E-shorts read in July / August
Sep. 1st, 2013 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gervase_fenMalorie Blackman's The Ripple Effect takes a while to get going as the author sets up some plot mechanics which will become crucial to explaining the central mystery of her tale - pages of set up which the author doesn't really have to spare. The Ace / Seventh Doctor relationship is spot on, and indeed it's refreshing to see a writer depict this unencumbered by years of New Adventures' continuity. Over all, not bad.
Alex Scarrow's Spore is Doctor Who doing the opening scenes of The Andromeda Strain by way of John Carpenter's The Thing. The Eighth Doctor is the confident, curious, charming hero from the TV Movie, who seems to be able to remember one of the more obscure adventures that his Tenth incarnation is going to have. Over all, not particularly memorable.
Alex Scarrow's Spore is Doctor Who doing the opening scenes of The Andromeda Strain by way of John Carpenter's The Thing. The Eighth Doctor is the confident, curious, charming hero from the TV Movie, who seems to be able to remember one of the more obscure adventures that his Tenth incarnation is going to have. Over all, not particularly memorable.
