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| author = Frederick Forsyth |
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| elevator pitch = Christmas Eve, 1957: An RAF pilot just wants to get home to spend the holiday with his family, but his jet develops electrical trouble over a fog-bound North Sea. His only hope to survive the night, let alone get home, is that somebody notices him on radar and sends up a guide aircraft to bring him in - a "shepherd." |
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Christmas Eve, 1957: An RAF pilot just wants to get home to spend the holiday with his family, but his jet develops electrical trouble over a fog-bound North Sea. His only hope to survive the night, let alone get home, is that somebody notices him on radar and sends up a guide aircraft to bring him in - a "shepherd." |
Christmas Eve, 1957: An RAF pilot just wants to get home to spend the holiday with his family, but his jet develops electrical trouble over a fog-bound North Sea. His only hope to survive the night, let alone get home, is that somebody notices him on radar and sends up a guide aircraft to bring him in - a "shepherd." |
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[[Frederick Forsyth]]'s [[novella]] was originally a Christmas gift to his wife in 1974, which was published by Hutchinson in 1975. Then it was read on-air on the [[CBC]] Radio program ''As It Happens'' in 1979, and the story became a Christmas tradition. |
[[Frederick Forsyth]]'s [[novella]] '''''The Shepherd''''' was originally a Christmas gift to his wife in 1974, which was published by Hutchinson in 1975. Then it was read on-air on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] Radio program ''[[As It Happens]]'' in 1979, and the story became a Christmas tradition. |
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[[The Other Wiki]] has a spoiler-laden synopsis of the story's plot. |
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* [[Just Plane Wrong]]: A minor case. The protagonist flies a de Havilland Mosquito out of RAF Celle on Christmas Eve 1957. The RAF stopped stationing Mosquitos at Celle in 1950, and returned Celle to German control on 29 November 1957. |
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** The cover of the first printing of the story shows a de Havilland Venom - while that isn't the aircraft in the novel, it ''was'' the aircraft model that the RAF had based at Celle in 1956-1957. |
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* [[No Name Given]]: The protagonist. |
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* [[Twist Ending]]: It wouldn't be a Frederick Forsyth story without one. In this case, it concerns the shepherd's identity. |
* [[Twist Ending]]: It wouldn't be a Frederick Forsyth story without one. In this case, it concerns the shepherd's identity. |
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* [[Write What You Know]]: Frederick Forsyth was an RAF Flying Officer before becoming a writer. |
* [[Write What You Know]]: Frederick Forsyth was an RAF Flying Officer before becoming a writer. |
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* {{spoiler|[[Christmas Ghost Story]]: The shepherd of the story died during [[World War II]], trying to shepherd another aircraft home on Christmas Eve.}} The reveal serves as the story's [[Wham! Line]]. |
* {{spoiler|[[Christmas Ghost Story]]: The shepherd of the story died during [[World War II]], trying to shepherd another aircraft home on Christmas Eve.}} The reveal serves as the story's [[Wham! Line]]. |
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| Written by: | Frederick Forsyth |
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| Synopsis: | Christmas Eve, 1957: An RAF pilot just wants to get home to spend the holiday with his family, but his jet develops electrical trouble over a fog-bound North Sea. His only hope to survive the night, let alone get home, is that somebody notices him on radar and sends up a guide aircraft to bring him in - a "shepherd." |
| First published: | 1975 |
Christmas Eve, 1957: An RAF pilot just wants to get home to spend the holiday with his family, but his jet develops electrical trouble over a fog-bound North Sea. His only hope to survive the night, let alone get home, is that somebody notices him on radar and sends up a guide aircraft to bring him in - a "shepherd."
Frederick Forsyth's novella The Shepherd was originally a Christmas gift to his wife in 1974, which was published by Hutchinson in 1975. Then it was read on-air on the CBC Radio program As It Happens in 1979, and the story became a Christmas tradition.
WARNING! There are unmarked Spoilers ahead. Beware.
Tropes used in The Shepherd (novella) include:
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- Just Plane Wrong: A minor case. The protagonist flies a de Havilland Mosquito out of RAF Celle on Christmas Eve 1957. The RAF stopped stationing Mosquitos at Celle in 1950, and returned Celle to German control on 29 November 1957.
- The cover of the first printing of the story shows a de Havilland Venom - while that isn't the aircraft in the novel, it was the aircraft model that the RAF had based at Celle in 1956-1957.
- No Name Given: The protagonist.
- Twist Ending: It wouldn't be a Frederick Forsyth story without one. In this case, it concerns the shepherd's identity.
- Write What You Know: Frederick Forsyth was an RAF Flying Officer before becoming a writer.
Spoiler tropes:
- Christmas Ghost Story: The shepherd of the story died during World War II, trying to shepherd another aircraft home on Christmas Eve. The reveal serves as the story's Wham! Line.