The Other Side (Blake's 7 zine)

The Other Side is a slash and het Blake's 7 anthology published in Australia.
This zine is the reason there is no issue #6 of Beyond Antares R-Rated! See the editorial for that zine's seventh issue.
==Art: Avon and the Pillar==
The illo by Lana Brown of Avon chained to a pillar appears in every issue. 
In issue #5, one of the editor refers to its appearance as "continuing our tradition." In issue #7, he is referred to as the zine's mascot. 
Inspired stories: 1) Sue Bursztynski's story, Pillar Talk (issue #1) ends "with apologies to the author of "Spock Enslaved" 2) "To Dream No More" (issue #6) by Margaret Pitcher 
Some titles of this art: "Avon and Pillar," "Avon Enslaved to a Pillar," "Avon with Pillar," "Avon and the Pillar," and "Avon and His Pillar."
The illo appears in:
: Issue #1: interior art
:Issue #2: cover
:Issue #3: small detail on the editorial
:Issue #4: back cover
:Issue #5: interior art
:Issue #6: interior art
:Issue #7: small detail on the editorial
:Issue #8: interior art
:Issue #9: interior art
==General Fan Comments==
==Issue 1==
The Other Side 1 was published in March 1986 and contains 141 pages.
It has art by Gail Neville, Karen Irving, Joanne Keating, Shayne McCormack, and Lana Brown.
From the editorial: 
* Editorial (5)
*Homesick, poem by Bryn Lantry (slash) (6)
* All of Twelve Hours by Bryn Lantry (slash) (7) 
*Queen of Thieves by Spirk and Kock (straight) (20)
* Losing, poetry by Bryn Lantry (slash) (25)
*Pastoral Scene: Landscape with Unicorn by Sue Bursztynski (straight, a New Wales story) (reprinted in The Seven Live On #1) (27)
* Decision by Susan Clarke (straight) (reprinted from Xenon #3) (49)
* Telepath, poetry by Bryn Lantry (slash) (53)
* Intermezzo in B by London Bates (straight) (also in Southern Lights Special #2.5) (54)
*Art Portfolio (men and women nude) (65)
*Creation by Sue Man Chew (straight) (75)
*Pillar Talk by Sue Bursztynski (straight) (based on Spock Enslaved!) (78)
* No-one Knew, poetry by Bryn Lantry (slash) (82)
*Manger du Sucre by Cally from the Alley (straight) (85)
* Dealer's Choice by Maree Celeste (straight) (89)
* Easy Answers, poetry by Bryn Lantry (93)
* Fantasies, poetry by Sue Man Chew (95)
* Nearly Beloved by London Bates (slash) (also in The Unique Touch #1 and Southern Lights Special #2.5) (97)
*Welcome to the Liberator by Jane Kragg (straight) (135)
*Sorry About That, Chief by Sue Bursztynski (reprinted from Rumours) (141)
Image:othersideb71-1.jpg| from issue #1, Lana Brown
Image:othersideb71-2.jpg| from issue #1, Lana Brown
Image:othersideb71-3.jpg| from issue #1, Lana Brown
Image:othersideb71-4.jpg| from issue #1, Gail Neville
Image:othersideb71-5.jpg| from issue #1, Gail Neville
Image:othersideb71-6.jpg| from issue #1, Gail Neville
Image:othersideb71-7.jpg| from issue #1, Lana Brown, this illo gets around: it appears in all issues - fan comments: "...while some of the illos are, um, very much what they are (particular "Avon Enslaved To A Pillar"), I feel constrained to point out that they idealise somewhat upon the supposed subjects of the portraits. Oh, well, I'm sure the fiction does too, and what's this zine for if we're going to stick to realism? from a letter of comment in "The Other Side" #2 
Image:othersideb71-8.jpg| from issue #1, Lana Brown
Image:othersideb71-9.jpg| from issue #1, Lana Brown
Image:othersideb71-10.jpg| from issue #1, Karen Irvine
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1===
 
