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Post by legios on Mar 21, 2011 21:56:27 GMT
Superb! And with a couple of the Who books I read the earliest in there as well. Brilliant.
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 21, 2011 23:17:47 GMT
I can live without the Hartnells, but great picks for the Troughton & Pertwees.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 22, 2011 10:53:45 GMT
The Also People: Quite brilliant. Fabulous read.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2011 18:57:50 GMT
Indeed it is. Yes, it's an Ian M Banks KO but unlike a Banks book it is actually readable.
And it has my favourite DW Book cover to boot.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 23, 2011 16:28:34 GMT
very readable. Something just works about this book in a way that it doesn't for some others. It reads better than nvirtually any other Who novel I've read.
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Post by blueshift on Mar 23, 2011 17:00:48 GMT
I like it well enough, I don't think it hit /that/ spot for me though.
Maybe I need another re-read!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 24, 2011 21:41:15 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Mar 24, 2011 22:05:26 GMT
Very interesting that they're going for the £16.99 hardback for this, I imagine they'll be pushing Douglas Adams' name as much as possible.
Gareth Roberts hasn't been on nearly as good form as he was back in the 90s, however here's hoping!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 25, 2011 8:05:14 GMT
Same price-point and format as Moorcock's book, so perhaps it didn't bomb after all. It may be that we can expect 1 high-profile 'past Doctor' hardback a year?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 25, 2011 8:51:41 GMT
You do see a lot of Douglas Adams things happening now that you suspect wouldn't have happened while he was alive......
Don't forget this is the period where most of Gareth Roberts MA hits are from. Best choice to write it.
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Post by The Doctor on May 18, 2011 17:33:25 GMT
Running Through Corridors by Rob Shearman and Toby Hadoke was a very readable account of a marathon through 60s Who with a remit of trying to be as positive as possible. Like me, however, they struggle with Richard Martin's directorial style! But they had a few new ways at looking at that era of WHO which makes me want to dig a few eps out again.
When I can concentrate (difficult at the moment) I am flicking through SPIRAL SCRATCH, Gary Russell's take on The Sixth Doctor's Final Adventure. It's readable and exactly the kind of undemanding read I need right now. Though I suspect I would otherwise judge it a bit harsher.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2011 10:47:50 GMT
Oh, it's starting to get bad now.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 19, 2011 11:35:56 GMT
Bad or Divided Loyalties Bad?
Andy
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Post by blueshift on May 19, 2011 11:39:13 GMT
Bad or Divided Loyalties Bad? Andy Here's something scary. Gary Russell told me (I believe I was having a go at him for being awful in my more boisterous youthful days) that Divided Loyalties was actually the top seller of the Who book range that year!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 19, 2011 11:44:31 GMT
I believe it was, as it was one of tge few that got a 2nd printing. Doesn't matter how many it sells, it's still shit.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2011 11:53:10 GMT
Bad or Divided Loyalties Bad? Andy Just bad at the moment. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2011 11:54:12 GMT
Bad or Divided Loyalties Bad? Andy Here's something scary. Gary Russell told me (I believe I was having a go at him for being awful in my more boisterous youthful days) that Divided Loyalties was actually the top seller of the Who book range that year! Top BBC Books seller of all. It was TV advertised as part of a 'you can buy all this stuff' promo BBC2 ran after repeats. -Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 20, 2011 13:40:54 GMT
Bad or Divided Loyalties Bad? Andy Just bad at the moment. -Ralph ...then takes a detour into Divided Loyalities bad in the last third. Naturally, there is of course another Acacemy chum of the Doctor in this book btw. And I never, ever, ever needed to have any allusions made to Mel losing her virginity! -Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 20, 2011 13:50:01 GMT
There is always an Academy chum in a Gary Russell book!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 20, 2011 14:04:40 GMT
I will pass on this book to you soon, chum!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 21, 2011 12:34:59 GMT
Right, time to crack open 'So Vile A Sin' from 1997. I could never find a copy back in the day. Back when paperback novels RRP was £5!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 21, 2011 12:41:07 GMT
I will pass on this book to you soon, chum! -Ralph And I will read it and hate you like I did after Divided Loyalties. Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 21, 2011 12:41:52 GMT
Ralph: You're compus mentus enough to enjoy it?
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Post by The Doctor on May 21, 2011 14:15:57 GMT
It's very 1997, isn't it?
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 21, 2011 14:16:30 GMT
I will pass on this book to you soon, chum! -Ralph And I will read it and hate you like I did after Divided Loyalties. Andy Don't feel hate, Andu! -Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 21, 2011 14:26:41 GMT
I'm not angry Ralph, merely disappointed.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 21, 2011 14:31:52 GMT
I look forward to your thoughts on Spiral Snatch.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 21, 2011 14:36:02 GMT
I think it may be a Stardub special...
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on May 21, 2011 14:43:16 GMT
I am not reading Divided Loyalties again!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 21, 2011 15:01:03 GMT
We don't need to read it again, but a Who book special is called for
Andy
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