Hermit.org: The Blake's 7 Library

The Hermit Library is a Blake's 7 fanfiction archive hosted at the Hermit.org: Proctor's Blake's 7 Pages site.
It is officially entitled The Blake's 7 Library but rarely referred to by this name.
Founded and run by printzine publisher and author Judith Proctor in 2000, it was among the earliest multi-author archives in the fandom, and was for some years the largest online B7 archive.See for example After the demise of the Hip Deep in Heroes auto-archive in 2013, it is probably again the largest fandom-specific collection. 
The Library includes many stories and novels which first appeared in printzines, particularly those published or agented by Judith. As some of the authors have long since left B7 fandom (or in some cases died), there is only partial overlap with Archive of Our Own. There is also a little fan art from illustrations in stories republished from printzines.
It archives gen, het, slash and femslash. The archive has a custom form interface which is unusual in requiring the reader to set minimum and maximum levels for sex of the m/f, m/m and f/f varieties, with six levels from "None" to "Rape/Bondage". Stories are not otherwise rated. As well as the usual selection of works by season, genre and major character, the Library form allows the reader to select for only showing stories with happy endings. Pairings were not tagged, nor were minor characters. All tagging was done by the archivist. Readers could rate stories for quality on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. 
==Site Migration==
The library had not been updated for some time in 2008 when Hip Deep in Heroes was launched.Nicola Mody. Announcing a new Blake's 7 fan fiction archive (16 July 2008) (accessed 15 October 2011) 
Judith Proctor announced on 31 May 2015 that the entire Blake's 7 site on Hermit.org would be closing "soon". The archive would close, and the content would be imported by the Open Doors Project to a collection in Archive of Our Own, except where author permission is denied.watervole: Blakes 7 fic on Hermit moving to AO3 (accessed 11 June 2015) 
The OTW announcement was posted 3 July 2015The Hermit Library is Coming to the AO3 (accessed 3 July 2015), and the import to the Archive of Our Own was completed in October 2015.Open Doors celebrates the completion of five archive imports in 2015! (accessed 2 May 2016)
See A Migration Announcement: Getting the Word Out.
==Stats==
The Library contained just over 600 stories in October 2011. 
The most popular character is Avon, followed by Blake and Vila. The character stats are:
*Kerr Avon 452
*Roj Blake 307
*Vila Restal 217
*Cally 120
*Jenna Stannis 102
*Del Tarrant 64
*Orac 62
*Dayna Mellanby 58
*Olag Gan 56
*Servalan 50
*Soolin 33
*Zen 31
*Travis 30
*Slave 3
Season 2 is the most common setting, followed by Post-Gauda Prime. Pre-Way Back stories are the least popular. The season stats are:
*Pre-Way Back 34
*S1 130
*S2 170
*S3 134
*S4 104
*PGP 142
As of September 2015, the most popular stories by hit count (which might bias towards multi-chapter works) were:
*Dupe by Marian Mendez	16,105 hits
*The Quibell Abduction by Lillian Sheperd	12,351
*Jabberwocky - part 1 - Link-up by Sheila Paulson	11,682
*Morgan by Judith Proctor	11,571
*The Last Best Hope by Melody C.	11,772
*The Machiavelli Factor by Lillian Sheperd	10,747
*Jabberwocky Part 15 - Avatar by Sheila Paulson	10,279
*Jabberwocky - part 14 - Malodaar by Sheila Paulson	9704
*Jabberwocky part 16 - Mutoids by Sheila Paulson	9519
*Jabberwocky - part 2 - Mind-Rape by Sheila Paulson	9197
*Shadow - Novelisation by Murray Smith	8989
*The Haunting of Haderon by Lillian Sheperd	8902
*Jabberwocky - part 10 - Program by Sheila Paulson	8662
*Jabberwocky - Part 7 - Clone by Sheila Paulson	8488
*After the Fall	by Harriet Bazley	8424
*Love and Honour by Andrew Kearley	8413
*Bounty - Novelisation by Murray Smith	8406
*Jabberwocky - part 3 - Healer by Sheila Paulson	8360
*Jabberwocky - part 12 - Lifeblood by Sheila Paulson	8318
*"Blake" novelization by Ewen Campion-Clarke	8295
*Jabberwocky - part 13 - Revenant by Sheila Paulson	8271
*Kriegspielen by Neil Faulkner	8073
*The Long Way Back by Melody C.	8040
As of September 2015, the most highly rated stories were:
*Touching Life by Vanessa Mullen 5 (16 votes) 
*Fellow Feeling by Sally M 5 (12)
*Needs by Nell Howell 5 (5)
*The Way to Go Home by Sheila Paulson 5 (4)
*Prelude by David Tulley 5 (4) 
*Jaberwocky Part 15 - Avatar by Sheila Paulson 5 (4)
*A Scale of Violence by Judith Proctor 5 (3)
==Authors==
Authors range from old school to the new wave of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many of them do not archive elsewhere on the web. 
Abigail Marland | Alan Stevens | Ali | Alice C. Aldridge | Alicia Ann Fox | Alison Page | Andrew Kearley 
Belatrix Carter | Betty Ragan | Brisen 
Calle Dybedahl | Cami | Cami O'Tool | Catherine Salmon | Catherine | Charlotte Kelly | Cipher Muse 
Dan | David Dixon | David Tulley | Deirdre Hughes | Dormouse 
Ellynne G | Emma Peel | Ewen Campion-Clarke | Executrix 
Firerose | Frances Teagle | Frankie Lyndon 
Gemini 
Hades | Hafren | Harriet Bazley | Helen Parkinson | Helen Patrick | Hera 
Ika | I'm NearMadZen | Irish 
J. Kel | Jackie Speel | Jean Graham | Jenny Hayward | Joanna Thomas | Joolz | Joyce Bowen | Judith Proctor | Julia Stamford 
Kaelar | Kai Aurelius | Kathryn Andersen | Kathy Hintze 
L.E. O'Brien | Leah Rosenthal | Legion | Leia Fee | Lilith | Lillian Sheperd | Linda Death | Linda Terrell | Louise Rutter | Louise Watson-Carver 
M. Fae Glasgow/Cally Donia/Edi N. Burgh/Gael X. Ile/Emma Scot | Marian de Haan | Marian Mendez | Martin Odoni | Maryclare Mabon | Melody C. | Michael Driver | Michael Miles | Michelle Birkby | Mireille | Mjo | Murray Smith 
Neil Faulkner | Nell Howell | Nicola Mody | Nova 
Patti McClellan | Paula Robinson | Paula | Philippa Watts | Predatrix
Quarryquest 
Rebecca Ann Brothers | Red Leopard | Riley Cannon | Romana | Ros Williams | Rowena Tucker | Rushton | Russ Massey
S. Lewis | S.L. Koss | Sally Manton | Salome | Sandy Claws | Sara Maggs/Sarah Maggs | Sashet | Sebastian | Sheila Paulson | Snowgrouse | Steve Lake | Steve Rogerson | Susan Cutter | Susan | Susannah Shepherd 
Tasha | Tom Beck | Troy Latto
Vanessa Mullen | Victoria Martin | Viv Martella's Ghost 
Willa Shakespeare | William Charlier 
Zelda | Zenia
==A Migration Announcement: Getting the Word Out==
This is a 2015 announcement regarding the upcoming migration and was made by aralias, the fan who volunteered to head the project:
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Websites
Category:2000 Archives
Category:2000s Archives
Category:2010s Archives