 
==Issue 2==
The Other Side 2 was published in September 1986 and contains 131 pages. 
The art is by Lana Fahey and Bryn Lantry. 
* Editorial (5)
* Escapism, poem by Bryn Lantry (gen) (6)
* So Easy to Give by Sebastian (slash) (7) 
*The Slave Pits of Ursa Minor by Bryn Lantry (gen) (11) 
* Knight Takes Knight, poem by London Bates (slash) (17)
*You Get What You Pay For by Marie Celeste (gen) (19) 
* Wild Children, poem by Bryn Lantry (slash) (27)
*Pale Lost Lilies by Bryn Lantry (gen) (29) 
*More Than Grateful by Julie Kramer (an earlier version was in Touched) (gen) (33)
* Narcissus, poem by Bryn Lantry (gen) (40)
*Ghosts and Ghouls by Bryn Lantry (gen) (41) 
* One Man to Another, poem by Julie Bozza (slash) (44)
*Mirror Among the Stars by Janet Kragg (gen) (45) 
* Doing Time by London Bates (slash) (61) 
* Locs (127)
* review of Touched (several issues), see that page (129)
* review of Tongue in Cheek, see that page (129)
 
Image:otherside2-1.jpg|from issue #2, Lana Fahey
Image:otherside2-2.jpg|from issue #2, Bryn Lantry
Image:otherside2-3.jpg|from issue #2, Bryn Lantry: A fan wrote: "I don’t like much of the art on the inside, and it was not very good for reading on the train/in a shared room with people who didn’t want to look at naked Travis (I didn’t either, but it was my fault – I’d brought the zine into our lives, so I was willing to accept it)." 
Image:otherside2-4.jpg|from issue #2, Shayne McCormack
Image:otherside2-5.jpg|from issue #2, Monica Mitchell
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2===
==Issue 3==
The Other Side 3 was published in March 1987 and is 169 pages long. 
The art is by Lana Brown and Bryn Lantry. There is an illo by Rosemary Woodhouse that is not credited.
From the zine: "Statement: We wish to make it clear that the characters in this fanzine are totally fictitious and bear no relationship to the actors and actresses who play the roles of these characters in the TV performances."
* Editorial (3)
*Interjunction by Sebastian (slash) (5)
*It Was The Devil by Janet Kragg (straight) (27)
*Sisyphus by Bryn Lantry (straight and slash) (39)
*Taken In by Leah Rosenthal and Ann Wortham (straight) (revised and reprinted in Southern Comfort #11.5 with the author's name: Catocala) (73)
* It's Worth the Effort, poem by London Bates (79)
*The Unbelievers by Bryn Lantry (straight) (81)
*The Promise by Leah Rosenthal and Ann Wortham (straight) (reprinted from Whatever Works) (95)
* You're a Dreamer, Blake, poem by Bryn Lantry (116)
* Cross Dominance by London Bates ("The men Nevon looked like Roj Blake and sounded like Roj Blake, but could he possibly be Blake? And why couldn’t he remember anything of his past life?") (slash) (reprinted from E-Man-Uelle #7 with this title and content, reprinted with less sexual content in Southern Seven #2 with the title "Common Ground") (117)
* Letters of Comment (163)
* Zine Reviews (165)
** Quicksilver Rising #4, see that page
** Adult Situations #1, see that page
* Saturday Night by Sue Bursztynski (reprinted from Interface #8) (167)
 
Image:otherside3-1.jpg|from issue #3, Lana Brown
Image:otherside3-2.jpg|from issue #3, Bryn Lantry
Image:otherside3-3.jpg|from issue #3, Bryn Lantry, portrays Cally and Jenna 
Image:otherside3-4.jpg|from issue #3, Bryn Lantry, portrays Gan and ? 
Image:otherside3-5.jpg|from issue #3, Bryn Lantry
Image:otherside3-6.jpg|from issue #3, Rosemary Woodhouse
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3===
==Issue 4==
The Other Side 4 was published in 1987 and contains 144 pages.
The art is by Lana Brown, Marianne Plumridge, Bryn Lantry, Denise Loague, Rosemary Woodhouse, and Linda Cox Chan.
* Editorial by Joanne Keating (3)
* Editorial: The Other Side by Susan Clarke (4)
* In Lieu of Regrets by Ellis Ward (A/V) (reprinted in Southern Comfort #8.5) (5)
* How May I Let you (for Avon), poem by London Bates (/) (12)
* By Default by Julie Bozza (A/V) (13)
* No Need for Words, poem by Heather Saavedra (A/C) (17) 
* Song, poem by Bryn Lantry (C/J) (18) 
* A Touch of Love by Geoff Tilley (orgy) (19)
* By the Last Sun, poem by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (25) 
* The Naked Truth by Greg Dales (C/D, Se/V, A/B, T/ocf) (27)
* Remembrance of Things Pase, poem by Teleported (36)
* Kiss of Death by Gail Neville (So/ocm) (37)
* Theatre, poem by Bryn Lantry (Anna) (44)
* Portobello Blues by Julie Bozza (A/V, V/oc) (45)
* Confessions from Terminal, poem by Heather Saavedra (A/C) (57)
* Interlude in a Flat by Linda Cox Chan (59)
* A Form of Comfort by Ellis Ward (A/B) (also in Southern Lights Special #4.5) (61) 
* The Haunting by Bryn Lantry (B/ocm) (65)
* Marcus-Sampson & the Orabanda Dragon by Greg Dales (Se/ocm) (89)
* An Island in the Sun by Quale (V/ocf, A/V) (107)
* Trouble With by Diaphanous Dolly (A/B) (131)
* Letters of Comment (133)
* Advertisements (136)
 
