Soul Surrender
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| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Soul Surrender |
| Publisher: | Kathy Resch |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | Amanda Warrington |
| Cover Artist(s): | Caren Parnes |
| Illustrator(s): | DJW |
| Date(s): | September 1997 |
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| Genre: | |
| Fandom: | Professionals |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | online here |
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Soul Surrender is a 94-page slash novel by Amanda Warrington. It has a front cover color drawing by Caren Parnes and b/w title page and 15 half-page illos by DJW.
Artwork has been uploaded to Fanlore with the publisher's permission.
Summaries
In the heartbreaking episode "Discovered in a Graveyard," Ray is grievously wounded and lying near death in hospital. Bodie finds the person who shot him, and you next see Ray getting out of the hospital, then up and about town picking up his dry cleaning and such. But what happened behind the scenes? Who was there to force Ray to sleep when he needed it, take his medication? To basically do everything the doctor told him to? His partner. How did 24-hour-a-day contact effect these two?" [1]
Post "Discovered in a Graveyard." Bodie and Doyle are assigned surveillance on a Member of Parliament who is having an affair with another man, which forces them into examining their feelings for each other. But complications in their case and their lives set the stage for misunderstanding and reconciliation. [2]
Author's Foreword
This is my first Pros story. Thanks should go to Linda for getting me into the fandom, to Sheila for being willing to read the story through for me, and a special and hearty thank you to Catherine and Caren for making some excellent suggestions to make the story-line stronger and for taking the time and having the enthusiasm to help me with the line-edit.More thanks go to Caren for offering to draw the wonderful front cover and to Kathy for deciding to publish this story as a novel in its own right.
Whilst the language used in this story is sometimes less than P. C. some of the slang was typical of the 70s and early 80s - and some is still very much in use. For example, 'queer' to mean a homosexual used to be very common (much less so now), as the term gay had not entered mainstream language. I did toy with the idea of including a glossary of terms, since some may be rather obscure to American readers (like the use of 'blues and twos' for the Police, derived from the colour of the flashing light and the two tone sound of the sirens used at that time), but in the event, I didn't get around to it. I hope that the context will provide enough clues for the meaning to be clear.
Interior Samples
Reactions and Reviews
I bought this zine because of its beautiful cover... (I am shallow: gorgeous portraits always do the trick.... LOL) but imagine my surprise when I found a captivating slash-story in which Bodie's a virgin and some hot sex ensues while there's case-stories and colorful London background highlighting the guys' dealings with each other. Unfortunately the interior art - screen caps and fotos - is a lot less clear in comparison to the lovely cover. [3]
"Soul Surrender" by Amanda Warrington is advertised as being about Doyle's recovery, but it's not. He's already returned to active service by the time the story starts [4]
Ah... this is a looooong, and wonderful story, set after Discovered in a Graveyard. Bodie and Doyle are assigned surveillance on a Member of Parliament who is having an affair with another man. This causes them to rethink their relationship. But nothing is never so easy to them, isn't it? So, complications arise, misunderstandings happens. [5]
References
- ^ Agent With Style, accessed 12.9.2010
- ^ summary from a flyer by Kathy Resch
- ^ Fanzine Reviews, accessed 12.9.2010
- ^ The Devil's Workshop posted Sept 29, 2007; Archive.is link.
- ^ comment at Crack Van (April 27, 2011)