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|image = A Labyrinth of Histories.jpg | |image = A Labyrinth of Histories.jpg | ||
|range = The Faction Paradox Protocols | |range = The Faction Paradox Protocols | ||
|number in range = 6 | |number in range = 6 | ||
|number = 6 | |number = 6 | ||
|scripturl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060212015459/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/scripts.htm | |||
|main character = [[Justine McManus|Cousin Justine]] | |main character = [[Justine McManus|Cousin Justine]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = | ||
|enemy = [[Lolita]] | |enemy = [[Lolita]] | ||
|setting = | |setting = {{il|[[Great Houses]] [[Shada|prison-planet]]|[[Records library]]}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Lawrence Miles | ||
|director = [[Nigel Fairs]] | |director = [[Nigel Fairs]] | ||
|music = | |music = | ||
|sound = | |sound = | ||
|publisher = BBV Productions | |publisher = BBV Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = February 2004 | ||
|format = 1 CD | |format = 1 CD | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = none | ||
|series = ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' | |series = ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]'' | ||
|prev = Movers (audio story) | |prev = Movers (audio story) | ||
|series2 = [[Faction Paradox (series)#Audio|Faction Paradox]] | |series2 = ''[[Faction Paradox (series)#Audio|Faction Paradox]]'' audio stories | ||
|prev2 = Movers (audio story) | |prev2 = Movers (audio story) | ||
|next2 = Coming to Dust (audio story) | |next2 = Coming to Dust (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
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{{you may|A Labyrinth of Histories|n1=the in-universe counterpart to this audio story}} | |||
'''''A Labyrinth of Histories''''' was a 2004 audio story in the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' series. | '''''A Labyrinth of Histories''''' was a 2004 audio story in the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' series. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Primer for the Spiral Politic|PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC]] ( | === Faction Paradox website === | ||
An arms race in under three minutes, courtesy of [[Shuncucker|Cousin Shuncucker]]; the [[Godparent (rank)|Godfathers]] make an unlikely wager; [[Demetra Kine|a criminal mastermind]] explains her grudge against [[Faction Paradox|the Faction]], or at least one particular member; [[Justine McManus|Justine]] gets blooded and learns the rules of the hunt; [[Mr Smith (A Labyrinth of Histories)|the minotaur]] in [[records library|the library]] introduces himself; and the [[Great Houses]] send in the troops while the bearer of the Grandfather's shadow takes on the world. | |||
=== BBV Productions website === | |||
[[Primer for the Spiral Politic|PRIMER FOR THE SPIRAL POLITIC]] ([[Post-War universe|POST-WAR]] EDITION)<br /> | |||
6: [[Mr Smith (A Labyrinth of Histories)|MR SMITH]] | 6: [[Mr Smith (A Labyrinth of Histories)|MR SMITH]] | ||
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Technology: Irrelevant. | Technology: Irrelevant. | ||
It's now acknowledged that the [[Great Houses]] were largely responsible for creating the current shape of history, not simply by interfering in major events (although they may have dabbled) but by engineering the entire framework of | It's now acknowledged that the [[Great Houses]] were largely responsible for creating the current shape of [[history]], not simply by interfering in major events (although they may have dabbled) but by engineering the entire framework of history as a [[Web of Time|single definite structure]]. What's less well-known is just how easy it is to access that structure's foundations. | ||
Before the War, it was usual for Great House installations to be linked to the Houses' "[[records library]]", buried in the framework beneath normal time: though the War made these access-points a liability, many still exist, and encounters with [[Mr Smith (A Labyrinth of Histories)|the library's guardian]] aren't unknown... | Before [[War in Heaven|the War]], it was usual for Great House installations to be linked to the Houses' "[[records library]]", buried in the framework beneath normal time: though the War made these access-points a liability, many still exist, and encounters with [[Mr Smith (A Labyrinth of Histories)|the library's guardian]] aren't unknown... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* Cousin [[Justine McManus|Justine]] - [[Suzanne Proctor]] | * Cousin [[Justine McManus|Justine]] - [[Suzanne Proctor]] | ||
* Godfather [[Morlock]] - [[Ellis Pike]] | * Godfather [[Morlock]] - [[Ellis Pike]] | ||
* Godfather [[Sabbath]] - [[Keith Drinkel]] | * Godfather [[Sabbath (Movers)|Sabbath]] - [[Keith Drinkel]] | ||
* [[Demetra Kine]] - [[Kate Dyson]] | * [[Demetra Kine]] - [[Kate Dyson]] | ||
* Cousin [[Shuncucker]] - [[Linda Bartram]] | * Cousin [[Shuncucker]] - [[Linda Bartram]] | ||
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* [[Mr Smith (A Labyrinth of Histories)|Mr Smith]] - [[Scott Craig]] | * [[Mr Smith (A Labyrinth of Histories)|Mr Smith]] - [[Scott Craig]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Morlock mentions that the [[Siege of Mafeking]] will occur in six months. | * Morlock mentions that the [[Siege of Mafeking]] will occur in six months. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * The letters "YWAY" were hidden in the skulls on the page for this story on the ''[[Faction Paradox (series)|Faction Paradox]]'' website.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060408095044/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/volume6.htm The Faction Paradox Protocols, Volume 6]</ref> | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Mr Smith suggests that the death of President [[Umbaste]] was not, as was commonly believed, a [[suicide]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | * Mr Smith suggests that the death of President [[Umbaste]] was not, as was commonly believed, a [[suicide]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060212015459/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/scripts.htm Script of '''''A Labyrinth of Histories'''''] at [http://web.archive.org/web/20060203210223/www.factionparadox.co.uk/homepage.htm factionparadox.co.uk] | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20060212015459/http://www.factionparadox.co.uk/scripts.htm Script of '''''A Labyrinth of Histories'''''] at [http://web.archive.org/web/20060203210223/www.factionparadox.co.uk/homepage.htm factionparadox.co.uk] | ||
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