| March,
1998 [Northlight] |
|
Date
|
Title
|
Summary
|
| 1 |
DiF as constant |
Some analysis of why the director tends not to be harassed
in the field. |
| 2 |
Hair-raiser |
Another candidate for the honor. |
| 3 |
Excellent code |
Great examples of speech code. |
| 4 |
Sauce for the goose |
Why Quiller should be held to the same parole and countersign
standards he imposes on others. |
| 5 |
Ladies and gentlemen, Ms. Moira...who? |
If her name changes that fast, she really must be mysterious! |
| 6 |
Croder: Who is this guy? |
What happened to the old Croder? |
| 7 |
Falling out at the Bureau? |
Somewhere along the line, did Ferris and Croder have
a little tiff? |
| 8 |
Back to square one |
Turns out <Northlight>'s "explanation" of why the
DiF is sacrosanct is no explanation at all. |
| 9 |
Fane!! I want to live forever... |
Is Fane the ultimate survival expert? |
| 10 |
The "betrayal" myth |
Why Quiller was not betrayed by Bureau. |
| 11 |
Q and Demichev |
On the confrontation between Quiller and a representative
of the "new KGB." |
| 12 |
Another fascinating Russian |
Volodarskiy takes his place in Hall's gallery of great
Russian characters. |
| 13 |
More politics, less mystery |
The more we learn about international politics, the less
Hall is able to control his plot. |
| 14 |
Slumming? |
Ferris steps over the line in describing other missions. |
| 15 |
Does Ferris live in Tokyo? |
Why does the Old Roach Stomper always seem to be coming
from Japan's biggest city? |
| 16 |
The sub |
How do we explain the two Croders, the "Hopper Croder"
and the "Niven Croder"? |
| 17 |
St. Patrick's Day Toast |
A Quiller-appropriate toast for the holiday. |
| 18 |
Quiller, critic of...fashion accessories? |
How Q manages his world of signs by attending to the
unlikeliest of stimuli. |
| 19 |
Payback? |
Did Quiller finally catch the "model railroader" from
T9D? |
| 20 |
Despair |
Comments on Hall's brilliant discussion of the bleak,
ennervated corruption in the Soviet Union. |
| 21 |
Spookspeak, verbal and nonverbal |
Some classic communication between espions in <Northlight>. |
| 22 |
Emotion and caring |
Why the "emotional" Q is a farce. |
| 23 |
Privacy |
Is the world of Quiller really private? |
| 24 |
Retirement |
What happens to execs when they leave the field? |
| 25 |
Risky business |
By what logic does Q take the truck bomb with him to
the rdv at the trainyard? |
| 26 |
Relational relaxation |
In the latter Q-orpus, Q lightens up in his contacts
with other execs. |
| 27 |
Why Fane is good |
The underrated DiF gets some long overdue "props." |
| 28 |
Bon appetit |
Feeding the cat--best scene in the whole series. |
| 29 |
Sisters, foolin' Q for themselves |
The master deceiver is well gulled by a couple of female
espions. |
| 30 |
Karasov the invisible |
A masterful job of erasing the identity of the <Northlight>
turncoat. |
| 31 |
Decline |
<Northlight> gives us the occasion to track Hall's
account of the decline of the Soviet empire. |
