Love & Light...The Fable
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| Title: | Love and Light |
| Publisher: | Destiny Press |
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| Author(s): | Kathy Cox |
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| Date(s): | May 1990 |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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Love and Light is a 199-page het Beauty and the Beast (TV) story novel by Kathy Cox.
The cover is by Kriss Farver, interior art by Beth Blighton, Pam Tuck, Kriss Farver, Kevin Hopkins, Lyle Tucker, and calligraphy by Kristy Effinger.
The copy editing and editorial assistance was by Cynthia Hatch and Nan Dibble.
This zine is a greatly expanded version of "Love and Light," a story in Destiny #2.
The Vincent, Captor, Ron Perlman Smush
In the story, Catherine is transported to another world where she meets a nameless man whom she names "Captor."
Captor's original form is that of Vincent Wells, but he is under a spell so that he greatly resembles Ron Perlman (though he has actually taken on the form of someone named Ian!). See Fan casting.
From the Editorial
From the editorial:
There are several direct quotes of dialogue from the Pilot episode of "Beauty and the Beast", written by Ron Koslow. All poetry quotes used are acknowledged to their authors within the text of the story. The use of the word "commons," referring to a meal (a marvelous, irresistible phrase!), was borrowed from an LOC to this author, from Barbara Davis. The legend of the Adam's rib, though somewhat modified in my use of it, was inspired by a Tannith Lee short story.
Summaries
Imagine a place of magic, set aside from the world we know, and a time, measured only by the quiet rhythms of spellbound hearts. Imagine a wish, voiced with the sweet melancholy of hope, a wish whose granting is only a possibility and not a promise, for it must be earned to be won. Imagine a man of terrible beauty and enormous courage, offering his life to know love once; a woman, restless and aching for a way to change the easy shallowness of her existence; and an enchantment which might weave their destinies together. Now imagine that it's all quite real...
"Love and Light" is an exotic and unique blending of several aspects of Beauty and the Beast: From both the original fairy tale and the contemporary television series, we incorporate many remembered aspects and characters. From the author's imagination spin whole new characters, as well as the known ones; incidents which echo the series, yet don't follow it; elements which ring familiar from the fairy tale, yet sing a different tune entirely. In fact, it's altogether best to simply expect the unexpected:
"This is a story outside of time, told of a never-place and a not-existence, yet one which has a gentle heart. Join with me now in a strange and wondrous tale of magic and myth. "Of such dreaming things are Love and Light..." [1]
Publisher's Note
This is a novelization of the Destiny II short story of the same title. While it is greatly expanded from that first version, it does not extend the story beyond its original ending. We believe, however, the reader will find that the added material — interwoven with the underlying original — gives a fresh perspective, far deeper and more detailed, and results in a very satisfying blend of the known and the unexpected new...[2]
Sample Interior
Kriss Farver
Beth Blighton
Beth Blighton
Beth Blighton
Beth Blighton
Lyle Tucker
Pam Tuck
Kriss Farver
Pam Tuck
Kevin Hopkins?
Kevin Hopkins?
Kriss Farver (also on the back cover of Once Upon a Time... Is Now #18)
Pam Tuck
Kriss Farver
Reactions and Reviews
An alternative, fairy-tale version of how Vincent (sort of: he's been changed, by magic, to look like a certain actor with curly hair and blue eyes...) and Catherine met: under a spell, in an enchanted cavern neither can leave until “Captor” (Vincent) wins Catherine's love. Charming, romantic, absorbing. [4]
References
- ^ from a flyer
- ^ from the flyer
- ^ from the Helpers' Network Quality Fanzine Review Online
- ^ from Helpers' Network Quality Fanzine Review -- 1997, Archived version