Pros-y history continued - a new thread!

[byslantedlight]

There is much, much fabulous information and many gorgeous stories here at the original thread but as we're concertina-ing like mad, I thought I'd make a new post, with lots of the information added into the post itself. I'm still adding it - though I'm about to escape for the day and head south to Windsor, to see MS on stage tonight - wheeeee -

Comments

[constant_muse]

I'm so thrilled you're doing this. I've been too busy with RL the past few days, but will be really interested to read all the contributions.

Pros + historical research = love!

Recently I came acros this post from 2008 by metabolick about "Weekend in the Country III":
http://community.livejournal.com/the_safehouse/413581.html
(but maybe you're deliberately not naming the hotel?)
Made me think it would be fun to re-enact it by having a Pros-y get-together at the hotel sometime.

[inamac]

Just had a look at this. The Pros backgrounds quoted were digests of the work lil_shepherd and I did in 1982/3 analysing what is said onscreen about the lads. The 'long version' runs to 10 closely typed pages (with another two on 'why Operation Suzie and Wild Justice do not fit canon').

I'm about to scan and post the whole lot (probably on my IJ - though if there's somewhere that anyone would like me to post this (lj user="the_safehouse">?) do let me know!

Most of the con attendees stayed at the hotel - but we had the use of separate (pre-fab) building which had a TV lounge so we could run episodes on video (and stop them where necessary for 'study' purposes), and have round-table discussions and writing workshops.

[constant_muse]

I was wondering how you managed to watch eps and hold discussions in a hotel, without getting some very odd looks or being extremely cramped in one room. Thanks!

Please do post "the whole lot" - I'd say at The Safehouse (but I'm not a mod). *g*

[byslantedlight]

Ooh, looking forward to your post - and yes, please do post to one of the comms, or both - the_safehouse and ci5hq! (I'm only a mod at the latter, but since they're communities I reckon we can request whatever we'd like to see there as members! *g*)

[inamac]

Will do.

BTW, Changing the Rules/Security Risk wasn't precisely a 'zine' - Lil and I (who wrote those stories) owned a Gestetner printer on which we produced zines (as Green Dragon Press - GDP), mostly Blake's Seven and a critical thing called Critical Mass. Rather than photocopy our stories for the circuit - as most people did - we'd run off about 20 copies for distribution, on the basis that they'd be returned to us when no longer required (Blue Jay Press did the same). These weren't 'zines' as they were intended only for the circuit distribution. Think of them as f-locked posts - I'd hate to think that anyone was ever asked for payment for them.

And now I'm trying to remember the titles we gave to the other 'sets' - one was definitely 'Three and a Half Hatstands' (I had fun drawing the cover onto stencil) and I think another was the 'Latin Hatstands' (Ars Gratia Artis). basically anything under the EPS or Oriole byelines.

[byslantedlight]

I'm being very late catching up with some of your comments/info - sorry! I'm getting it into the Fandom History post though.

I guess my definition of a "zine" might really be based more on your original zines than it is on the glossy, too-expensive versions that people seem to publish nowadays to be honest - I've always thought of them as collections of Prosfic/Pros novels that were copied and circulated for more than one person to read - payment may be made for these, most likely just for the cost of printing them, or they may be freely distributed... But then I guess I'm an old fashioned kind of girl in alot of ways... *g*

[hagsrus]

I'd love to have it for the Proslib CD if you're willing!

Frances
Proslib business: proslib at gmail dot com
http://www.livejournal.com/users/hagsrus/

[inamac]

Am just about to post the first half to the safehouse. I'll send you the rtf files in due course - but it might be better to copy from the LJ post - which won't have the coding.

[londonronnie]

Ooh, please do post to the_safehouse!

It all sounds fascinating, and I know that the members (me included) would love to see it.

[inamac]

On the way. (bear in mind that this is over 20 years old - we were young and dogmatic then...)