Horizon (Blake's 7 fan club)

Horizon is a fan run fan club for the BBC sci-fi television series Blake's 7. 
It was founded by in the UK by Pat Thomas and Diane Gies, after taking over the membership of the ceased club, Seveners, in April 1980.
It is the largest (as of the late 1990s) and longest-running Blake's 7 fan club. intro at the website, late 1990s In 1982, however, it was the second biggest Blake's 7 fan club, with Liberator Popular Front being the largest. according to a blurb in the prozine Terry Nation's Blakes 7: A Marvel Monthly #15 (1982) 
Its newsletter (the Horizon Newsletter) was sent out to around 300 members beginning in the spring of 1980. 
The club also provided A4 size 90+ page, colour cover magazines (The Horizon Interviews) containing interviews, letters of comment, articles, news on the cast etc. 
They also published a letterzine (Horizon Letterzine).
"Horizon" offered vast range of merchandise (including photos, scripts, notepads, mugs, badges, etc.), and hosted regular London and regional meetings and outings. 
In 1998, the club went online. Starting in 2007(?) the club stopped accepting new members. 
Their website went offline in 2008 and then reopened in September 2009.
==History==
A Brief History of the Horizon fan club - by Diane & Jackie (January 16, 2022)
==Flyers==
 
 Image:horizonclubflyer.jpg| 1987 club flyer
Image:horizonclubflyer1989-1.jpg|first page of a 1989 flyer
Image:horizonclubflyer1989-2.jpg|second page of a 1989 flyer
 
==FAQ==
From the club's FAQ:
==Some Activities==
In 1994, Judith Proctor posted a list of some of the activities from her club chapter to Lysator, the Blake's 7 mailing list: 
Another chapter replied: 
==Conventions Sponsored==
* The Teal-Vandor Convention
* Edgecon
==Published: Zines ==
* Alternative Seven
* Blake's 7 Calendar (by Kathy Hanson)
* Blake's 7 Role Playing Game 
* The Epic
* Horizon Newsletter
* The Horizon Interviews
* Horizon Letterzine
* The Horizon B7 Coloring Book
* The Horizon B7 Technical Manual
* Man of Iron (script by Paul Darrow)
* Nova
* Oracle
* Port in a Storm
* Power
* Strangers Among Us
* Tarial Cell
* Ultra
* The Web
==The Club's Role in "The Blake's 7 War"==
The Blake's 7 War began in late 1988, and many club members were active participants.
* See Issue 22: Letters from the "Controversy in Blake's Seven Fandom" Section (June 1989)
* See A Statement Written by Diane Gies on Behalf of the Horizon Committee (June 1989)
* See Horizon's Summary of "The Controversy in Blake's Seven Fandom" (June 1989) 
* See Issue 23: Letters from the "Controversy in Blake's Seven Fandom" Section (December 1989)
==The Periodic Adult Content Debates==
From time to time, club members would seek to change the club's policy on advertising or linking to adult material. 
===The 1999 Flap===
In 1999, club chair, Diane Gies proposed a new policy for their newsletters/letterzines that would ban any zine, convention or other fan event that allowed adult material to be printed, sold, or displayed. The proposal also sought to remove any links on the fan club's web page to sites with adult content (even sites with adult content warnings) or who themselves link to sites with adult content.
This proposed change likely had to do with a lot of history, aka The Blake's 7 Wars, as well as the club's high profile with the powers that be's close association with the club and the desire for "respectability."
See Horizon Fan Club's 1999 Discussion Regarding Adult Fanworks.
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Fan Clubs
Category:1980 Fan Clubs
Category:1980s Fan Clubs
Category:1990s Fan Clubs
Category:2000s Fan Clubs
Category:2010s Fan Clubs
Category:2020s Fan Clubs