Lance Parkin is undeniably one of the best Dr Who authors, and was recently rated by some doctorwhoforum.com poll as the third best Who author across all media...
... I would say that the people who most want to read a story with a 13-year old characters are the 10-12 year olds. From surveys in the mid 90s "Just ...
... To be fair, I think _The Eyeless_ comes as close to tackling difficult issues as anything connected to the new series so far. Even if the book doesn't go...
I absolutely agree with this review and it sums up my thoughts on the book. I think there have been better NSA's than "The Eyeless," like both of Mark...
... Hmmmm. I think this come perilously close to misreading the book. I was certainly aware that the last couple of times I was criticised for making the...
Interesting thoughts, as ever, Wesley. ... "The Eyeless" has a clear, thought-through depiction of a post-apocalyptic society. That sort of 'hard SF' approach...
... Even Peter Davison? ... Do any other characters point that out? It sounds like the narrative is focalised through the Doctor, which means that you'd be...
... Yes - it's expressed a little more passive-aggressively with Davison, but it's definitely there. ... ... roll up, roll up to the Jade Pagoda, where there's...
... I think there's something in there about which of a person or a society's values should survive a crisis. The one being challenged in The Eyeless is ...
... This is kind of a tangent, but although I'm not a fan of emotional storytelling (if by that you mean "lots of effort put into a few big emotional moments,...
... Yeah. A lot of the post war-on-terror stuff, Battlestar Galactica being only the most clumsy, seems to translate 'we must make a terrible choice' as 'we...
"it's not a Star Trek style planet-of-the-allegory thing. I actually think that ST mode of storytelling's a bit archaic" It's odd, but my reading of the...
Apparently Big Finish is losing the license for the Short Trips books: http://www.bigfinish.com/news/Short-Trips-Announcement So are there any volumes...
... I'm glad I got to contribute to the series in THE QUALITY OF LEADERSHIP. I'm sorry to see the SHORT TRIPS line end. I'd like to think there's still room...
... Moe likely the BBC is going to take them over, cf the link posted here (I think) the other day to a new short story collection from Penguin? Stuart...
... many, they aren't hard to find, and they play safe. Ultimately it's a workmanlike piece of writing that exactly fits my expectation of what an NSA should...
... That the Klade were (1) genetically human while also (2) evolved from a race that not only (2a) had been distinctly non-human but also (2b) hadn't even had...
... When you have Terry Nation playing with genetics, anything is possible. And the Daleks of the far future do have human DNA - both We Are the Daleks! and ...
... Ah. I hadn't heard of "We Are the Daleks!" before now (and now that I have I can't get Freddie Mercury out of my mind[1]), let alone back when I read...
I was in 6 of them, but the stories I'm most proud of featured in Transmissions (edited by Richard Salter and also featuring a number of Jade authors... ) and...
... From: Lance Parkin To: Jade_Pagoda@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [JP] REV: The Eyeless ... many, they aren't hard to...
... The 'layer' thing isn't perhaps the most helpful metaphor, because you don't write fiction like you make lasagne, but the book has an 'adult subtext', in...
This news made me feel very sad, even though I've only ever bought one book from the series. The downside of living in these days when Who is so popular, is...
... Someone reading this thread could easily get the impression that "The Eyeless" is Dr Who's answer to "The Handmaid's Tale". It isn't. (It's not a novel...
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