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DOCTOR WHO - THE STEALERS OF DREAMS

Advantages: good read
Disadvantages: nothing new

Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams. The travelling trio arrive in the not so far future and find that Fiction has been outlawed. In fact anything that makes the mind think too much or adds to mans desires and fantasies is against the law, the penalty being death. Who can be controlling society with such an iron grip and more importantly why? The Doctor, Rose and Jack arrive and soon are in touch with the resistance ...
...nothing new added to the Doctor Who legacy. The writing is clear and crisp and the plot moves along t a brisk pace. This is a decent read but you will forget it not long after putting it down. Recommended to be read once but only if you're a fan. Written by Steve Lyons. ...

MaldivesHoliday 10.02.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams - Steve Lyons

Voyage - Just another 'Mars' novel

Advantages: Strong on detail
Disadvantages: Tedious; been there!

Unusual in that it is set in an alternative past (as opposed to the future) in which JFK survives his assassination attempt, this is however a fairly tedious addition to the 'Mars novel' collection. Although detail and character is strong throughout the book, it reads in parts simply as an alternative history of NASA, abeit seen through the eyes of astronauts. Most of the 'twists' are fairly predictable (the inevitable technical setbacks at different ...

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Review of Voyage - Stephen Baxter

Deep into the future

Advantages: thought provoking and engaging
Disadvantages: maybe too much jargon

...Future. That is what Baxters Time gives us... a time line between the day after tommorow and the end of time. It follows a set of characters who want to start mining the asteroids, in order to do so they dispatch a spacecraft containing a genetically engineered intelligent squid, Sheena, out into space then follow themselves. In the course of their adventure they encounter an artefact and use it to travel further and further into the future and ...
...part of a trilogy (and a set of short stories) however each book takes the characters from the start again and plants them in a different universe, For ecample in this one the univerese has no aliens but in Space aliens are everywhere. An interesting concept. The question that each book covers is why the universe is like that. Overall a fantastic read, deeply thought provoking and intelligently researched and written. It may be a little too technical ...

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Review of Time - Stephen Baxter

Halo: The Flood

Advantages: A great storyline - follows the game well
Disadvantages: A long storyline - follows the game in which we know

...get this book, after reading Halo: The Fall of Reach. It was not being sold anywhere in the UK. Its excitement had died out after me being two years late. So I brought it of eBay. Having read the actual book, I thought it was quite good... but... when I was reading it, I kept on thinking to myself: "Couldn't anyone just play a game and write a book about the game and become a millionaire easily?" Yes, they could. It was annoyed me that the fact that ...
...by its self. So, could Halo: The Flood be useful to Bungie? I think so. Bungie copied some things on Halo: The Flood as well as The Fall of Reach. Like, take the Helljumpers, ODST's, the ability that the Covenant can talk! Their own storyline, which was featured in Halo 2. So I think that Halo: The Flood proved itself useful to Bungie and us. ...

UKJaguar 05.07.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Halo: The Flood - William C. Dietz

Hope you can Swim?

Advantages: Good read
Disadvantages: Have read better

Drowning world. = I decided to read this after reading a review written here. And yes this is a very good read, not that I would read it again but it was time well spent. You are taken on an adventure on the alien world of Fluva. A planet where it is virtually always constantly raining. Here the have 50 words for rain! You are taken through the watery world in the company of three unlikely companions. One is a warrior native to the ...
...the other is the human they are sent to rescue from the deep watery forests, where he has crashed. Along the way they will become friends, fight alien invaders and battle the flora and fauna for their very lives. The descriptive talent here of Mr Foster are really very good and often the reader is left with a creeping dread of the horrible creature or plant that he has dreamed up. The constant rain and watery peril the companions find themselves ...

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Review of Drowning World - Alan Dean Foster