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Title: The Last, Best Hope & The Long Way Back
Fandom: Blake's 7
Pairing: Blake/Avon
Categories: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Post-Canon, AU, Romance
Length: Super Epic (TLBH: 53,406 & TLWB: 74,754)
Warnings: Torture (sort of), Scientific Experimentation on children

Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] melodyclark*
Author Website: melodyclark.net
*She has left fandom. Her LJ is a personal journal with little to no fannish activity on it.

Summary:
It takes place years after Gauda Prime when Blake is president of the Refederation and Avon is his chief advisor. The close friendship between Blake and Avon is central to a story of political skullduggery that has its roots way back in the past, in Avon and Blake's childhood."

Review:
Blake's 7 was a British Sci-Fi show created by Terry Nation (creator of the Daleks). It originally aired in Britain between 1978 and 1981. If you want to know more about the show I did a Fandom PIMP post for it @ [livejournal.com profile] smallfandomfest

This fic is a good one for people that haven't ever seen the show. It's AU, so it can be read as an original Science Fiction story without needing the back-story of the show.

What I like most about this story is that it's a completely original story idea, I've never read one like it. So many fics use the same basic premise over and over, and while we love them, every once in awhile it's nice to read something completely different.

There is an awesome review of The Last, Best Hope here, that does more justice to the story than I could ever hope to.

 The Last, Best Hope & The Long Way Back

Comments

[identity profile] pushkin666.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2012 07:55 am (UTC)
Oh thank you so much for recc'ing this. Blakes 7 was one of my earliest fandoms but this is one I haven't come across. Goes to read.
arenee1999: (Avon/Vila)
[personal profile] arenee1999 wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2012 09:20 pm (UTC)
I'll probably slip a few B7 recs in here and there. While there is quite a bit of fic for it considering it's such a small fandom, there isn't much long!fic for it.
[identity profile] bardiegrub.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2012 11:03 am (UTC)
Wow, that's a real blast from the past. I think I own these stories in zine form!
arenee1999: (Vila)
[personal profile] arenee1999 wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2012 09:11 pm (UTC)
This version of 'The Long Way Back' has been edited and changed quite a bit from the printed 'zine version.
[identity profile] salmastryon.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2012 08:50 pm (UTC)
oh I have to read this. I hated the end of Blake 7 when I saw it as a kid. I didnt' even think there was fanfiction for it I should of though.
arenee1999: (Avon Geek)
[personal profile] arenee1999 wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2012 09:06 pm (UTC)
There's actually quite a lot of fanfic for B7, there's even a handful of comms here on LJ for it. :)
[identity profile] darchildre.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 20th, 2012 10:44 pm (UTC)
Oh, I have been craving B7 fic - this looks awesome!

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