Re: ensor, muller, avon

[Paul Edwards]

On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 1:07:51 PM UTC+8, Paul Edwards wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 8:27:10 PM UTC+10, Amr...@iinet.net.au
wrote:
> > Good day everyone,
> >
> > I hope Paul hasn't given up on this newsgroup,
> No, I still come here occasionally. Also here:
>
> http://avonpds.myfreeforum.org
> > On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:15:54 -0700 (PDT), Paul Edwards
> > <kerr...@w3.to> wrote:
> >
> > >I can remember either seeing, or reading,
> > >something along these lines:
> > >
> > >"ensor died, muller was killed by his own
> > >creation, so the only computer genius
> > >remaining is avon".
> > >
> > >Anyone know where that is from?
> > >
> > >Thanks. Paul.
> >
> > But that sounds like a bit from Tony Attwoods Blake's Seven Afterlife.
> That sounds about right.
> > I'd have to dig up my copy to have a look.
> >
> > Amrodel
> Thanks. :-)

I have now moved from Australia to the Philippines
and have bought a second copy of the DVDs (I came
here with just a hard disk and minimal clothes).
I also managed to find "Afterlife" on ebay, so bought
that months ago - maybe a year.

It has now been priority to become reacquainted with
this newsgroup, and I have the book beside me now,
and I'll see if I can find it myself unless someone
else already has the applicable page?

BFN. Paul.

[Paul Edwards]

On 26/12/23 13:37, Paul Edwards wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 1:07:51 PM UTC+8, Paul Edwards wrote:
>> On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 8:27:10 PM UTC+10, Amr...@iinet.net.au
> wrote:

>> > >I can remember either seeing, or reading,
>> > >something along these lines:
>> > >
>> > >"ensor died, muller was killed by his own
>> > >creation, so the only computer genius
>> > >remaining is avon".
>> > >
>> > >Anyone know where that is from?

> It has now been priority to become reacquainted with
> this newsgroup, and I have the book beside me now,
> and I'll see if I can find it myself unless someone
> else already has the applicable page?

Well that was quicker than I expected.

I opened the book and tried googling some text
from the first page I saw, thinking it might
be unique. And it was.

Then I was able to electronically search for
Ensor, and found the quote.

Page 41 of "Terry Nation's Blake's 7 Afterlife"
by Tony Attwood ISBN 0-426-19924-3 which cost
US$3.95 in the 1987 reprint of the 1984 book has:


Before Vila could answer Avon stepped in. ' You can ask a monkey how
to create a clone machine if you like, Servalan, but if you really want
to know about Orac you have got only one person left to ask, because all
the others are dead. In fact you might say there is starting to be a
shortage of computer knowledge in the Federation.'


...


Servalan, meanwhile, seemed mildly amused. 'All dead?' she asked
innocently. 'And who are these "all" that could rival the great Avon in
computer matters? '

' Ensor, whom you arranged to kill, and Muller his student, who was
killed by his own invention. That just leaves me, Servalan, unless you
have someone else up your sleeve. '


Servalan' s mood changed yet again. ' I can think of only one name true,
but she seems to be temporarily unavailable. ...'


(not sure what woman Servalan might be referring
to, or why she would be allegedly temporarily
unavailable)


BTW, it seems I forgot to include a link to
the original thread which I can no longer
reply to thanks to some problem with Google
Groups captcha:

https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.blakes-7/c/_qaoNWU_RhU


BFN. Paul.