Sweet Sleep of Night
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| Title: | Sweet Sleep of Night |
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| Author(s): | Pamela Garrett |
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| Illustrator(s): | Sue K and M. Nicosia |
| Date(s): | January 1991 |
| Medium: | print zine |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
| Language: | English |
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Sweet Sleep of Night is a het 450-page Beauty and the Beast novel by Pamela Garrett. The art is by Sue K and M. Nicosia.
Summaries
An alternative to season three. Vincent and Catharine live, their dream reborn, their happy life a joyful reality. [1]
Alternative 3rd season novel with Catherine surviving without Diana's intervention or presence. [2]
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Reactions and Reviews
This zine is not just your typical resolution story. As Pamela Garrett calls it it is truly an alternate to the third season.This zine follows the televised third season storyline fairly closely, but deviates in wonderful ways. It brings the third season back to “classic' B&TB.
The story is 447 pages long (!) and a bargain at the price of $35.00
I loved all those pages, even the painful parts that I disliked so in the televised episodes. Pamela brings all our beloved characters to life, and from the depths of despair springs eternal hope.
Not only arc the characters and stories of Vincent and Catherine “resolved," but so too are the many other B&TB characters whose behavior seemed so inexplicably at odds with the first and second season development.
I really loved this story, and more than anything else I've read thus far, it has helped refocus and confirm my vision of B&TB. I don't rewatch any of the third season episodes, yet within a week I read and reread this zine.
Pamela's characterizations are dead on and the range of emotions will tear at your heart The artwork, by Sue Krinard and Mary Ellen Nicosia, is fantastic. The cover picture will take your breath away.
Treat yourself to this zine, you won’t be sorry. Other zines by P. Garrett are One Day, A Rapture and Within the Silver Mirror — both excellent. [4]
At last I can put Third Season to rest because someone has finally made sense of it for me. I have just finished reading the closing page of Sweet Sleep of Night by Pamela Garrett It's a beautiful, plausible retelling of Season Three starting with Vincent's terrible illness and ending with Vincent Catherine and their child, together Below.
In between, most of the elements that were originally presented to us are addressed Catherine s rescue of Vincent in the cave, Joe's injuries resulting from the bombing of Pat Hanlon's car, the book, Catherine’s pregnancy, her abduction by Gabriel, her apparent death, Vincent's grief over the loss of Catherine, the search for and rescue of their son, Elliot's betrayal of Vincent, and the death of Gabriel, but this is just the beginning. Pamela takes it from there and. with her own unique solutions, weaves a very satisfying tale of rescue, redemption, and the restoration of hopes, dreams and possibilities. She manages this without sacrificing so many of the familiar characters from (Seasons One and Two. (She does it without insinuating another woman into Vincent's life.
Many of the loose ends are neatly tied together. The book is recovered, its code broken and the information used to begin the downfall of Gabriel’s empire. Gabriel’s past and his sinister tie to Snow is revealed Elliot bunch’s place in the lives of both Catherine and Vincent is touchingly resolved.
Pamela’s treatment of Vincent’s grief as he tries to cope with life while he believes Catherine to be dead is powerful and moving. She presents it as I always thought it should have been, considering the strength of the connection between them. It's made perfectly clear that Catherine is the one and only woman Vincent could ever love. Without her, he has no will to go on.
He does go on with Catherine and their son. I will say no more because Pamela says it all so eloquently, besides, I don't want to spoil anything for those who will read the story. Just be warned. If you plan to read Sweet Sleep of Night, be prepared to spend the better part of a couple of days doing so. You will find it difficult to put down.
It's a long story... 447 pages, beautifully told and meticulously presented You will probably be tempted to remove some of the incredible artwork by Sue Krinard and Mary Ellen Nicosia for framing.
What more can I say? Read and enjoy![5]
References
- ^ from a flyer
- ^ from the Helpers' Network Quality Fanzine Review Online
- ^ from The Beauty and the Beast Buyer's Guide to Fanzines
- ^ from Tunneltalk v.2 n.1 (March 1991)
- ^ from Tunneltalk v.2 n.1 (March 1991)