From the vaults

[altariel]

Right. The bulk of what's lurking under the stairs is a vast pile of video cassettes, mostly stuff taped off air in the late 80s, early 90s. What the hell shall I do with them? I feel like I shouldn't be shoving video cassettes into the bin for landfill. (I'm umming and ahing over whether to keep the off-air copies of Blake's 7 from 1980 and 1981, which must be unplayable by now.) Any ideas? There's over 100.

I also have a large number of back issues of Starburst, going back to issue #1, and up to something like #180, if my memory serves me correctly. (I haven't pulled them out yet to check, will update when I have.) Back issues of Starburst are going for peanuts on eBay and frankly I can't be bothered with all the fuss. Any thoughts? Do you think a library would be interested? They're a bit musty.

I also have a box file of Horizon newsletters, again slightly musty (issues 18-30 from 1987-92, and also issues 38 and 39). Anyone want them? They're going in the bin otherwise. (Horizon is the Blake's 7 Appreciation Society: these are A4-sized magazines with a glossy cover.)

Comments

[manna]

Someone has very recently set up a community called fancycle, which might be worth a try for some of the stuff. They have rules against bootleg copies, but probably old tapes of series which aren't easily available on DVD would be okay. You could always check with the mods first.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Brilliant idea - thanks for the link. Most of these tapes are off-air copies of things like Red Dwarf and Babylon 5, so I suspect that would be pushing it. However, I do have three Doctor Who NTSC cassettes which someone might find a home for. Thank you!