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Book Review: Doctor Who - The Legends of River Song, by Jenny T Colgan, Jaqueline Rayner, Steve Lyons, Guy Andrews, and Andy Lane
In need of something lighter to read, I rediscovered this on my wish list and got myself the Kindle edition. The first story, Picnic at Asgard by Jenny T Colgan, was a bit disappointing: although it fills in a canonical reference, it felt a bit predictable and the writing was rushed. Suspicious Minds by Jaqueline Rayner was much better, featuring an Auton Elvis and a dubious ecological retreat. A Gamble with Time by Steve Lyons plays with time travel paradoxes; Death in New Venice by Guy Adams stirs history, luxury, and psychic overreach; and finally River of Time by Andrew Lane features River engaged as an archaeologist, reaching into a yet earlier period of Time Lord history.

I note with interest on Goodreads there's a considerable divergence between people, on which stories are their favourites, which is no bad thing. For me, the three central stories work best; I think Death in New Venice is probably my favourite. As a short story collection, I regarded this almost as a series of elevator pitches for full-length stories, and they all work well enough by that criteria.
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