Author Richard Dinnick has had one hit with me so far - Paradoxicide - but neither of his Hartnell stories (the other being A Star is Born,
which I reviewed a long time ago) have impressed. I have no real
problems with the acting and production, but this audio was still quite a
disappointment - worth my time, but not one I will be returning to
soon.
The extras are fairly typical fare, composed of enjoyable and disposable
chat with various participants; but one thing interested me in
particular. I had thought during the story - or episode 2, at least -
that what happened to Grigori would have fitted better with Nostradamus;
and sure enough, we find that it was originally written for him! A main
range story due to be released around the same time was using the
French prognosticator, and that gazumped the Companion Chronicle. A
rewrite followed. This surprised me because I thought the Russian
setting was the best thing about this story - perhaps Dinnick is an
author who works best under pressure! By coincidence I've since heard
that main range story, which was quite interesting - not an absolute
favourite, but better than The Wanderer.
I am trying to figure out what I can do with my marathon at the moment: I am not managing to get any momentum going, so something
needs to change. From next weekend I will probably be away from the
Internet for almost a fortnight, so I will have an opportunity for a bit
of a ponder - in between doing various exciting things that I shall say
a little about when I get back. At the moment my best thinking is that I
should write the conclusion to Iananbarbara's run (since everything I
am doing is a timeslip anyway) and dive into the next section, which
opens with one of my all-time favourite TV serials, and that might get
my enthusiasm going again. We'll see...
Published:
Date: April 2012
ISBN: 1-84435-621-8
Rating:
3.5/10.
Next Time:
Who knows?
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