2006-09-07
Anachrophobia
Author: Jonathan Morris
EDA-54 w/Eigth Doctor, Fitz, Anji
At "this" time (books published in 2002), the Dr. Who novels seem to be on a run of ideas that would make great old-fashioned television serials even if they're a little on the weird side. Most of the monsters from the '60s walked a line between silly and scary, depending on how much you were willing to play along. The evil aliens and the evil empire in Anachrophobia would have been perfect for television.
There are several high points. The Doctor's biological condition plays a reasonable part. Fitz's nanny role is played up while Anji settles down again. The time tech involved in the plot is interesting but not overwhelming. The ending is highly satisfactory, although the last few pages meant nothing to me. I suspect I should hold my nose and speed read EDA-51 sometime. Low points include the silliness of the strawman Plutocratic Empire as a soapbox for the author's lectures and a minor failure of the winning running-down-corridors-chased-by-monsters TV formula to translate well into written work. The ending is worth sitting through these problems.
This was Morris's second novel and the ratings for his first are sky-high. I think I'm going to go see if I have it.
EDA-54 w/Eigth Doctor, Fitz, Anji
At "this" time (books published in 2002), the Dr. Who novels seem to be on a run of ideas that would make great old-fashioned television serials even if they're a little on the weird side. Most of the monsters from the '60s walked a line between silly and scary, depending on how much you were willing to play along. The evil aliens and the evil empire in Anachrophobia would have been perfect for television.
There are several high points. The Doctor's biological condition plays a reasonable part. Fitz's nanny role is played up while Anji settles down again. The time tech involved in the plot is interesting but not overwhelming. The ending is highly satisfactory, although the last few pages meant nothing to me. I suspect I should hold my nose and speed read EDA-51 sometime. Low points include the silliness of the strawman Plutocratic Empire as a soapbox for the author's lectures and a minor failure of the winning running-down-corridors-chased-by-monsters TV formula to translate well into written work. The ending is worth sitting through these problems.
This was Morris's second novel and the ratings for his first are sky-high. I think I'm going to go see if I have it.
