tbowden
Age : 29
Joined : 02 Feb 2007
Posts : 44
|  Subject: 8th Doctor BBC Books... suggested reading?  Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:11 am | |
| I was wondering what 8th Doctor BBC books you guys could suggest I pick up for my reading pleasure. Any suggestions based on personal reading experiences?
Thanks in advance.
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rplath
Joined : 04 Feb 2007
Posts : 95
| | Subject: Re: 8th Doctor BBC Books... suggested reading? Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:53 am | |
| FAVORITES:
The Year of Intelligent Tigers (great stuff, cool tigers)
Alien Bodies (The Doctor visits his own grave)
City of the Dead (Terrific prose)
TheCrooked World (The Doctor in Toontown!)
Camera Obscura (The humanized Doctor grows a new heart)
AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE:
Dreamstone Moon
Autumn Mist
The Blue Angel |
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neonlogo
Age : 37
Joined : 02 Feb 2007
Posts : 140
| | Subject: Continuity Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:13 pm | |
| If continuity matters to you, I'd read them all. I personally would hate to read part four of a seven book story arc. I would lose my mind saying "Who is this guy, and what is he talking about!?". Anyway, I am reading all of the 8th Doctor books in alternating order with the BBC PDAs in the order they came out in, just in case there is any link up between books. Yes, I have read a bunch of lame books, but what is an hour and a half out of my life for the sake of perfect continuity? Anyway, that's just me.
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tbowden
Age : 29
Joined : 02 Feb 2007
Posts : 44
| | Subject: Re: 8th Doctor BBC Books... suggested reading? Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:03 pm | |
| | neonlogo wrote: | If continuity matters to you, I'd read them all. I personally would hate to read part four of a seven book story arc. I would lose my mind saying "Who is this guy, and what is he talking about!?". Anyway, I am reading all of the 8th Doctor books in alternating order with the BBC PDAs in the order they came out in, just in case there is any link up between books. Yes, I have read a bunch of lame books, but what is an hour and a half out of my life for the sake of perfect continuity? Anyway, that's just me.
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I would very much like to read them all, in order, for continuity's sake.... however, with limited $ to throw at it I was wondering what might be considered "essential" or "suggested reading".
I'd probably want to skip whatever was a side story and didnt have much relevance to the main story arcs. I know I'd probably be missing out on some really good stories though. |
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Whostuff
Joined : 02 Feb 2007
Posts : 68
| | Subject: Re: 8th Doctor BBC Books... suggested reading? Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:08 am | |
| The I, Who books from Mad Norwegian Press are great- they have a chapter on each BBC book and Big Finish audio, with a review and brief story synopsis for each. It gives you an idea if a book/audio is worth the purchase, and if you decide to skip it you have a 3-4 paragraph break down for continuity's sake.
This of course coming from someone obsessive who must read them ALL! |
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tbowden
Age : 29
Joined : 02 Feb 2007
Posts : 44
| | Subject: Re: 8th Doctor BBC Books... suggested reading? Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:17 am | |
| | Whostuff wrote: | The I, Who books from Mad Norwegian Press are great- they have a chapter on each BBC book and Big Finish audio, with a review and brief story synopsis for each. It gives you an idea if a book/audio is worth the purchase, and if you decide to skip it you have a 3-4 paragraph break down for continuity's sake.
This of course coming from someone obsessive who must read them ALL! |
Ah, good tip... I'll have to check into those.
I was wondering what the content of those books was.
MANY THANKS |
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rplath
Joined : 04 Feb 2007
Posts : 95
| | Subject: Re: 8th Doctor BBC Books... suggested reading? Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:27 pm | |
| | Anyone know if there's an "I Who 4" in the works? |
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