The Longest Night (Angel novel)
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| Author | (Various) |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Angel novels |
| Genre(s) | Horror novel |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
| Released | December 2, 2002 |
| Media Type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 432 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0743449819 |
| Preceded by | Vengeance (Angel novel) |
| Followed by | Endangered Species (Angel novel) |
The Longest Night is a collection of short stories based on the U.S. television series Angel.
- Note: Not to be confused with the Angel episode, "Long Day's Journey", or the Angel comic, "Long Night's Journey"
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[edit] Plot summary
It's December 21, and hour by hour Angel and his crew must survive the longest night of the year.
[edit] The House Where Death Stood Still
Written by: Pierce Askegren
Setting: December 21, 2002, 6pm-7pm
A quest for a missing child taken by his father leads Angel to a house where the father has made a pact. In return for a human sacrifice each solstice, both father and son could live forever.
[edit] A Joyful Noise
Written by: Jeff Mariotte
Setting: December 21, 2002, 7pm-8pm
A group is killing Santas and replacing them with their own people so that the sound of their bells can open a rift in space-time and allow a demon to eat the Earth.
[edit] I Still Believe
Written by: Christopher Golden
Setting: December 21, 2002, 8pm-9pm
Angel needs help from Cordelia - 4 days before Christmas and he still hasn't done his shopping. But he really is planning a surprise gift for her. They must deal with demonic chaos.
[edit] It Can Happen to You
Written by: Scott Ciencin and Denise Ciencin
Setting: December 21, 2002, 9pm-10pm
Wesley meets two ghosts from the early Hollywood era who lead him to a better understanding of his life.
[edit] Model Behaviour
Written by: Emily Oz
Setting: December 21, 2002, 10pm-11pm
Cordelia is invited to become a model, but there is a catch.
[edit] Have Gunn, Will Travel
Written by: Nancy Holder
Setting: December 21, 2002, 11pm-12pm
Trivia: The title is a pun on Have Gun — Will Travel, a popular Western TV series which ran in the 1950s and 1960s.
Gunn is hired to act as a body double for a prince. It's a pity they don't realize he's a djinn.
[edit] Generous Presence
Written by: Yvonne Navarro
Setting: December 21, 2002, midnight-1am
Having Lilah Morgan send presents was a good idea. Lilah sends Christmas presents to all, but of course she is not playing nice - it's a ploy to test their resolve.
[edit] The Anchoress
Written by: Nancy Holder
Setting: December 22, 2002, 1am-2am
A group of wannabe Druids builds a stone circle to sacrifice a virgin. Time-traveling adventures ensue.
[edit] Bummed Out
Written by: Doranna Durgin
Setting: December 22, 2002, 2am-3am
Something is killing the down-and-outs, and Angel and Co. go undercover to save the day (or night in this case).
[edit] Icicle Memories
Written by: Yvonne Navarro
Setting: December 22, 2002, 3am-4am
An ice demon shows up in the hotel and plays with people's memories.
[edit] Yoke of the Soul
Written by: Doranna Durgin
Setting: December 22, 2002, 4am-5am
Christmas carolers are being taken as hosts for a demon race. After freeing the singers and defeating the demons, Angel feels like singing - and does.
[edit] The Sun Child
Written by: Christie Golden
Setting: December 22, 2002, 5am-6am
The creatures of the night are trying to prevent the new day from starting, and only Angel can ensure the new dawn.
[edit] Trivia
- Tagline: 'Evil arrives on the hour.'
- Characters include: Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, Fred, and Lorne.
- The book is unique, the only anthology of Angel short stories. The book is labeled 'Vol. 1', suggesting further volumes were a possibility, but none were released. There is also an anthology of Buffy short stories in the form of How I Survived My Summer Vacation (which also was labelled Volume 1 despite further installments never appearing).
- Jeff Mariotte explained why the stories do not reference each other:
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- We didn't get to read each other's stories, we just knew a tiny bit about what would happen in the ones before and after ours. So, for instance, I mentioned in the very end of mine that Angel knew he had to go do some last-minute shopping. But we knew it wouldn't flow exactly right, because if it did then it would be a novel by a buncha different writers, and not a collection of short stories. 1
[edit] Continuity
- Supposed to be set early in Angel Season 3 - more specifically, December 21, 2002, between 6pm and 6am the next morning.
[edit] Canonical issues
- Buffy/Angel books such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy/Angel merchandise.
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
| Location, time (if known) |
Buffyverse chronology: Fall 2001 - December 2001 (non-canon = italic) |
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| L.A., 2001 | Buffy/Angel novel: Cursed |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.01 Heartthrob |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy UPN promos: Scooby Gang talk about Buffy |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.01 Bargaining, I |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.02 Bargaining, II |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.02 That Vision Thing |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.03 After Life |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Sanctuary |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.03 That Old Gang of Mine |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.04 Flooded |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.04 Carpe Noctem |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy comic: Reunion |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.05 Life Serial |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.05 Fredless |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel Willow & Tara: Wilderness |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy book: Blood and Fog |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.06 All the Way |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Note from the Underground |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.06 Billy |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel anthology book:The Longest Night |
| Sunnydale, L.A., Monster Island, 2001 | Buffy/Angel novel: Monster Island |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Endangered Species |
| L.A., 2001 | Angel book: Impressions |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.07 Once More, with Feeling |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.07 Offspring |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.08 Tabula Rasa |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.08 Quickening |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.09 Smashed |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.09 Lullaby |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.10 Wrecked |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.10 Dad |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.11 Gone |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.11 Birthday |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Creatures of Habit |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | Buffy graphic novel: Death of Buffy: Withdrawal |
| Sunnydale, 2001 | B6.12 Doublemeat Palace |
| L.A., 2001 | A3.12 Provider |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
[edit] Reviews
| Angel novels | ||
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Not Forgotten | Close to the Ground | Soul Trade | Redemption | Shakedown | Hollywood Noir | Avatar | Bruja | The Summoned | Unseen | Haunted | Image | Stranger to the Sun | Vengeance | The Longest Night | Monster Island | Endangered Species | Impressions | Fearless | Cursed | Sanctuary | Seven Crows | Dark Mirror | Heat | Solitary Man | Love and Death | Monolith | Nemesis | Book of the Dead |
