Oooh...

posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 02:47pm on 17/04/2008
I'd got it in my thick head you were in the UK for some reason, sorry.

It's good; the plot rolls along at a terrific pace and I love the intellectual exercise of trying to fit this Time-War canon into RTDs (imo inferior) Dalek-war canon - I LOVE the Doctor in this book - he's slippery as an eel in TAC. But...

Peter Anghelides and Stephen Cole have monkeyed mightily with the Faction as they were in earlier books, and as for Fitz... ::sniff::

It's good, but not that good. I'm looking forward to a fresh arc now and The Burning.

And NAs huh? Gods, it's years since I read a Virgin NA. Which one are you on at the moment?
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posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 03:02pm on 17/04/2008
Nope! I live in the suburbs of Washington DC, which makes me pretty thorougly American. ;-)

Huh. Well, 'The Ancestor Cell' is definitely at the top of my EDA 'wish list' along with 'The Taint' and both 'Interference' books. 'The Burning' is not bad. It's not my favorite of the amnesia arc, but by no means at the bottom of the heap for EDAs either.

I'm not actually reading NAs at the moment. I'm working on a fic set during the amnesia arc so I just re-read 'The Turing Test' and part of 'Endgame' and am finishing off 'Escape Velocity' as part of it. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of 'Father Time' because I think it would help. :(

Actually, I'm just about to post to [livejournal.com profile] henriettastreet with a request for continuity help.
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posted by [identity profile] gillyp.livejournal.com at 03:24pm on 17/04/2008
The Taint's your average DW romp - a not-bad, plot-led story with the added advantage of Fitz. (o: Interference is a great book, though I loved part 1 a lot more than part 2, when it all gets a wee bit too clever for its own good. Frequently arsey but definitely one of my favourites and I do rec it. You'd need to read Interference before TAC I think, to really get the most out of TAC.

I've read The Turing Test and Father Time in the dim and distant but I don't remember much about either, which is good, I guess, since I'm just about to embark on the amnesia arc. I've put in a bid for Wolfsbane on ebay - have you read that? Or Fear Itself? I'm wondering how 8 works in the framework of a past Doc book?

Very much looking forward to reading your fic.
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posted by [identity profile] mscongeniality.livejournal.com at 03:43pm on 17/04/2008
Hrm. I seem to recall that Wolfsbane triggered my 'I don't mind fantasy or myth but would prefer you keep it out of my science fiction, thankyouverymuch' tweak. Not to mention the fact that I'm not a huge fan of Jacqueline Rayner's writing.

Fear Itself is one I enjoyed quite a bit, though. It's an odd book and kind of dark so it's not everybody's cup of tea. The Doctor spends a lot of time not being very Doctor-ish and Anji's storyline is good, but doesn't quite make sense emotionally given where she is in her 'character arc'. (Too close both in time and emotion to Dave's death for some of it to ring true.) I sound like I'm being picky, but I really did think it was a good read.
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