The Terra Nostra Underground

The Terra Nostra Underground was a slash apazine.
There were thirteen issues. 
The Terra Nostra Underground (TNU) was founded in the fall of 1989 as a quarterly apa for discussion among slash fans. 
It began with eight members, and its membership had reached twenty-three when it ceased three and a half years later. 
This apazine was directly succeeded by Strange Bedfellows. Members of The Terra Nostra Underground were given first dibs on being a member of that new apa.
The apa Late for Breakfast was a contemporary.
This apazine was quoted extensively in "Normal Female Interest in Men Bonking": Selections from The Terra Nostra Underground and Strange Bedfellows. Also see "Normal Female Interest in Men Bonking": Selections from The Terra Nostra Underground and Strange Bedfellows.
==General Fan Comments==
==Some Trib Titles==
Some of the individual trib member titles in issue #13 were: I'm a Kinsey Pi.. (Alyx), Two Heads Are Better Than One (M. Fan), Writing From the Margins (Sarah), Paradoxical Ramblings (Jean), Lunatic Fringe (Christine), Mardi Gras Favors (Jean H), To Be Announced (Tre), Family Affairs (David), FTWIHAIFOTE (Shoshanna), Lavender Lilies (Nina), Strange Tongues (Barbara), Notes From Tomorrow (Agnes), Kiken Na Futuri (Jean D), Fire Walk With Me (Isoline), and Dancing in the Trees (Alex). 
==Other Letterzines/Apas With Much Blake's 7 Content==
* Pressure Point (1987-1989)
* The Terra Nostra Underground (apa, 1989-1993)
* Liberation Letters (1991-?)
* The Neutral Arbiter (1991-1993, with a single 1994 outlier)
* Rallying Call (apa, early 1991 to at least 1998)
* Horizon Letterzine (1992-1998)
* Dandruff Droppings (apa, 1992-?)
* Battle Stations! (apa, 1994-not much longer)
* Strange Bedfellows (apa, May 1993-November 1997)
* The Way Forward (apa, 1995-ongoing)
* AltaZine (1996-1997)
 
Also see: List of Letterzines.
==Issue 1==
The Terra Nostra Underground 1 was published in Fall 1989.
==Issue 2==
The Terra Nostra Underground 2 was published in May 1990.
Slash and female characters, homophobia and gay identity: 
Slash and female characters, homophobia and gay identity: 
Slash and female characters, homophobia and gay identity: 
Image:terranostra2front.jpg|front of issue #2, Adrian Morgan
Image:terranostra2back.jpg|back of issue #2, Adrian Morgan
==Issue 3==
The Terra Nostra Underground 3 was published in August 1990.
 
Where does slash come from? Does it originate in the series text or in the fan's reading of it?: 
Misogyny: 
Misogyny: 
Slash and female characters, homophobia and gay identity: 
==Issue 4==
The Terra Nostra Underground 4 was published in November 1990.
Female characters and misogyny: 
Slash: 
==Issue 5==
The Terra Nostra Underground 5 was published in February 1991.
Homophobia and slash fanworks: 
==Issue 6==
The Terra Nostra Underground 6 was published in May 1991.
The slash potential of a televisions show: 
Misogyny: 
==Issue 7==
The Terra Nostra Underground 7 was published in August 1991.
Gay? Slash? 
==Issue 8==
Some fans reject the idea that interest in slash involves identification with the characters, asserting a pleasure in exerting her own authorial control over sexy male bodies: 
What is and isn't homophobic? 
What is and isn't homophobic? 
The reality of AIDs in slash fiction: 
Slash fandom as a place of freedom: 
==Issue 9==
The Terra Nostra Underground 9 was published in Winter/Spring 1992.
What is homophobic and what isn't: 
Why would straight women be interested in the intimate relations between two members of the same sex or why lesbians would be interested in the sex lives of men: 
Slash, woman, gay men: 
Dealing with the reality of AIDs in fan works: 
More on AIDs and fan works: 
Slash fandom as a place to be free: 
==Issue 10==
The Terra Nostra Underground 10 was published in May 1992.
Regarding "inappropriate fantasies": 
==Issue 11==
The Terra Nostra Underground 11 was published in August 1992. The central mailer for this issue was Brendan O'Cullane.
Contributors were: Alys, Alyx, Cat Anestopoulo, Nancy B, Nina Boal, David Brown, Christine, Jean D, M. Fae Glasgow, Nola Frame-Gray, Shoshanna, Teresa Hehir, Jean Holmes, Jennifer, Sean McCloud, Brendan O'Cullane, Paula, Alex Potter, Kathy Resch, Isoline S, Jule S, Tami Marie, Barbara T, and Agnes Tomorrow.
Regarding misogyny: 
==Issue 12==
The Terra Nostra Underground 12 was published in November 1992.
Why slash's focus on male protagonists may facilitate identification more easily than stories focusing on female characters would: 
Slash represents a way of rethinking and rewriting traditional masculinity: 
Slash? Gay? 
==Issue 13==
The Terra Nostra Underground 13 was published in February 1993.
Slash represents a way of rethinking and rewriting traditional masculinity: 
The subject of misogyny: 
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Slash Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Non-fiction Zines
Category:1989 Zines
Category:1990s
Category:APA