Image:otherside4-1.jpg|from issue #4, Marianne Plumridge
Image:otherside4-2.jpg|from issue #4, Marianne Plumridge
Image:otherside4-3.jpg|from issue #4, Bryn Lantry
Image:otherside4-4.jpg|from issue #4, Denise Loague
Image:otherside4-5.jpg|from issue #4, Rosemary Woodhouse
Image:otherside4-6.jpg|from issue #4, Linda Cox Chan
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4===
 
 
==Issue 5==
The Other Side 5 was published in August 1988 and contains 134 pages. 
The art is by Lana Brown (reprint of Avon and the Pillar), Bernice, Bryn Lantry, Marianne Plumridge and Joanne Keating.
* Editorial (5)
* Reasons, fiction by Ellis Ward (A/B) (7)
* Unbecoming Conduct, fiction by The Rat Cellar (Se/ocm) (17)
* Duet, poem by Judith Ellison (A/B) (20)
* Midsummer Night's Fantasies, fiction, not credited (A/C, V/ocf, B/J) (21)
* Xenophiles, part one, The Gypsy, fiction by Bryn Lantry (J) (35)
* The Drowned, Sea-Tossed, poem by Bryn Lantry (J/C?) (65)
* The Lady in Red, fiction by Falcon D'Arenburg (A/Se) (67)
* Roj's Rebels, fiction by Adrian Butcher (69)
* Reply... Reply..., poem by Judith Ellison (?/?) (75) 
* If Wishes Were..., fiction by Margaret Pitcher (A/D) (Inspired by the cover of "The Other Side" #2) (77)
* And Thinking of Blake, poem by Judith Ellison (81) 
* On Sauterne, fiction by Severely Weird (83) 
* Mirror Image, fiction by Venessa Kelly & Sue Clarke (A/Se) (90)
* First Person, fiction by London Bates (A/ocm, A/V) (also in Southern Lights Special #3.5 as "First Person Singular") (99)
* Memories, poem by Judith Ellison (B/J?) (112) 
* From the Archives of the Rat Cellar, "Ill-Met by Moonlight, fiction by The Rat Cellar (gen) (113)
* Letters of Comment (118)
* Advertisements (122)
* At Each Other's Throats Again, fiction by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (reprinted from "touched" #6) (127)
* Whispers, poem by Sheila Tracy (A/C; parody of A. A. Milne) (132)
Image:otherside5-1.jpg| from issue #5, Bernice ("Avon in the Glade")
Image:otherside5-2.jpg| from issue #5 
Image:otherside5-3.jpg| from issue #5, Marianne Plumridge
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5===
==Issue 6==
 
The Other Side 6 was published in 1989 and contains 128 pages.
The art is by Lana Brown, Linda Cox Chan, Denise Loague, and Andrew Williams.
One of the interior illos (Avon and Pillar) got around: it was the front cover of issue #2, the back cover of issue #4, and interior art for issue #1, #5, #6 AND #8.
The editorial is about The Blake's 7 War: 
* Editorial (3)
* Lost Dreams by Linda Cox Chan (slash) (7)
* You're a Dreamer, Blake, poem by Bryn Lantry (13)
*Avon's Law by London Bates (slash) (reprinted from Southern Lights #3.5) (15) 
* Regrets, poem by Janet McNeil (24)
*For the Birds by Leah Rosenthal & Annie Wortham (originally published in 1986 in the gen zine Melange #8) (25)
* G.P., poem by Judith Ellison (42)
*Dreams Realised by Kris and Ty Downs (slash) (43)
*Shadows in the Rain by Quale (also in Adult Situations #3) (49)
*To Dream No More by Margaret Pitcher (107)
* Letting Go, poem by Judith Ellison (112) 
*Not in Death by London Bates (slash) (also in Southern Lights Special #3.75 as "Not in Death nor Sleep Repose") (113)
* Held, poem by Judith Ellison (122)
* Thin Walls, poem by Bryn Lantry (123)
* The Trendy Rebel, (or Secrets Of Scorpio's Laundry) (or Avon Reveals All) poem by Andrew Williams (124)
* Letters of Comment (126)
Image:otherside6-1.jpg| from issue #6, Linda Cox Chan
Image:otherside6-2.jpg| from issue #6, Linda Cox Chan
Image:otherside6-3.jpg| from issue #6, Denise Loague
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6===
==Issue 7==
The Other Side 7 was published in November 1989 and contains 90 pages. 
This issue contains a single novella by Moira Dalhberg called Old Friends and is illustrated by Yvonne Hintz.
 
