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| | |range = Twelve Stories (anthology) | ||
| | |number in range = #12 | ||
| | |series = ''[[Twelve Stories (anthology)|Twelve Stories]]'' | ||
| | |main character = [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] | ||
|main character = [[Paul Magrs ( | |featuring = {{Fonda}} | ||
|featuring = | |||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Jarrow]], [[Tyne and Wear]], [[12 November]] [[1969]] | |setting = {{Il|[[Wales]],|[[Maida Vale]],|[[Jarrow]], [[Tyne and Wear]], [[12 November]] [[1969]]}} | ||
|writer = Paul Magrs | |writer = Paul Magrs | ||
|editor = | |editor = | ||
|illustrator = | |illustrator = | ||
|publication = | |publication = | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Twelve Stories (anthology) | ||
|release date = 1 November 2009 | |release date = 1 November 2009 | ||
|publisher = Salt Publishing | |publisher = Salt Publishing | ||
|format = | |format = Short story | ||
|prev = | |prev = Never the Bride (short story) | ||
|next = | |next = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''In the Sixties''''' was a short story published in the | '''''In the Sixties''''' was a short story published in the ''[[Twelve Stories (anthology)|Twelve Stories]]'' anthology. | ||
The short story had been originally published in the [[charity anthology]] ''Walking in Eternity'', and later in the [[2021 (releases)|2021]] charity anthology ''Bafflement and Devotion: Iris at the Edges''. | |||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
A man is waiting at [[King's Cross station]] for a train to a spiritual camp up in [[Wales]]. | A man is waiting at [[King's Cross station]] for a train to a [[spiritual camp]] up in [[Wales]]. In a [[chalet (In the Sixties)|chalet]], [[Sylvia Plath]] and [[Stevie Smith]] confess that they would want the [[Cyborg-man|Cyborg-men]] to invade [[Britain]]. Later, the man and the other people at the camp are hypnotised by a [[Master|mystic]], who tells them that they have to go back to [[London]] and destroy [[Dr Oho]]. The man finds himself at Dr Oho's party in his [[Dr Oho's home|home]] in [[Maida Vale]], where a [[public call box]] was the centre-piece. | ||
[[Joe Orton]] and [[Jamie | [[Joe Orton]] and [[Jamie (In the Sixties)|Jamie the Highlander]] have [[sex]], and [[Angus Wilson]], [[Iris Murdoch]], and Dr Oho talk about [[book]]s, an "[[Iris Wildthyme|Iris]]" attends the party and is intimate with [[Robin (superhero)|Robin]], and the party wages on. Later on that night, the streets [[flood]]. The next morning, many of the guests go inside Dr Oho's public call box, and they and the box disappear, leaving Maida Vale silent. In the [[North]]-[[East]] of [[England]], in a hospital in [[Jarrow]], newborn [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] sleeps happily in a [[cot]], rolling his eyes at his amusing dream. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* [[Paul Magrs ( | * [[Paul Magrs (in-universe)|Paul Magrs]] | ||
* [[Dr Oho]] | * [[Dr Oho]] | ||
* [[Iris Murdoch]] | * [[Iris Murdoch]] | ||
== | * [[Iris Wildthyme#Jane Fonda Iris|Iris]] | ||
* The [[Baby|newborn]] Paul Magrs dreams of a [[Master]], [[Sylvia Plath]], [[Stevie Smith]], the [[Cyborg-man|Cyborg-men]], [[Peter Jones]], and peculiar [[ | * [[Dusty Springfield]] | ||
* [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Mida Slike]], [[Shirley Bassey]], [[Tom Jones]], a [[K9|stern robot dog]], [[Reggie Kray]], [[Cilla Black]], [[Lulu]], [[Angus Wilson]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Iris Murdoch]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[John Lennon|John]] and [[Yoko Ono|Yoko]], [[Michael Moorcock ( | * [[Mida Slike]] | ||
* Maida Vale, [[Sloane Square]], [[King's Road]], [[ | * [[Shirley Bassey]] | ||
* ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]'' | * [[Tom Jones]] | ||
* ''[[Step Inside Love]]'' is sung by Cilla Black and Lulu, and ''[[The Laughing Gnome (song)|The Laughing Gnome]]'' is sung by David Bowie. Either [[A Day in the Life | * [[K9 (Kept Safe and Sound)|Robot dog]] | ||
* An "[[Iris Wildthyme|Iris]]" is intimate with [[Robin ( | * [[Reggie Kray]] | ||
* Paul Magrs is born a [[hospital]] in [[Jarrow]], [[Tyne and Wear]], on the [[12 November|twelfth of November]], [[1969]]. | * [[Cilla Black (in-universe)|Cilla Black]] | ||
