The book that young Olivia is reading in "Subject 13" is called Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin.
Wikipedia has some interesting things to say about the book:
The title Winter's Tale is a reference to the similarly named Shakespeare play. In that play, as in this book, a major character disappears for years, only to return after a long and unexplained absence, unharmed, transformed, and redeemed.[Peter?]
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Winter's Tale is a 1983 novel by Mark Helprin. It takes place in a mythic New York City, markedly different than our own.[Alternate Universe?]
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New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality.[Is this why it snowed in the tulip field?]
The most interesting part of the book is name of the main character Peter Lake!
FYI, the paperback edition has a different cover, but if you want the exact same book Olivia is reading, hardcover versions with the same cover are available in the Amazon used books section.
The French Fringe website SerieFringe.com is having a contest to give away two tickets to the Sci-Fi Convention in Paris on April 16 and 17th.
One of the tickets is a "Premium Ticket" (135€ value), which includes meeting John noble, plus you'll get an autograph and photo taken with him.
The other "Weekend Ticket" (50€ value) only gets you access to the convention, but you can buy tickets to get an autograph or a photo for 20€ each .
Of course transportation is not included, unless you live in Paris, or are willing to travel there on your own dime, there's not much point in entering. But we know we have some French Fringe fans out there, so to them we say "bonne chance"!
The Fringe episode "Subject 13" is a flashback that takes place in 1985. To match the style of the era, location titles and the Fringe title sequence was given a new look. The same title sequence was also seen in the the Fringe episode "Peter".
The Tron-style graphics are complimented by retro "fringe science" subjects. While these subjects may have seemed "fringe" at the time of Back To The Future and Weird Science, every one (with maybe the exception of cold fusion) is now considered mainstream science.
One thing that seems to be missing from this old school sequence is the "Observers Are Here" quote.
Screenshots of every single frame from the title sequence are available at FringeFiles.com.
Tonight's Fringe episode "Subject 13", is the fifteenth episode of season 3.
Reminder: If you didn't already have enough of a reason to watch Fringe LIVE, tonight is also the LIVE Tweet-Along event with Jasika Nicole (Astrid Farnsworth) and Fringe executive producers Jeff Pinkner and J.H. Wyman.
Jeff Pinkner (@JPFringe) and J.H. Wyman (@JWFringe) will be tweeting from 9PM to 10PM EST, and Jasika Nicole (@FringeLabRat) will be tweeting from 9PM to 10PM PST (that's 12AM to 1AM EST).
You can submit your questions for everyone using the #FringeLiveTweet tag.
If you can handle doing three things at once, as always, we'll have a LIVE Fringe chat. If you want to talk with other Fringe fans, during or after the show, we usually play "spot the observer", and "What's the glyph code?", plus discuss the action on the show. To join the chat, visit the Fringe chat room, enter your name or a nickname, and join the fun! (please don't use the default mib_xxxxx nickname - be creative!). Advanced users can go directly to the IRC channel: #FringeTV on irc.mibbit.com.
After the show, get more information on Subject 13 at:
Special "Tweet-Along" Event During All-New Episode of FRINGE This Friday
Be sure to tune in to the all-new "Subject 13" episode of FRINGE, airing this Friday, Feb. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
As part of a special "Tweet-Along" event, Jasika Nicole (Astrid Farnsworth) and Fringe executive producers Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman will be tweeting LIVE during this Friday's all-new episode.
Jeff Pinkner (@JPFringe) and J.H. Wyman (@JWFringe) will be tweeting from 9PM to 10PM EST, and Jasika Nicole (@FringeLabRat) will be tweeting from 9PM to 10PM PST (that's 12AM to 1AM EST).
You can submit your questions using the #FringeLiveTweet tag.
Tonight’s Fringe is a do-not-miss, revelatory episode, crossing time and space and allowing us to see Olivia and Peter as children. The hour is crammed with references to previous episodes while adding a great deal of vivid detail to the series’ fundamental relationships between Walter, Olivia, Peter, and Walter’s wife, Elizabeth.
I don’t want to write anything more, lest I give something away about the episode called “Subject 13.” But how much more strongly can I say this? Don’t miss it!
Hardcore Fringe fans will agree that season 2′s “Peter” was hands up, down, and all-around one of the best hours of the series. The great news is that tonight’s follow-up episode, “Subject 13″ (which references the test subject number assigned to young Olivia), will rank right up there with it.
"Subject 13" showcases Torv, Noble and Jackson's performing abilities in ways sci-fi serial dramas rarely try. In the tradition of such dramas, the episode answers some questions while raising others, and is both effective and affecting as a mystery. It's accessible to the casual, occasional viewer, but won't upset or annoy the diehard fan.
If you are searching for a friendly place to discuss the Fox TV show Fringe, or just a resource for keeping up with the latest news, clues and views on the series, you have come to the right place.
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