I'm sorry to say, therefore, that I actually didn't like it as much as The Islanders. I found the characters more baffling than engaging, and felt that while the setting was superbly realised, this was not as true of the story. My vote for Best Novel therefore goes to the many strands (in more than one sense) of Christopher Priest's The Islanders, followed by Embassytown, Adam Roberts' by Light Alone, Lavie Tidhar's Osama and Kim Lakin-Smith's Cyber Circus, in that order.
February Books 20) Embassytown, by China Miéville
I'm sorry to say, therefore, that I actually didn't like it as much as The Islanders. I found the characters more baffling than engaging, and felt that while the setting was superbly realised, this was not as true of the story. My vote for Best Novel therefore goes to the many strands (in more than one sense) of Christopher Priest's The Islanders, followed by Embassytown, Adam Roberts' by Light Alone, Lavie Tidhar's Osama and Kim Lakin-Smith's Cyber Circus, in that order.
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Pyramids of Mars, by Kate Orman (and Robert Holmes and Terrance Dicks)
I'm not sure if I saw Pyramids of Mars when it was first broadcast in 1975; I know I did catch the edited rebroadcast in November 1976, which…
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The Evil of the Daleks, by Simon Guerrier (and John Peel)
The eleventh of the generally excellent Black Archive series of short books on individual Doctor Who stories addresses The Evil of the Daleks, the…
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The Flaming Soldier, by Christopher Bryant; The Dreamer’s Lament, by Benjamin Burford-Jones
Moving up my queued Doctor Who reviews in honour of my presence at Gallifrey One this weekend, here are a novella and novel in the generally good…
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