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It's the closest thing to having Russell T Davies in your house.

Advantages: Really honest and insightful
Disadvantages: None

Originally posted on dooyoo. Before buying this I read the write ups and they all said something like "Any aspiring writer should read this book" or "Any Who fan should read this book" And yes, they should, but The Writers Tale is just as relevent for anyone who has ever wondered what goes on in TV, or is simply interested in the way other people think. This is one of those all too rare books where you get true insight into not just a person but ...
...I have ever read being as it is just a collection of emails sent between Ben Cook and Russell T Davies. Davies pulls no punches when talking about the processes of writing, admitting that there is no right way to write, and expressing his dislike of those who say that there is. It is fascinating to see TV royalty struggle with the same doubts that we all have, and wrestle with his perpetual procrastination, and google himself to be met with spirit-sapping ...

rhiannonalwen 05.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - Russell T. Davies & Benjamin Cook

A vintage year

Advantages: Superb imagary evocative of summer.
Disadvantages: Recurring theme of death and loss

Although Dandelion Wine is listed under Sci Fi/ horror, it is in fact neither of these. Ray Bradbury’s novel is a nostalgic and imaginative collection of stories evoking memories of childhood experiences and discoveries. Dandelion Wine is a semi-autobiographical novel. In his introduction to the book, Bradbury explains that he did in fact construct the novel from memories of his own childhood, that he did have a best friend called John Huff and ...
...inverted pond of heaven.” Dandelion Wine is a beautiful book that should be approached as the title suggests. Sip it slowly and savour the words. It may not be all that sweet and there may be a hint of dryness in the grief and guilt but it is always sparkling with images and similies bubbling through the crystal clear writing. Even though the book was written in 1957, the story is still as relevant today. Bradbury has successfully captured the feelings ...

MAFARRIMOND 09.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury

A Good Sci-fI Novel

Advantages: GOOD READ
Disadvantages: NOTHING

DOUBLE STAR. Author – Robert Heinlein I recently picked this book up from a small book seller for 60p and read it over 2 night shifts. 60p well spent. The story follows Lorenzo as an out of work actor who suddenly gets offered the acting role of his life. At first he thinks he is just being set up as a stooge or a fall guy for any lurking assassins who might want to bump off the character he has been hired to double for. But things ...
...forward. Soon Lorenzo is visiting Mars, meeting Martians, arranging world changing events, having an audience with Willem the Royal Emperor of the known Universe, oh and yes avoiding the odd assassin. He is surrounded by an eclectic cast of friends all of whom are fighting to keep him safe and protect him from their own secrets. There is a love interest, of course, and many political twists and turns along the way to a surprising finale. This ...

Maximus-Qualitus 18.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Double Star - Robert A. Heinlein

Closer to Heaven

Advantages: Great character building
Disadvantages: A little slow paced for my taste

Fantasy and science fiction are genres that mesh well together. Some authors have written successfully across both genres, but not usually in the same story. Jaine Fenn has managed to combine both in one book and it's an interesting read. One night, a stranger is found lying unconscious in a bog just outside the village of Dangwern. He appears to have come from nowhere and, apart from a strange piece of cloth lying near his naked body, there is nothing ...
...Unfortunately, this includes the stranger himself, as he is suffering from amnesia and has no idea even where he is, much less how he came to be there. Fortunately for Sais, as he is nicknamed, the boy who finds him is "sky touched". This means he is soon to travel to the City of Lights to be tested to see if he is worthy of being a consort of the goddesses. The village elders permit Sais and the boy's mother Kerin to accompany him to see if anyone ...

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Review of Consorts of Heaven - Jaine Fenn

It is not just about football!

Advantages: It's very funny, and oh so true!
Disadvantages: None

The Disc, for those who don't know, continues to float in space, supported by the elephants who ride the back of the great swimming turtle A'tuin. The Hub about which the planet spins is a centre of great magic, and best avoided if you want to live a happy and contented life. At the outer perimeter is the great circle sea which unendingly streams over the rim into the void, which is best avoided if you want to continue to live at all. Most Discians ...
...Smeems, for instance, is the Candle Nave at the Unseen University. He has to worry about keeping the candles not just alight, but properly melted, artistically, gothicly, dribbled, as it were. Of course, there's Trevor to help. And there's Nutt. With two t's. Trevor Likely has a tendency to skive off work whenever possible, and to kick a tin can around. His dad was a legend. Nutt is… well, no-one's quite sure what Nutt is, even him. Goblin isn't ...

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Review of The Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett