Other Reading

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I might as well mention that I've been re-reading _The Parameters of Peace_ the Space: Above and Beyond series by Annie Hamilton which appeared in Enarrare issues 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16. I was reminded of it by a discussion about "holiday" fic, and why is it only US holidays that get mentioned; at which I did point out that this series is the only fanfic I know of where ANZAC day gets mentioned (and it always brings a smile to my face, because of the, er, bizzare circumstances in the story when it got mentioned -- "commemorative digging" indeed!). I will never be able to write like Annie Hamilton. She has this ability to bring so many threads together and weave them into a complex plot which takes so much more out of the background than we thought was there, and yet it all makes perfect sense. Though I expect that she would say, in this case, that the brilliance of this is simply due to the brilliance of Morgan and Wong (the creators of SAAB) because of all the connections that were already in the series (such as the identity of the Little Flea) and she simply discovered them, she didn't invent them.

There is a poem at the front of one of the issues, I can't remember if it was 10, 11, or 14. It is in a circle (because it is a logical circle) and it encircles a picture of McQueen, and it relates to the episode "Eyes".

For what would you sacrifice liberty? Honour
For what would you sacrifice honour? To save a life
For what would you sacrifice a life? To save many lives
For what would you sacrifice many lives? Liberty...

The irony is that these words apply equally well to Dianne Hayden, who -- well, if you haven't seen the episode, I'd better not say what happened.

I should go and re-watch some SAAB.