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Jonathan Blum

Autor(a) de Unnatural History

13+ Works 835 Membros 18 Reviews

About the Author

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Image credit: Jon(athan) Blum with poartner Kate Orman

Obras de Jonathan Blum

Unnatural History (1999) — Autor — 210 cópias
Vampire Science (1997) 209 cópias
Seeing I (1998) — Autor — 197 cópias
Fallen Gods (2003) 77 cópias
The Fearmonger (2000) — Autor — 55 cópias
The Prisoner's Dilemma (2004) 29 cópias
Nobody's Children (2007) — Contribuinte — 28 cópias
Blake's 7: Mediasphere (2015) — Autor — 8 cópias
Last Word (2013) 2 cópias
Fearmonger 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Year of Intelligent Tigers (2001) 166 cópias
Short Trips (1998) — Author "Model Train Set" — 136 cópias
Short Trips: Steel Skies (2003) — Contribuinte — 52 cópias
Short Trips: The History of Christmas (2005) — Contribuinte — 48 cópias
Life During Wartime (2003) — Contribuinte — 45 cópias
Collected Works (2006) — Contribuinte — 31 cópias
Present Danger (2010) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st Century Bestiary (2015) — Contribuinte — 17 cópias
Perfect Timing 1 — Contribuinte — 13 cópias
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS, Volume One (2004) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
Short Trips [abridged audiobook] (1998) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1972-05-07
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
País (para mapa)
USA
Australia
Locais de residência
Australia
Ocupação
novelist
short-story writer
Relacionamentos
Orman, Kate (wife)
Organizações
Alpha Phi Omega

Membros

Resenhas

Fairly engaging.

In 1996, after five years of publishing novels about the further adventures of the Doctor as portrayed by Sylvester McCoy in the now-cancelled TV series, Virgin Books lost its license. The BBC had decided to take these things back in-house, and update the series to feature the new Doctor, as briefly played by Paul McGann in a failed TV movie pilot. After an initial novel that was, frankly, a bit of a waste, and designed mostly to explicitly link McGann's incarnation to his seven predecessors, Vampire Science feels like a true pilot for this new approach.

Orman and Blum already had well-established street cred in the Whoniverse, and together they create a snappy, sassy, engaging narrative. It's about vampires, so not especially original, but it keeps the pace up. Both the Doctor and his companion Sam come through strongly, leaving me enthusiastic for what comes next in this series (which I'll now be reading concurrently with the McCoy NAs). Having said that, where the novel struggles is that it feels like a Doctor Who script turned into a novelisation. Which it's obviously not but, for fans of the program's first 26 years on the air, it's understandable that this can become the go-to template. There's a hectic amount of dialogue, scenes that last too long, attempts at portraying recurring comedic bits or rapid action sequences that are clearly intended to be visualised as an episode of the program, and in general an approach that feels televisual rather than literary. I like both Orman and Blum so I can forgive that, although it will sadly relegate Vampire Science to "tie-in TV merchandise" in the eyes of lay readers.

Looking forward to this series - even though I'm aware that many fans believe it went in some strange and deeply unsatisfying directions!
… (mais)
 
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therebelprince | outras 6 resenhas | Oct 24, 2023 |
An Eighth Doctor and Sam novel. This one is rather better written than the average Dr Who, Sam has run away and has to do some seriously needed growing up. Meanwhile the Doctor is in a prison of an interplanetary prison for the crime of breaking into their database in search of Sam. INC has incorporated stolen technology into their computer system and will go to seriously dangerous lengths to keep it secret.

re-read 10/19/2023
½
 
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catseyegreen | 1 outra resenha | Oct 20, 2023 |
Blum and Orman get a lot of flak from the fan community, but they're usually fairly fun and only occasionally completely obnoxious.

Plus they angst the Doctor up a bit and do their part to make the Eight Doctor more interesting than a few of the others.
 
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3Oranges | outras 6 resenhas | Jun 24, 2023 |
A história é boa, mas não uma das minhas favoritas.
 
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lulusantiago | outras 2 resenhas | Mar 11, 2023 |

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Obras
13
Also by
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Membros
835
Popularidade
#30,605
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
18
ISBNs
19

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