I was spoilt for choice, to be honest: I considered both 'The Sound of One Hand Clapping' and 'The Long St. Crispin's Day' as well, as they are both favourites of mine for different reasons. I love the open-ended sadness of the former - the lack of resolution, if you like, and the acknowledgement that fairy tale shouldn't end like this but often do - and the suspense in the latter is terrific - like a gathering storm. I don't know quite how you do it - but I think some of it comes down to the juxtaposition of the formation of UNCLE with the apparent peace and quiet of the clinic. You know something tremendous is about to happen with Waverley et al., and that anticipation carries over into Solo's and Kuryakin's story as well.
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I was spoilt for choice, to be honest: I considered both 'The Sound of One Hand Clapping' and 'The Long St. Crispin's Day' as well, as they are both favourites of mine for different reasons. I love the open-ended sadness of the former - the lack of resolution, if you like, and the acknowledgement that fairy tale shouldn't end like this but often do - and the suspense in the latter is terrific - like a gathering storm. I don't know quite how you do it - but I think some of it comes down to the juxtaposition of the formation of UNCLE with the apparent peace and quiet of the clinic. You know something tremendous is about to happen with Waverley et al., and that anticipation carries over into Solo's and Kuryakin's story as well.