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Does my second head make me a deviant? Advantages: Thoughtful, intelligent sci-fi... Disadvantages: ... some occasionally long-winded speeches The Chsysalids by John Wyndham is a post-apolaclyptic vision of a world where people are obsessed with conformity to the norm, or in their words, "the image of God". Anyone who does not conform to this image becomes an outcast, and the women who are categorised as Deviants are sterilised before being sent off. The "image of God" has 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 eyes, 1 nose, 5 digits at the end of eat hand and foot… etc. You get the idea. The narrator of this ... ...is, so is safe from the religious-minded people around him, chief of whom is his father. Not so lucky is a girl he meets who has a physical deviation, and this causes him to wonder whether it really is the will of God being done by the zealots here… As David realises the danger his special talents wrought from his differences could cause, and becomes aware of others with the same talents, he is drawn instinctively away from his family. He knows that ... CaptainDisaster 31.08.2005 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Chrysalids - John Wyndham	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
The Triffids are Coming Advantages: Tense, atmospheric, compellingly written Disadvantages: Dialogue feels slightly stuffy in places ...Wyndham's 1951 novel 'Day of The Triffids', main protagonist Bill Masen awakes in a London hospital to find that his eyes are heavily bandaged and nobody appears to be around to attend to him. Tentatively removing his bandages and discovering that he is still able to see, Masen quickly discovers that the hospital is deserted and some terrible catastrophe appears to have occured, with the city in a state of abject chaos. Everyone appears to be blind, ... ...the numerous pubs throughout the city, whist others cling to one another in an attempt to find food and somehow remain alive. Masen remembers the radio reports about strange cosmic phenomena in the sky that played out during the weeks he was incapacitated in the hospital, and it soon becomes apparent that watching these weird lights in the sky has somehow caused 99% of the worlds population to go completely blind. This is not all that humanity suddenly ... Burning_Darkness 02.07.2009 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Pride is not enough. Advantages: An entertaining work of fiction that can make you think. Disadvantages: Not to everybody's liking, unfortunately. Synopsis: The war between the Alliance and the Syndic worlds has gone on for a long time. There has built up a great legacy of distrust, suspicion and even hatred between the two sides. It wasn't always so but now atrocity is matched by atrocity. The Alliance thought it had a chance to strike a knock out blow and so end the war. But this has gone badly. Their fleet is faced by an even bigger Syndic fleet in the Syndic's home system. On the way ... ...rescue a survivor from a previous battle, one that had taken place about 100 years before. The sole survivor is a Captain John Geary who was assumed lost in this previous battle and been promoted to legendary hero status. He has been asked to assume command of the fleet and to get it home at all costs. Now he is faced with newer technology and getting the fleet back to their own sector of space. Captain John Geary is a man who has the older ideas ... Coloneljohn 11.03.2007 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Dauntless: The Lost Fleet - Jack Campbell	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Has time run out for the Doctor? Advantages: Good plot, quick read Disadvantages: Weak characterisation of the Doctor ...box set of ten new Doctor Who novels from ebay for a very cheap £5, and 'The Clockwise Man' is the first book in the set. It's the second Doctor Who novel that I've read, so I have something to compare it to. It's a good, quick read that should appeal to both adults and children alike. Blurb (from back of book) In 1920s London the Doctor and Rose find themselves caught up in the hunt for a mysterious murderer. But not everyone or everything ... ...faceless killers closing in, the Doctor and Rose must solve the mystery of the Clockwise Man before London itself is destroyed... Plot (minor spoilers) Being the very first of the New Adventure Doctor Who novels, this features the ninth Doctor (as played by Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler. In my mind, this adventure takes place after "The Unquiet Dead" in series one, and this seems to fit as here, the Doctor and Rose seem to know each ... amytheduck 06.07.2007 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man - Justin Richards	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...
Captain Jack is back! Advantages: Compelling read, creepy plot Disadvantages: Not enough page time for Captain Jack! ...series of reviews on the Doctor Who new adventure novels is the fourth, "The Deviant Strain" by Justin Richards. Blurb (from the back of the book) The Novrosk Peninsula: the Soviet naval base has been abandoned, the nuclear submarines are rusting and rotting. Cold, isolated, forgotten. Until the Russian Special Forces arrive - and discover that the Doctor and his companions are here too. But there is something else in Novrosk. Something that ... ...hunting, killing... Can the Doctor and his friends stay alive long enough to learn the truth? With time running out, they must discover who is really responsible for the Deviant Strain... Plot (minor spoilers) The book opens strongly, with a mysterious passage about a boy who has died. We then see into the TARDIS, where our favourite crew members - the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack - are responding to a distress call. Then the scene cuts to ... amytheduck 16.07.2007 · Read full review Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Doctor Who: The Deviant Strain - Justin Richards	Would you read it again? Story Characters Readability How does it compare to ...