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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 31, 2010 19:05:52 GMT
I finished The Space Age by Steve Lyons. It was pish. Worst DW novel I've read.
I've had more interest in the first two chapters of Anacrophobia than I've had in this.
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Post by blueshift on Aug 31, 2010 20:54:21 GMT
I finished The Space Age by Steve Lyons. It was pish. Worst DW novel I've read. I've had more interest in the first two chapters of Anacrophobia than I've had in this. Oh god, I could have warned you about that book! The blurb on the back makes it sound amazing too, which is an even bigger kick in the nuts!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2010 21:02:33 GMT
It was alright, though Lyons has done much better.
Just started on Nightshade by Mark Gatiss. Currently flooded with nostalgia for the New Adventures.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 4, 2010 19:05:15 GMT
So was Anacrophobia one of the best Doctor Who books I've read? Yup. Strijng for the best part of the book telling a great under siege story with some genuinelyu creepy monsters. It falls over a little towards the end: basically anything after they arrive in the city. The idea of the war being directed by an inteligence who's lost contact with it's superiors seems very familiar from somewhere. I think the Doctor's soloution was clever but I was rather tired when I got to that bit. And the late in the day reveal that a character that's been in most of the book is a recurring DW Book character felt a bit shoe horned in with very little lead up (except, perhaps, for a small clue in the name if you've read later DW Books)
Well worth a read. dirt cheap on eBay.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 4, 2010 19:09:35 GMT
It's very good, only let down by the following book completely ignoring the (almost) cliffhanger ending. It was, though, the only time I was actually surprised by the appearance of Recurring Character as opposed to most of the books of the era which often just marked time until they turned up.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 8, 2010 22:18:42 GMT
Trading Futures wasn't bad. Nothing Earth shattering, but decent enough.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 12, 2010 18:12:10 GMT
an interesting find on amazon:
Goto books
Search on Doctor Who
Order by Publication Date
scroll back to 28 Feb 2011
Whole bunch of Kate Orman and Lance Parkin reprints courtesy of the BBC.
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Post by blueshift on Sept 12, 2010 18:54:24 GMT
Hmmmm. That is pretty odd and a bit random. It'd be nice if they reprinted So Vile A Sin though! Don't tease me, amazon!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2010 19:57:17 GMT
Er, random mix of old Virgin and BBC Books titles. Looks like Amazon phantoms to me. If you click on some the publisher is listed as Virgin Books who no longer exist as a fiction publisher.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 12, 2010 20:04:28 GMT
Some digging online reveals what used to be Virgin Books was bought by Random House, who now publish material for the BBC. Hmmm.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 17, 2010 13:30:58 GMT
It's not that random a selection, it's most of the books by just two authors: Orman and Parkin. So Vile .... is mainly written by Orman if memory serves.
I own So Vile.... and didn't pay too much for it either !
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Post by blueshift on Sept 17, 2010 13:40:24 GMT
I love Parkin, but Orman is one of those writers who has a great reputation but has never really done it for me.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 17, 2010 15:26:20 GMT
Parkin has made some comments on these rumours on GB, but they're so obtuse I have no idea what's going on!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 26, 2010 14:00:32 GMT
Finished Halflife amd found it rather good.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 14, 2010 22:47:53 GMT
Tomorrow Windows worked for me, cod Adams humour, mock Brian Blessed et al.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 17, 2010 1:08:15 GMT
The Sleep of Reason was superb, very atmospheric and with a decent "base under siege" type story at it's heart.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 27, 2010 16:35:51 GMT
Did I say that The Deadstone Memorial was very good? it is.
A week today I will be holding a copy of Lungbarrow.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 27, 2010 17:25:10 GMT
Lungbarrow is a bit of a chore to get through, but has some nice ideas. It's probably just a couple of drafts away from really working as a story rather than an elaborate info-dump. Well worth a read though.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 9, 2010 10:14:11 GMT
To the Slaughter: Pedestrian. So having finished all the EDAs I'd bought recently I thought I should give Gallifrey Chronicles another go. A great fun romp with the first half being a small crisis for the Doctor while the second half is a global threat. Lots of references in there: There's a book called The Witch Lords on the shelf (which the writer of The Discontinuity Guide spotted but he missed that the Restraunt was called the Red Fort (proposed Terry Nation Indian Mutiny historical). Loved it more than ever this time. Probably makes no sense without reading some of the previous books! I think we'll give Infinity Doctors a whirl before dealing with the NA pile.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 9, 2010 18:20:23 GMT
Gallifrey Chronicles was shit in so many, many ways. Loved Infinity Doctors though.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 14, 2011 16:46:53 GMT
Yup,Infinity Doctors was great on it's second reading.
So time to polish off the remaining New Asdventures. Since I've recenetly aquired the two I didn't have I'm going to read all four Timewyrn books.
Genesis isn't very good is it? Peel should have stuck to adapting sixties Dalek stories.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2011 18:27:44 GMT
Never cared for Peel's original novels. His version of Dalek Masterplan is ok though.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 14, 2011 19:11:29 GMT
All five of his adaptations are good. Which makes his novels, especially the excruciating EDAs, a dispointment.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 19, 2011 18:02:21 GMT
Right:
Exodus: superb, one of my favorite NAs
Apocalypse: better than the last time I read it.
Revalation: still good, love the concept of Saul the living church.
Nightshade: Gatsis does "base under siege" crossed with Quatermass. I noticed the names of Mr Pemberton and Dr Shearsmith jump out at me this time ;-)
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 19, 2011 18:29:25 GMT
Revelation is tops. Nightshade I couldn't get into. There's nothing wrong with it..I just..."I dunno", as the interwebs say.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 19, 2011 18:30:20 GMT
I've had books like that. Each to their own.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 21, 2011 14:12:18 GMT
A little behind:
Tragedy Day spoilt because I could clearly remember the plot and who done it.
First Frontier good
Set Piece good
Original Sin Very Good, but slightly spoilt by me knowiung a certain villain returned in one book and guessing early on this was the one. That's the only element that didn't quite work for me.
Currently reading The Also People
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Post by blueshift on Mar 21, 2011 14:23:12 GMT
Ah, Virgin Books, those were the days. We'll never see the like again! I remember never getting my copy of The Dying Days, despite making sure to order one at the bookshop!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 21, 2011 21:10:51 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 21, 2011 21:15:05 GMT
Hooray!!
Andy
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