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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
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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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2011 8:32:24 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2011 17:09:16 GMT
I look forward to picking these up! And nice to see some of the BBC Books be re-issued too.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 9, 2011 16:44:10 GMT
Has anyone read Dr Who books published by Target look to be 1970 and maybe 1980s? I saw some a few days ago and wondered if they were worth adding to my stack to read.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 9, 2011 17:11:03 GMT
Yes, they're novelisations of the TV stories. Some are very good, others not so....
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 10, 2011 18:50:12 GMT
They all great, especially the ones by Uncle Tewwance.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 10, 2011 22:04:39 GMT
They are also available to snag via the ibooks store for Ipad users.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2011 18:23:38 GMT
I saw the Target reprints in Blackwells. Quite a large number of them, to my surprise! And 3 for 2! I shall grab them the other side of payday. They look very well done: clearly some love has been lavished on them.
Shiny logos, nice paper/card stock, the proper typefaces and each has an intro and a feature about the book.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 13, 2011 19:59:08 GMT
RRP?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 14, 2011 7:39:03 GMT
£4.99
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 14, 2011 7:44:17 GMT
At 3-2 that beats Amazon. Good show.
I already have alln 6 of these but might buy them to support the project. The more classic Who in print, the better.
What would you do next ?
Hartnell: Unearthly Child, Web Planet
Troughton: Ice Warriors & Web of Fear
Pertwee: Doomsday Weapon/Daemons/Day of the Daleks (3c2)
Baker: Robot & Genesis of the Daleks
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Post by blueshift on Jul 14, 2011 8:30:00 GMT
I'd want ones for each Doctor. Preference given to novels that are good (or better than the tv versions), and perhaps harder to find. I'd do:
Hartnell: Myth Makers, Daleks Masterplan
Troughton: Fury from the Deep, Space Pirates
Pertwee: Sea Devils, Curse of Peladon
T Baker: Brain of Morbius, Warrior's Gate
Davison: The Visitation, Warriors of the Deep
C Baker: Twin Dilemma, maybe Nightmare Fair?
McCoy: Paradise Towers, Happiness Patrol. Most of his novelisations are cracking reads actually.
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Post by blueshift on Jul 15, 2011 19:59:51 GMT
Stopped off at Waterstones and picked up Doctor Who and the Daleks, Doctor Who and the Cybermen and Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen
And the Cybermen is as workmanlike as I remember, but holy crap, And The Daleks is brilliant! I'm really really impressed by it. I own the Target version from years back, but I don't think I ever actually sat down to read it properly before.
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