>Camille Bacon-Smith's book on fanzines ("Enterprising Women", which >I mentioned earlier) focuses on Star Trek, Blake's 7 (does anyone >know if this series is available on video?), Yes, _Blake's 7_ is available on video. In the U.S., you can order tapes through Video Catalog. I don't have their address. Liam? But I do have the address of the Canadian company that supplies the tapes to them: BFS Video and Audio, 350 Newkirk Rd. North, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 3G7. (416) 884-2323. So far, only the first 12 episodes are available (6 tapes with 2 eps easch). Tapes were supposed to be released every two months but the ones that should have come out this month are still missing. They were most unsympathetic when I began sobbing into the phone... >The Professionals What is this? >All of the shows feature strong male duos, >which makes it possible to fantasize homoeroticism. Bacon-Smith >deals extensively with the issue of why the fans would rather >write about male characters than female ones. Not all fanzines are slash, though. Some are adult but heterosexual and some lack any sexual content at all. More's the pity. 8-) You've read Bacon-Smith's book? I had to special order it because I couldn't find it in a bookstore. >Does anyone out there >know of research done on other fan communities -- from earlier times, >other cultures, other genres? Thanks >Pam Inglesby All the fanzines I've seen listed involve either SF or adventure series. >>Although all the books and articles focus on ST, fanzines exist >>for almost every SF and adventure show: even those long off the air: >>Man From UNCLE, The Prisoner, Battlestar Galactica, Blake's 7 (isn't >>that right, Liam? 8-) > >So I'm told, Sue... so I'm told... 8-) >(Blake's 7 should, of course, be top of the list...) I was saving the best for last... Sue