Jeff of Earth-J replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Oh, yeah... I kinda remember that: that the movies themselves exist within the "Whoniverse." I think my "explanation" tried to account for them in continuity."
Jan 15
JD DeLuzio replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Right. The novel and one of the TV episodes establishes that the movies exist as movies based on the moviemakers' understanding of who the Doctor is (since the public seems to have some awareness that there's a Doctor out there).
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Jan 15
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Oh, really? That sounds interesting. (I posted my thoughts on that somewhere, sometime, but I don't recall where it is or what I said.)"
Jan 15
The Baron replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"My recollection is that  by and large the old novelizations were pretty "bare-bones", except for a couple where guys novelized their own scripts and included things that the original budgets didn't allow for.   The new series novelizations that I've…"
Jan 15
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Coincidentally, I am reading some Doctor who paperbacks myself, concentrating on those written by Terrance Dicks. I started with Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child with the intention of reading only the first three chapters and the last, but it was…"
Jan 15
The Baron replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road, by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson.  Reading the novelization before I've seen the episode berings back memories of my younger says - it's how I first encountered  most of the Hartnell and  Troughton Era stories."
Jan 15
Captain Comics replied to Alan M.'s discussion On the Chopping Block
"I also read that first storyline, because I got the "All In" issue and lo, it was by Mark Waid. And it was weekly, like the old days. Plus it promised Mon-El. I got the last three issues today, and that's it for me on Action for a while."
Dec 27, 2024
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Alan M.'s discussion On the Chopping Block
"ACTION COMICS: Finally! I wish I hadn't promised myself to stick it out through the first storyline. That decision ultimately cost me $61. (#1075 was a buck more expensive than the others.) If this story had been collected in a trade paperback (and…"
Dec 27, 2024
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Alan M.'s discussion On the Chopping Block
"I made the decision yesterday not to buy JSA beyond #1. Other "All In" titles I have dropped after a single issue include: Justice League Unlimited (#1), Shazam (#16) and Superman #19.
ALL IN: I have decided to read Action Comics and Batman through…"
Dec 5, 2024
JD DeLuzio replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Twenty-first Century Science Fiction: a fat anthology from 2013 that has been good so far.
(Also contains stories by a number of people with whom I've panelled. None by me, of course )"
Nov 21, 2024
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"MERLIN'S TOUR OF THE UNIVERSE - A Traveller's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars & Everything Far (Revised and updated for the twenty-first century): This is a reissue of Neil DeGrasse Tyson's first book, which originally appeared as a…"
Nov 7, 2024
The Baron replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Mysterry Science Theater 3000: A Cultural History, by Matt Foy and Christopher J. Olson.  It's not bad, but the main issues are that  as an old MSTie, I already knew most of the stuff sbout ther history of the show, and the authors' theories about…"
Oct 14, 2024
doc photo replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"I believe the early Mars stories were serialized in a magazine before being collected and published in book form which may explain the episodic nature of the storyline. If you make it that far, book four in the series Thuvia Maid of Mars is quite…"
Oct 13, 2024
Captain Comics replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"I have been reading the second Mars book, but it's slow going. I'm not entirely sure why. It's actually quite imaginative, with lots of bizarre but practical world-building. But just when I think it's ending, somebody is kidnapped or escapes or…"
Oct 13, 2024
The Baron replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"Three more plays by Eugene O'Neill:  Desire Under the Elms, Strange Interlude and Mournoing Beciomes  Electra. Our Gene doesn't do happy endings, apparently."
Oct 12, 2024
Travis Herrick (Modular Mod) replied to Alan M.'s discussion So, What Are You Reading These Days? (besides comics)
"I bought the first three novels at Barnes & Noble about 10 years ago, and haven't cracked any of them open yet.
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Sep 29, 2024
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