 
Image:otherside7-1.jpg|from issue #7 
Image:otherside7-2.jpg|from issue #7 
Image:otherside7-3.jpg|from issue #7 
Image:otherside7-4.jpg|from issue #7 
==Issue 8==
The Other Side 8 was published in May 1992 and contains 100 pages. 
The art is by minds-i-view, Lana Brown, Theresa Buffaloe, and Adrian Morgan.
There is an announcement that Linda Cox Chan passed away on Boxing Day 1991.
 
* From the Archives of the Rat Cellar, "Sauce for the Goose" (A/Se) (5)
* Reaching and Searching, poem by Judith Ellison (?/?) (6)
* Victory, fiction by Bryn Lantry (A/B) ("Imprisoned, Blake must finally make the choice between the cause and Avon.") (7)
* Defences, fiction by Sean Charles (A/B, B/J) ("Pride -- even more than Jenna -- keeps Avon from what he desires most -- Blake.") (also in Avon's Gadget Works and Double Vision) (15)
* Reflections, poem by Judith Ellison (?/?) (45)
* Blake's Sin, fiction by Natasha Barry (A/C, A/B) (also in Resistance #7) (47)
* Talking to Himself, poem by Judith Ellison (A) (51)
* Wanton Impulses, poem by Judith Ellison (A/B) (52)
* Tangents, fiction by Bryn Lantry (C/J) (55)
* Enough for Now, poem by Judith Ellison (A/B) (59)
* Taste of Tears, poem by Judith Ellison (A/B?) (59)
* A Fate Worse Than Death, fiction by Margaret Pitcher (A/Ta) (61)
* Guidelines, poem by Judith Ellison (64)
* Return to the Scene of the Crime, fiction by Kris & Ty Downs (A/V; sequel to "Dreams Realised") (65)
* Alone and Silent, fiction minds-i-view (A/Se) (73)
* In the Flesh, fiction by Gail Neville (Flesh Gordon crossover, with largely offscreen A/C, B/J/V) (75)
* Love in a Vacuum, poem by Peighi (82)
* Preoccupied Thoughts, fiction by Peighi (B/J, A/B) (83)
* Reprisal, fiction by Maree Celeste (B/Tr) (92)
* Letters and Advertisements (97)
Image:otherside8-1.jpg| from issue #8, Adrian Morgan 
Image:otherside8-2.jpg| from issue #8, Theresa Buffaloe
Image:otherside8-3.jpg| from issue #8, minds-i-view
Image:otherside8-4.jpg| from issue #8, minds-i-view
Image:otherside8-5.jpg| from issue #8, Adrian Morgan
Image:otherside8-6.jpg| from issue #8, Theresa Buffaloe
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 8===
==Issue 9==
The Other Side 9 was published in February 1993 and contains 118 pages. 
This issue contains 2 large stories by Fran Ward & Susan R. Matthews. The cover is by minds-i-view. The sparse interior art is by Lana Brown and minds-i-view.
 
From the editorial: 
* Editorial (2) 
* Over the Styx, part one, fiction by Bryn Lantry (A/B) (there isn't a part two) (3)
* Pity, poem by Bryn Lantry (15)
* Appeasing Animation, poem by Judith Ellison (17)
* A Short Tale, poem by Judith Ellison (17)
* Don't Send Me Back, fiction by Fran Ward (A/C, "After Ultraworld, Avon & Cally must deal with being in each other's bodies... & minds.") (19)
* Letter Column (44)
* Love and Necessary Discipline, fiction by Susan R. Matthews (Gen, A-T, "No sex, but something adult & uncomfortable, delving into the working of the mind, the stresses, its collapse & rehabilitation.") (reprinted from Southern Seven #1) (45)
* Advertisements (114)
Image:otherside9-1.jpg| from issue #9, minds-i-view
 
===Reactions and Reviews: Issue 9===
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Het Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Slash Zines
Category:1986 Zines
Category:1980s Zines
Category:1990s Zines
Category:Blake's 7 Wars