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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Free to simply Be ... or not to be?By Tim LukemanWhile there have been many excellent books about "" in the past decades, this particular volume shows that there's still plenty of room for more -- especially if they're as in-depth thought-provoking as this one. As noted by previous reviewers, this book isn't so much about the making of the series as it is about the themes of the series. And to its credit, the book doesn't attempt to impose a definitive answer to any of the questions raised by this TV masterpiece -- rather, it explores the many possibilities of the themes, including paradoxical ones. This makes it a true delight to read, as it'll draw you into those themes encourage you to contribute your own thoughts impressions to the ongoing discussion.Let me add that the book never descends into a morass of academic jargon. The style is clear, informative, and always inviting, assuming intelligent readers who welcome different viewpoints. That the series lends itself to this approach so readily indicates why it remains gripping contemporary after half a century. If anything, its questions about freedom, democracy, identity, personal meaning, the human psyche the human soul, are all the more pressing urgent today. Given the nature of the modern world, how could it be otherwise?So, even if you already have a good- sized Prisoner library, this book still deserves a place of honor on your shelf. It'll certainly send you back to the 17 episodes make you watch them again with renewed fascination vision -- most highly recommended!4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Be Seeing YouBy The Ginger ManMost television series are of limited impact and pass quickly from memory. This makes it even more remarkable that The Prisoner, which made its premier on British television in September 1967 and lasted only 17 episodes, retains a cult following today.Alan Stevens' guide to The Prisoner is the most comprehensive available, published first in 2007 with a new edition in 2013. In both episode analysis and subject essays, Stevens delivers a summary of the many interpretations that have been put forward for this unique television experience. If anything, the author can be too detailed, but he does succeed in providing a wide range of approaches to the show without seeming to favor any single viewpoint regarding questions posed by many of The Prisoner's more curious episodes. As he states in the book's mission statement, Stevens goal is not to make a "definitive pronouncement on The Prisoner, but to enable viewers of the series to find out about and explore the different possibilities open to them." One of the strengths of Stevens text is his consideration of both rejected scripts and sections of the scripts that did not make it to the final edit in order to inform his analyses.In addition to providing background to series' production and an episode analysis, Stevens discusses the following subjects in detail:1. What is the relationship of McGoohan's character () to The Prisoner?2. What is the proper episode order?3. Who is Number One?4. What is the role of gender, sexuality and ethnicity in the series?5. How has The Prisoner impacted popular culture in the near half century since it first aired?Stevens also provides an analysis of Prisoner offshoots such as the Thomas Disch novelization and the DC comics graphic novel. About the only thing missing is a discussion of the strange and largely unsuccessful American Movie Classics Prisoner update starring Ian McKellan.I watched The Prisoner during its first run on US television more than 40 years ago. It remains for me a cultural touchstone, a vivid reminder of the sixties and an outstanding viewing experience. Even the weaker entries from the show bear watching while the concluding two episodes are unlike anything else that can be found on television. The show has the virtue of possessing a clear beginning and end although interpretations of what the latter means vary widely.Fall Out is a must for Prisoner fans. It can also provide an important enhancement if used while viewing the series for the first time. Fortunately, The Prisoner has recently been released on Blue Ray at a reasonable price. Armed with Stevens' book, the viewer will more fully appreciate one of the most powerful television experiences of all time.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I will not be filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered!By Robert TorresWhile the show came out long before I was born, I still manage to discover it largely due to my fascination with classic British programs. Having watched the series, I definitely loved how well crafted it was and how it bucked convention and in many ways laid the groundwork for various other programs to come in its wake that dealt with the abstract, that dealt with questions of privacy, of freedom of identity, of security, etc.Having this book is amazing because it offers great insight and multiple ideas, multiple views on the material through careful analysis and examination but never completely saying this what they are saying is the definitive authority on the material in question, which I think works exceptionally well, even though they do manage to cover quite a lot of bases not just with the broadcast material, but even the history of the show's conception, covering McGoohan's time on 'Danger Man' and how even that show laid out the seeds that would end up blossoming into 'The Prisoner', and also the unmade scripts. Definitely an essential read for any fan of the show. I even bought my friend a copy for Christmas, and he is jus as much a fan of the show as I am.

'The whole Earth ... as the Village.''That is my hope. What's yours?''I'd like to be the first man on the moon.'The impact of The Prisoner upon society was explosive, transforming art, storytelling and popular culture like no other television programme before or since. Patrick McGoohan spearheaded the project in his role as an unnamed man, held against his will in a strange isolated Italianate village, tormented by a succession of individuals, each calling themselves Number 2, whose true motivations and intentions towards him remained a constant mystery.The man, known only as Number 6, attempted escape, was befriended and betrayed, underwent hallucinogenic journeys, and experienced many strange revelations, before the series achieved its cathartic climax.The Prisoner was ahead of its time, and in this book, Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore take on the task of debriefing the programme and attempting to make sense of the many interpretations and readings which have been placed on it. This is not the book with all the answers but it may help you ask the right questions.Introduction by film editor and writer Ian Rakoff.

About the AuthorAlan Stevens has written, edited and developed numerous publications on telefantasy series, including , Blake's 7 and The Prisoner (notably Liberation: the Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Blake's 7 and Fall Out: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to The Prisoner, both for Telos). Since the early 1990s, he has produced a number of documentaries, serials and dramas for radio and independent audio release, including the Blake's 7/Doctor Who spin-off series Kaldor City and the Gothic horror time-travelling adventure Faction Paradox. He is currently based in the South East of England, where he runs his own audio production company, Magic Bullet Productions (kaldorcity.com). Fiona Moore was born and raised in Toronto, but has lived in the UK since 1997. She has a doctorate in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and is currently Senior Lecturer in International Human Resource Management at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has written nonfiction on a wide variety of subjects, from the identities of Taiwanese businesspeople to the culture of drag queens, and is co-author of Liberation: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Blake’s 7 and Fall Out: The Unofficial and Unauthorised guide to The Prisoner. Her fiction and poetry have been published in, among others, Asimov, Interzone and Dark Horizons.

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