The nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award are in! Please vote from the following shortlist... - The Blue Angel (1999 8DA by Paul Magrs & Jeremy Hoad) ...
Based on their impact on what followed them, I vote: 1st place: Love and War 2nd place: Alien Bodies The others are all great works in their own way, but to my...
I'd say... 1. Love and War -- for all the reasons I gave when I nominated it, but especially Genius Loci and the forthcoming Terror Incognita. 2. Alien Bodies...
It's no contest. Other books have introduced characters and ideas, but it has to be Human Nature. Because in 1995, the idea of Human Nature being made for TV...
... Um. Should all that matter with regard to whether the novel itself meets the criteria for this award[*1], or should it all be written off as non-literary...
... Well, it's called the 'Lifetime Achievment Award' so that's a clue... I think that a novel's impact, both in literary 'Doctor Who' and beyond, is exactly...
I've only got one choice for the lifetime achievement award: 1. Human Nature (1995 NA by Paul Cornell, since adapted as an exciting television series) Best...
... Narrowly edged out _Alien Bodies_. ... The only one of this year's books I've gotten around to reading is _Another Life_, which... well, shouldn't count as...
Alien Bodies But you knew I'd say that. -- Jonathan Dennis Ritual Arboreal Sacrifice - http://jondennis.livejournal.com/ Michael Brookhaven's MySpace page -...
... Yes, because it's not just a reward if literary merit, it's an award of 'impact'. Human Nature has had more impact than any other NA. If it's an award...
... Well, if measured by the size of the audience that saw an adaptation of it with a different Doctor from the one in the book, then yes. On the other hand, a...
I've just bought Paul McAuley's 2007 novel "Cowboy Angels". McAuley has written a string of SF novels as well as his 2003 Dr Who Telos novella "The Eye of the...
... I know that. You'd said "Human Nature has had more impact than any other NA," not "...than any other NA that's on the Lifetime Achievemnet ballot this...
... It's more likely that both books were influenced by the large body of alternate-history and parallel-world stories that have been part of the SF genre for...
... Yeah, Warlords is good, but unless there's pretty specific links, the general setup of Lance's book is hardly the world's most original idea. Stuart...
From: Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Douglas Sent: 03 February 2008 19:08 To: Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com...
... Russell T Davies, in the latest DWM: 'We all owe a huge debt to Zygon: Absolution. We all know that without it, literally nothing we've done here at...
... Going on the synopsis at: http://www.foyles.co.uk/display.asp?isb=9780575079359& it doesn't sound terribly alike. 'Warlord of Utopia' is about setting two ...
Everyone on planet Earth could have predicted you were going to say that. From: Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
... Yep, I read it when it came out months ago. It isn't particularly close to WoU in my opinion. The only similarity is the setup - a culture trying to ...
poorb0y2002 <poorb0y2002@...> wrote ... As Stuart said previously, the FP are first mentioned in the NA "Christmas on a Rational Planet", but that is...
Reflecting the Pagoda's minimal traffic these days, voting was its lowest ever with just 13 taking part. Nevertheless, here are the results... BEST BOOK ...
... Overall, it leaves the top 5 JP Award winners unchanged: 1st. Lawrence Miles (10.5 as editor and main writer of Best Anthology 2002, Best Returning...
Oooh! Thanks to everyone who voted for me - and congrats to Paul and everyone else who won! Mxx ... lowest ever with just 13 taking part. Nevertheless, here...
hi all- just to say that radio 7 are broadcasting my series, 'never the bride' in the doctor who slot on sunday evenings, beginning this weekend. it's a comic...
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