My favorite companion wrote a book! Ok, so she used a pseudonym, but we all know it’s River Song. She’s a hard boiled detective for a hard boiled time, with all the sass and brass and everything you expect from her. Melody has been hired by movie star Rock Railton, who believes that he is to be killed. Rock mentions the “kiss of the Angel,” so Melody is definitely in. She meets studio owner Max Kliener at a press party, and he says he can make her a […]
An 11th Doctor Compendium
Multiple authors take on the Siege of Trenzalore. The doctor protected Trenzalore for 900 years from all of his enemies – and from some of his friends. He knew he would die on Trenzalore, he just didn’t know when or how. This book contains four of the stories that happened during those 900 years: “Let it Snow;” “An Apple a Day;” “Strangers in the Outland;” and “The Dreaming.” They tell the tales of attacks by Autons, the Krynoids, the Mara, and the Ice Warriors. The […]
Where has everybody gone?
Station Eleven made a lot of noise when it was published earlier this year. It was heaped in critical praise and when it began to be shortlisted for prestigious awards, even more noise was made about how Mandel had written a novel so brilliant it had defied the limitations of its genre. Such hyperbolic waffle tends to make me roll my eyes and end up disappointed (I’m looking at you, Donna Tartt), so I approached Station Eleven with caution. And as any regular reader will know, the caution […]
Whatever Happened to Tiny Tim?
It’s Christmas, and Bob Cratchit has just passed away. Tiny Tim is all grown up, and trying to put his past behind him. He’s also trying to break away from his “Uncle” Ebenezer, who forces Tim to visit once a year or so in order to collect his allowance. Tim’s living at a brothel and teaching the madam how to read. He also spends his nights with an old sea captain dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasures in their pockets. While doing his dirty work, Tim discovers the […]