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Avon: A Terrible Aspect
''Avon: A Terrible Aspect'' is a science fiction novel by Paul Darrow set in the fictional ''Blake's 7'' universe. It was Darrow's debut novel, first published hardcover in 1989, with copyright shared between Darrow and Terry Nation, the original creator of the ''Blake's 7'' universe. The novel can be regarded as a prequel to the ''Blake's 7'' storyline, recounting the life story of Kerr Avon from shortly before his conception to moments before his first meeting with Roj Blake and his co-conspirators. Although the novel is not usually regarded as canonical, Nation apparently liked the way it explained "why Avon was the way he was."〔Cover blurb, ''Avon: A Terrible Aspect'', by Paul Darrow, ISBN 0-8065-1112-5, Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press.〕
==Avon's first name==
In the ''Blake's 7'' series, Avon's first name is usually given as ''Kerr'', with a double ''r''. However, in the novel it is consistently spelled ''Ker'' with a single ''r''. This is explained as a short form of his full name ''Kerguelen'', said to mean ''desolation''. The latter is either a misunderstanding or poetic license on Darrow's part, probably based on the Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, which are sometimes known as "Desolation Islands." The name Kerguelen is, however, not a direct translation of "desolation", but a reference to the discoverer of the archipelago.〔One interesting suggested reason why Darrow may have deliberately chosen to use ''Kerguelen'' is that, like Avon, the name is of Celtic origin, Avon being the Welsh word for ''river''. See Avon.〕 Since the novel consistently uses ''Ker'', this form is preferred for use in this article.
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