Alternative Seven

Alternative Seven is an adult het Blake's 7 anthology. It is one of the first adult content Blake 7's fanzines.
==This Zine, Slash, and The Fourth Wall==
In 2015, a fan, Lillian Shepherd, speculated on the relative lack of B7 in UK fandom: 
==General Fan Comments==
==Issue 1==
Alternative Seven 1 was published in 1978 and contains 96 pages.
The zine is online here.
The editorial: 
* The Deepest Secret by Lysistrate (B/C, A/Meegat) (1)
* ...from the Bottom Up, by Liberty Belle (V/OC) (13)
* The Initiation, by Anne Lewis (A/C, B/J) (19)
* I Suppose it Was Inevitable, Robert Aries (V/C) (47)
* Late Watch, Anne Lewis (J/Tr) (57)
* How Sweet the Cup by Pat Thomas (A/J) (60)
* Tonight's the Night by Southern Comfort (G/J, G/C) (94)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 1==
==Issue 2==
Alternative Seven 2 was published in 1978 and contains 42 pages. 
 
The zine is online here.
* Surprise, fiction by A.N. Opedhus (J/V) (1)
* What a Way to Go, fiction by Carole Fairman (B/J, with A/C) (7)
* Lya, fiction by Miss Terious and A.N. Other (G/OFC) (10)
* Empathy, fiction by Miss Terious (A/C) (20)
* Song of the Rebel Leader, poem (a la "Hiawatha") by Liberty Belle (31)
* Rhushalla, part 1, fiction by Varian Martin (B/OFC) (32)
* Night Shadow, fiction by Pat Thomas (Se/?) (39)
* Manipulative Dexterity, fiction by Miss Terious (A/OFC) (42)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 2==
==Issue 3==
Alternative Seven 3 was published in 1978 and contains 60 pages.
It contains no interior illustration.
The zine required an age statement to purchase.
The zine is online here.
* Felicita, fiction by Janet Ellicott (gen, A/OMC, rape) (1)
* Time and Place, fiction by (B/C, J/A, B/J, A/C, "from an idea by Pat Thomas")) (10)
* Limericks by Marion Beet (19)
* Programmed Responses, fiction by Catherine Knowles (A/OFC, rape while drugged) (20)
* The Reason Why, fiction by Kathleen Glancy (A/C) (13)
* One Last Time, fiction by Carole Fairman (Tr/Kiera) (34)
* Order of the Court, fiction by Carole Fairman (B/J) (36)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 3==
==Issue 4==
Alternative Seven 4 is undated (but 1978) and contains 55 pages. 
The zine is online here.
* You’d Never Believe It, But… by Ricia Watts A/Horizon fangirls (2)
* Pleasure Palace by Star One (A/C) (3)
* Admission of Love by Rosinante (A/C) (17)
* Skylarna by Ricia Watts (A/OFC) (26)
* A Jenna Story by Carole Fairman (B/J) (35)
* Perfect Pleasure by Southern Comfort (A/Se) (38)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 4==
==Issue 5==
Alternative Seven 5 was published in 1980 and contains 48 pages.
* A Blake's Seven Story by Heather Lulham (A/oc, T/oc)
* Xtar by Rosinante (D/V)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 5==
==Issue 6==
Alternative Seven 6 is undated (1980) and contains 51 pages.
* Legends by Pamela Wright (A/OC)
* You Were Right -- I Did Underestimate You, My Dear by Sharon Eckman (Soolin/Dorian)
* The (K)Nightly Quest by Sally Jones (J/oc, A/oc)
* The Final Conquest by Silver Reed (A/S)
* A Knowing Smile by J.D. Humphries (A/So)
* Just What She Always Wanted by Ricia Hargraves-Wilson (A/S)
* Ceremony's End by Cynthia Helos (D/T)
* Power Struggle Cynthia Helos (Tr/S)
 
* There Avon, poem by U.N. Owen
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 6==
==Issue 7==
Alternative Seven 7 was published in 1980 and contains 81 pages.
* Cally by Ros Williams (A/J, C/Tr, A/C)
* Interlude by Ros Williams (G/Meegat)
* The Visitors by Mary Moulden (A/OC/OC)
* Twelve for Teleport by Ros Williams (A/C, A/S)
* Rubber Duck by Paula Dare (A/C)
==Reactions and Reviews: Issue 7==
==Issue 8==
Alternative Seven 8 was published in 1981 and contains 69 pages.
* Moley Flower by Cavea Lector (A/C)
* Catch 22 – Federation Style by Ros Williams (B/C, V/J, A/C)
* Long Road from Innocence by Mary Moulden (A/Meegat)
* The New Arrival by Ros Williams (A/V, A/B, A/C)
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Het Zines
Category:1970s Zines
Category:1980s Zines
Category:1978 Zines