The Unimaginatively-Titled Book Spin-Off Thread

[Colin Hicks]

Chat about the books here.

[Sid Seadevil]

Oh, I think the title's...functional, rather than Unimaginatively-Titled.

[Colin Hicks]

Well, I'm not editing it now.

So there .

[Sid Seadevil]

Well, I'm not editing it now.

So there .

A sentiment echoed by Justin Richards and Stephen Cole on more than one occasion, I'd wager.

[barnaby morbius]

i always liked "doctor who and the day of the daleks"

[Sid Seadevil]

i always liked "doctor who and the day of the daleks"

Haven't read that in years - must put it on the rereading list.

[Graymalkin]

After I finish Shadowchaser I am going to read 'Fallen Gods'. I hope it will be okay*.

That is all.

*The four years of literary training I received at university just shine out from this post, don't they?

[Sid Seadevil]

After I finish Shadowchaser I am going to read 'Fallen Gods'. I hope it will be okay*.

That is all.

*The four years of literary training I received at university just shine out from this post, don't they?

Blimey, mate. After reading Shadowchaser even your hastily scribbled shopping list should read like it was written by Neil Gaiman!*

*The above comment might or might not be accurate

[Graymalkin]

I read 'Fallen Gods' today. It was, in fact, okay.

Faint praise...

[Sid Seadevil]

I've decide to play Damaged Goods on my reading list. Haven't read it since it was originally release and I recall enjoying it very much. It should be interesting given magic RTD and Co. have wrought over the ensuing years to see just how much of the kind of atmosphere is inherent in the novel.

[Balbinder Mann]

I've decide to play Damaged Goods on my reading list. Haven't read it since it was originally release and I recall enjoying it very much. It should be interesting given magic RTD and Co. have wrought over the ensuing years to see just how much of the kind of atmosphere is inherent in the novel.

I read it last year, I didn't really enjoy it, TBH. I suppose its because I've seen the other side of RTD-Who, the side we all know, the optimism, the fun, the love of humanity, and this book just goes far too much the other way.

Far too bleak and depressing, it was a real struggle to finish this. Very well written in places, especially characterisation (as you'd expect from RTD), very good prose style, but my God, I felt like topping myself after I read this! I never expected to feel like that after reading anything Who-related by Russell Davies.

I might well read it again, to see if I feel differently, but at this stage its not a book I look back on fondly.

[Sid Seadevil]

I read it last year, I didn't really enjoy it, TBH. I suppose its because I've seen the other side of RTD-Who, the side we all know, the optimism, the fun, the love of humanity, and this book just goes far too much the other way.

Far too bleak and depressing, it was a real struggle to finish this. Very well written in places, especially characterisation (as you'd expect from RTD), very good prose style, but my God, I felt like topping myself after I read this! I never expected to feel like that after reading anything Who-related by Russell Davies.

I might well read it again, to see if I feel differently, but at this stage its not a book I look back on fondly.

Thanks Baldy - that's actually pretty much how I recall my own reactions to it from my original reading.

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