Voices from the Present
See also Voice (disambiguation) for more zines of this title.
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Voices from the Present |
| Publisher: | Patricia Russo |
| Editor(s): | |
| Date(s): | 1988-1991 |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | print, zine |
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| Genre: | |
| Fandom: | Blake’s 7 |
| Language: | English |
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Voices from the Present is a gen Blake's 7 anthology.
Issue 1
Voices from the Present 1 was published in September 1988 and contains 67 pages.
The art is by Theresa Buffaloe (front cover), Denise Loague, and Jo Ann Christy.
The editorial:
Hello, Greetings, and Welcome to the first issue of Voices from the Present.
The idea for this zine struck me in late April of 1988. The idea quickly turned from a pleasing notion to an absorption. I had a lot of fun putting this zine together, and I only hope that some of the pleasure I got from doing it will be felt by you guys reading it.
There's an interesting variety of stories here, I think: some funny pieces, some deadly serious ones, stories from the first and second seasons, two (very different) treatments of the events on Gauda Prime, and a post G-P tale (potentially the first in a series, if this zine flies). Oddly, there aren't any third season stories at all, not fourth season ones other than the G.P. 'so This is something I'd like to see balanced out in future issues---so, come on, people.
A word about the artwork. This was the area of zine production that I was most anxious about. In fact, there was a stretch of time in which I thought Voices was going to turn out rather stark---all text, no pictures. But a fortunate mixture of serendipity and downright begging combined to provide quite an impressive collection of pieces. I'd like to offer a special, most heartfelt thanks to the artists in this issue: Theresa Buffaloe, Jo Ann Christy, and Denise Loague: without them this zine would have been a much poorer thing.
And, oh, yes, one more thing: comment is most definately requested. Feedback, please!
- Voicings, editorial by Patricia Russo
- Delivery, fiction by Patricia Russo (1)
- Reunion, poem by John Grey (14)
- One Aftermath, fiction by Johanna Leestrom (15)
- Revisionist Heaven, or Everything You Know Is Wrong, fiction by Meg Garrett and Doris Robin (18)
- Founding the Freedom Party, poem by Johanna Leestrom (28)
- Vila Restal's Best Laid Plans, filk sung to the tune of "The Colorado Rockies" by I-Don't-Know-Who, by Tyndara Meffe (30)
- Cause and Effects, fiction by Lillian Fils (32)
- Beware the Faceless Ones, fiction by Melody C. (37)
- Priorities, fiction by Lillian Fils (41)
- Recalled to Life, fiction by Patricia Russo (44)
- three full-page zine flyers at the back
inside page from issue #1, Denise Loague
inside page from issue #1, Denise Loague
inside page from issue #1, Jo Ann Christy
inside page from issue #1, filk
inside page from issue #1, Jo Ann Christy
inside page from issue #1, Jo Ann Christy
inside page from issue #1, Theresa Buffaloe
inside page from issue #1, Theresa Buffaloe
inside page from issue #1, Denise Loague
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1
These are very good zines. I borrowed a friend's copies, but now I'll be keeping an eye out for them at used zine sales. I especially like the stories by Patricia Russo-- well-written and gritty. Did she ever continue her fifth series? I fear not, but I really like it; her Avon is very hard-edged.Note the gen story by Melody C., a view of events on GP from an outsider.
All the stories by Lillian Fils are kind of suggestive. Both "Cause and Effects" in #1 and "Birthday Present" in #2 seem to hint at A/B-- unless I'm just imagining what I want to see. Has anyone else read these, and if so, what did you think? In "Priorities," everyone pairs off *except* Avon. I'd like to think that he's off for a little fun with Orac, his true love :).
And I found another Vila/Servalan story, only the fourth I know of. But in this one, she is his ex-wife!!
No bad stories, plenty of good ones. Recommended, if you can find the zines; as far as I know they're OOP. [1]
Issue 2
Voices from the Present 2 was published in June 1989 and contains 94 pages.
The art is by Margarita Aguikar (front cover) and Denise Loague.
The zine contains "Weird Stuff" -- photo captions (humor), Certificate of Upgrade to Complete Asshole, Great Religious Leaders of the Future (button slogans), "B7: The Lost Episodes" (humor), Trivial Mayhem (quiz), Clippings: reviews of "Milk and Honey" (film with Josette Simon), and The B7 Drinking Game (E. A. Daniello and Patricia Russo, based on an idea by Rhiannon Wallace).
- Meditation: Debts, fiction by Joanna Leestrom (1)
- Birthday Present, fiction by Lillian Fils ("It's Avon's birthday and he's celebrating it in his usual amiable way.") (3)
- Nothing, fiction by Johanna Leestrom (9)
- Bequest, fiction by Patricia Russo (11)
- Dirty Tricks, fiction by Robert Collins ("After Gauda Prime, the Federation faces a threat from one of their own.") (21)
- Perfect Nemesis, fiction by E.A. Daniello & Patricia Russo ("Why won't Blake kill Travis? Avon thinks he knows.") (39)
- From the Other Side, fiction by Rhiannon Wallace ("On the surface, Travis and his wife are the perfect Alpha-grade couple. But both Travis and Maev have secrets.") (43)
- Servalan Standing by Rhiannon Wallace (filk, Solitude Standing, by Suzanne Vega) (46)
- PGP Puppeteer Project
- Alpha-Alpha-Oblique-One, fiction by Ana Sokol ("On the surface, Travis and his wife are the perfect Alpha-grade couple. But both Travis and Maev have secrets.") (47)
- Weird, Weird Life by The Anonymous Filker (filk, Wild, Wild Life, by the Talking Heads) (59)
- An Exercise in Epitaphography, poem by ? (60)
- Poems by Linda Bornstein (four haiku) (60)
- Close Encounter, fiction by E.A. Daniello & Patricia Russo ("Vila doesn't want to go down to Fordel Minor, and he has a very good reason.") (61)
- Recalled to Life: Collaborators, fiction by Patricia Russo ("The second installment in the 'Recalled to Life' universe. Avon, having kidnapped his doctor and escaped on the Director's ship, goes to the one man he will have to help him.") (65)
- Dux Bellorum, fiction by Johanna Leestrom (93)
Issue 3
Voices from the Present 3 was published in 1991.
References
- ^ review by Sarah Thompson at Judith Proctor's Blake's 7 site