The Way Back (Blake's 7 anthology by Judith Seaman)

Zine
Title:	The Way Back
Publisher:	Avon, Vila, Zen and Orac Appreciation Society and/or IMIPAC, a fan club in the UK
Editor(s):	Judith Seaman
Date(s):	1983
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Medium:	print, zine
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Fandom:	Blake’s 7
Language:	English
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Sharon Ginn

The Way Back is a 50-page gen Blake's 7 anthology. The cover is by Sharon Ginn.

Despite the "1" on the cover, it was the only issue.

It contains no interior art and the pages are not numbered.

Contents

• Report on Project Damocles (prologue), fiction by Judith Seaman (3)
• Sequel (part 1), fiction by Judith Seaman (5)
• Imposter (part 2), fiction by Judith Seaman (this series was to have been continued in the next issue) (18)
• Blake, poem by Chris Houston (36)
• Ben Kerr, a play in script form by J&J Capener ("Introduction is read from off stage. The theme to "Blake's Seven" plays softly in the background.)" (37)
• Woman of Auron, poem by C. Lycett (41)

Reactions and Reviews

Here we have another alternative 4th season. In this one the Liberator crew is taken prisoner from Terminal, and put to work constructing a copy of the Liberator. That they of course steal; all according to plans on both sides.

I have a bit of trouble believing that even Avon could build another Liberator, but whatever. I like alternate endings/continuations. It’s maybe not as sweet as the unicorn-pony, but the image of the entire crew sleeping on a half-finished flight deck because they can’t pressurize the rest of the ship yet makes me grin with slumber party from hell possibilities. (You just know the snorers got cushions jammed into their faces.)

There’s a few other stories in the back. Including “Ben Kerr,” a B7/Ben Hur mashup. Yes, REALLY. Go on, you know you want to read it.

(In spite of what the ToC promises, there was apparently no issue #2. A pity.)

#btw anyone who finds these things on Ao3 go ahead and reblog with links #so the authors can get new kudos and comments #I haven't found the time to cross-check all this stuff myself yet