Comments | who_at_50: 19 Weeks to 50: The Also People

hammard in who_at_50

19 Weeks to 50: The Also People

Jul 12, 2013 22:45

We're now into the top 20 of my 50th Anniversary countdown of aggregated poll results for Doctor Who Books, TV Serials & Audio Dramas, with number 19:

( #19 Behind Cut )

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Comments 8

a_phoenixdragon July 12 2013, 22:15:00 UTC

Ohhh, will definitely put this on my list of 'must-read'!

*HUGS*

hammard July 13 2013, 07:37:27 UTC

It is great! Unforntunately, because of that, it's the first of the virgin novels to get rather pricey, currently selling for about £20 second-hand.

meatball42 July 13 2013, 02:30:48 UTC

Curiosity, joint-third with who?

hammard July 13 2013, 07:33:09 UTC

Fitz and Anji from the 8th Doctor novels. [Who, completely OT, I'm convinced are my best friend and my wife... which secretly makes me a timelord ;)]

meatball42 July 13 2013, 20:09:56 UTC

Yay! I've never read a single novel but I already love Fitz :)

ponygirl72 July 13 2013, 17:08:49 UTC

I consider this book to be one of the best examples of sci-fi world-building out there, and I don't just mean within Doctor Who.

jjpor July 14 2013, 11:16:05 UTC

Good one. Maybe it's the age I was reading them at, but I generally prefer the NAs over the EDAs (except when they're being "dark'n'edgy" purely for the sake of it, which to be fair is quite a bit of the time), and as others have said the main thing this one has going for it is its worldbuilding and the light it sheds on the various characters. Mind you, I am generally a big fan of Aaronovitch's Who writing from Remembrance of the Daleks onwards - too bad there wasn't more of it (I understand he had some major problems with writer's block, which I can only sympathise with).

hammard July 14 2013, 12:10:56 UTC

I generally prefer the NAs over the EDAs (except when they're being "dark'n'edgy" purely for the sake of it, which to be fair is quite a bit of the time)
That kind of sums up my feelings. The VNAs I think are stronger books but I prefer the character work in the mid-period EDAs (The Burning-Time Zero). Then again I probably prefer the character stuff in the mid-period VNAs (No Future-Shakedown) as well.

I am generally a big fan of Aaronovitch's Who writing from Remembrance of the Daleks onwards - too bad there wasn't more of it (I understand he had some major problems with writer's block, which I can only sympathise with).Yeah I really like his stuff too, he has such an amazing ear for dialgoue and inventive ideas. I remember reading back in 2010 that he couldn't get any of his scripts off the ground and was actually working behind the counter in Waterstones ( ... )