both Avon and Blake in this, plus the short but effective appearance of DelGrant, a character from an earlier canon episode. Also, I found this an unusually *visually* vivid story, the Federation prison and the people within it very easy to see and hear (and even smell at one stage - the nightmarish scene in the prison incinerator is brilliant). And of course there's Avon injured and suffering and Blake - not too strong himself - trying to rescue and take care of him.
Great stuff.[1]
References
- ^ Sally M at Gen Fic Crit, May 2004