Bone Quill
John & Carole E. Barrowman
Published by: Buster
978-1-78055-031-2
The second the in the series of Hollow Earth books aimed
at a younger audience from the Barrowman family. Having enjoyed the first I was
eager to know whether the children’s missing mother would finally turn up
again. I’m not going to say, but the adventure continues well as they try to go
behind the adult’s backs to find their mother landing them in all sorts of
bother and unleashing something from the past that should really have stayed
there. The sortie to Victorian England felt slightly drawn out, but over all a
fun read and I’m looking forward to the next installment.
Michael Moorcock
Published by: BBC Books
978-1-849-90140-6
I’ve had this one on the book shelf for some time, and
finally got round to reading it. I had been warned off by several people, so it
struggled to find its place at the top of the ‘to read’ pile. But if I’m to maintain my goal of having read
all Doctor Who novels it had to be done.
Unfortunately the warnings were correct, and I found it
nothing but a load of over indulgent twaddle. Very little happened in the story, the Doctor
and Amy play some abysmal mashed up version of sorts and games whilst trying to
find out who had attempted to steal a hat.
The wittering tangents that drifted from the narrative
left me gasping for sanity.
Sherlock Holmes - The Army of Dr Moreau
Guy Adams
Published by: Titan Books
978-0-8576-8937-7
This was light relief after the Terraphiles, and the
second of Guy Adams’ new Sherlock Holmes adventures that I have read. Like
before there is a slight over loading of characters taken from other literature
including Conan Doyle’s own Professor Challenger. The story unfolds with
mutilated bodies turning up in the river, and the suspicion from Mycroft Holmes
that work of the late Dr Moreau has been resurrected.
A good extension to the world of the detective from 221B
Baker Street.
Doctor Who - The Silurian Gift
Mike Tucker
Published by: Quick Reads
978-1-849-90558-9
One of the regular releases aimed to encourage the less
frequent reader to pick up a book. This
time the Silurians are back, and offering mankind a super energy, but it takes
the Doctor to realise all is not well with the deal.
A fun read that will help pass a train
journey.
Moon Boots & Dinner Suits
Jon Pertwee
Published by: Fantom Films Limited
978-1-78196-079-0
A book I’ve wanted to read for years, but it has been out
of print for so long. Finally the boys at Fantom Films have returned this gem
to circulation, with a new ‘Forward’ from Ingeborg Pertwee written specially
for this edition.
This is Jon
Pertwee in his own words, telling the early years of his life and career from
being expelled from drama school to waking up in a morgue during the war. It
covers a period up to the Navy Lark so does not cover anything to do with Time
Lords or scarecrows, but was well worth waiting for.
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