* [[Lulu (in-universe)|Lulu]] | |||
* [[Angus Wilson]] | |||
* [[Judy Garland]] | |||
* [[Marianne Faithfull]] | |||
* [[Brian Jones]] | |||
* [[Dirk Bogarde]] | |||
* [[John Lennon|John]] and [[Yoko Ono|Yoko]] | |||
* [[Michael Moorcock (in-universe)|Michael Moorcock]] | |||
* [[Angela Carter]] | |||
* [[Joe Orton]] | |||
* [[Jackie O]] | |||
* [[Beryl Reid]] | |||
* [[Jamie (In the Sixties)|Jamie]] | |||
* [[John Steed|Steed]] | |||
* [[Emma Peel]] | |||
* [[Cathy Gale|Mrs Gale]] | |||
* [[Jerry Cornelius]] | |||
* [[Susan Sontag]] | |||
* [[David Bowie]] | |||
* [[Anaïs Nin]] | |||
* [[Robin (superhero)|Robin]] | |||
* [[Noël Coward]] | |||
* [[Marlene Dietrich]] | |||
* [[Patrick Proctor]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The [[Baby|newborn]] Paul Magrs dreams of a [[Master]], [[Sylvia Plath]], [[Stevie Smith]], the [[Cyborg-man|Cyborg-men]], [[Peter Jones]], and peculiar [[lizard people|lizard men]]. | |||
* [[Dusty Springfield]], [[Mida Slike]], [[Shirley Bassey]], [[Tom Jones]], a [[K9 (Kept Safe and Sound)|stern robot dog]], [[Reggie Kray]], [[Cilla Black (in-universe)|Cilla Black]], [[Lulu (in-universe)|Lulu]], [[Angus Wilson]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Iris Murdoch]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[John Lennon|John]] and [[Yoko Ono|Yoko]], [[Michael Moorcock (in-universe)|Michael Moorcock]], [[Angela Carter]], [[Joe Orton]], [[Jackie O]], [[Beryl Reid]], [[Jamie (In the Sixties)|Jamie the Highlander]], [[John Steed|Steed]] and [[Emma Peel]], [[Cathy Gale|Mrs Gale]], [[Jerry Cornelius]], [[Susan Sontag]], [[David Bowie]], [[Anaïs Nin]], [[Robin (superhero)|Robin]], [[Noël Coward]], and [[Patrick Proctor]] all attend Dr Oho's party in Magrs' dream. | |||
* [[Maida Vale]], [[Sloane Square]], [[King's Road]], the [[University of East Anglia]], and [[Atlantis]] are locations. | |||
* ''[[Beyond the Valley of the Dolls]]'' is a film. | |||
* ''[[Step Inside Love]]'' is sung by Cilla Black and Lulu, and ''[[The Laughing Gnome (song)|The Laughing Gnome]]'' is sung by David Bowie. Either ''[[A Day in the Life]]'' or ''[[Help!|Help]]'' played in the morning after the party. | |||
* An "[[Iris Wildthyme|Iris]]" is intimate with [[Robin (superhero)|Robin]]. | |||
* Paul Magrs is born a [[hospital]] in [[Jarrow]], [[Tyne and Wear]], on the [[12 November|twelfth of November]], [[1969]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* ''In the Sixties'' was originally published in the charity anthology ''Walking in Eternity''. When it was reprinted in ''Twelve Stories'', copyright-violating names were changed. The original version is outside the scope of this wiki. | * ''In the Sixties'' was originally published in the charity anthology ''Walking in Eternity''. When it was reprinted in ''Twelve Stories'', copyright-violating names were changed. The original version is outside the scope of this wiki. | ||
* In this story, the protagonist is actually left unnamed. Paul Magrs is definitely the most ''likely'' candidate, but there is still a possibility that the protagonist could be [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David]] (who is actually a stand-in for Paul Magrs in some stories). | |||
* Although it wasn't stated within the narrative, it's highly likely that Magrs' dream was influenced by the [[Doctor Who (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' TV series]] and [[1960s]] popular culture. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Paul Magrs first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]''. | ||
* Mida Slike first appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Mad Dogs and Englishmen (novel)|Mad Dogs and Englishmen]]''. | |||
* Iris Wildthyme once regenerated into incarnations resembling Shirley Bassey and Beryl Reid. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bafflement and Devotion (short story)|Bafflement and Devotion]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/sixties.html The Charity version of '''''In the Sixties'''''] at [http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/index.html The Iris Wildthyme Pages] | * [http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/sixties.html The Charity version of '''''In the Sixties'''''] at [http://www.iriswildthyme.thiswaydown.org/index.html The Iris Wildthyme Pages] | ||
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