Reviewed Jan 2008

Not sure what it is that I just read. I think the story continues where the TV series left off. It looks like he is brought back to the village ( a different place than the TV version) to learn to be Number Two. We don’t realize this until the end but the present Number Two escapes the village with the help of Number Six. We meet Number One who is an old woman called Grandma Bug who turns out to be a robot with a button-hook that explodes (or something like that) her robot hand falls off and she is attended to by Number 14 who is a doctor and ally (?) of Number Six. Just like the TV series everything is so confusing. the writer is not clear whom is speaking during conversations. And even though he describes everything I still do not know what was happening in many scenes. (my fault or his fault?) I have no idea how this author managed to use “The Prisoner” likeness and story in his book. Guess it is fan fiction. I purchased another “Prisoner” paperback at the same time as this one - maybe it will become clearer, or maybe the kids will explain to me what happened.

5-2008 ( )

http://nhw.livejournal.com/680537.htm...

I understand that hardcore Prisoner fans do not regard this novel as canonical, but I think it's pretty true to the spirit of the TV series, and most plot discrepancies can be explained as artificially induced hallucinations. My favourite moment is when Number 6 is about to escape in a hastily constructed metal cage (to protect him from the attentions of Rover and his cousins) but is frustrated by landscape at a crucial juncture. ( )