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Apr. 19th, 2022 08:11 pmBook Review: Doctor Who - The coming of the Terraphiles, by Michael Moorcock
Oddly, I fetched this from the pile of books for charity shop donations, having been placed there by R. I'll admit that if I had looked at Goodreads before beginning, I would probably have left it there - it has a low rating and a few friends have been neutral to negative about it. But I had already started when I found that out, and decided to continue. The eleventh Doctor is playing in a team tournament with the ultimate aim of winning the Arrow of Artemis (which he believes has something to do with the stability of the universe/multiverse). It's a little bit Black Orchid, as one of the games clearly has some references to cricket, but the Terraphiles have inherited a rather garbled knowledge of Old Earth games. In fact, when the Doctor encounters the enigmatic Captain Cornelius and his Ship, it becomes rather Enlightenment. And in between, Mrs Banning-Cannon's hat is stolen, twice, and the team captain falls romantically for Amy. It is fair to say that often this story doesn't make a great deal of sense, but that is hardly unusual for the genre. Maybe readers familiar with the author had higher expectations, but with an open mind, a sense of the absurd, and a tolerance for grating and exaggerated spellings, it's a better read than I feel it's given credit for.
Oddly, I fetched this from the pile of books for charity shop donations, having been placed there by R. I'll admit that if I had looked at Goodreads before beginning, I would probably have left it there - it has a low rating and a few friends have been neutral to negative about it. But I had already started when I found that out, and decided to continue. The eleventh Doctor is playing in a team tournament with the ultimate aim of winning the Arrow of Artemis (which he believes has something to do with the stability of the universe/multiverse). It's a little bit Black Orchid, as one of the games clearly has some references to cricket, but the Terraphiles have inherited a rather garbled knowledge of Old Earth games. In fact, when the Doctor encounters the enigmatic Captain Cornelius and his Ship, it becomes rather Enlightenment. And in between, Mrs Banning-Cannon's hat is stolen, twice, and the team captain falls romantically for Amy. It is fair to say that often this story doesn't make a great deal of sense, but that is hardly unusual for the genre. Maybe readers familiar with the author had higher expectations, but with an open mind, a sense of the absurd, and a tolerance for grating and exaggerated spellings, it's a better read than I feel it's given credit for.