In Continuum, Alan McKee writes, "Setting her story of time-travelling aliens in the midst of the Spanish civil war, and using Picasso's Guernica as a metaphor for the multiple perspectives from which humans see the world around them, Halliday argues that it is precisely the act of making sense - the existence of culture - which defines humanity.
ɪn kəntˈɪnjuːəm, ˈælən mə kˈiː ɹˈaɪts, "sˈɛɾɪŋ hɜː stˈoːɹi ʌv tˈaɪmtɹˈævəlɪŋ ˈeɪliənz ɪnðə mˈɪdst ʌvðə spˈænɪʃ sˈɪvəl wˈɔːɹ, ænd jˈuːzɪŋ pɪkˈæsoʊz ɡˈɜːnɪkə æz ɐ mˈɛɾəfˌɔːɹ fɚðə mˌʌltɪpəl pɚspˈɛktɪvz fɹʌm wˈɪtʃ hjˈuːmənz sˈiː ðə wˈɜːld ɚɹˈaʊnd ðˌɛm, hˈælɪdˌeɪ ˈɑːɹɡjuːz ðˌɐɾɪt ɪz pɹɪsˈaɪsli ðɪ ˈækt ʌv mˌeɪkɪŋ sˈɛns ðɪ ɛɡzˈɪstəns ʌv kˈʌltʃɚ wˌɪtʃ dᵻfˈaɪnz hjuːmˈænᵻɾi.