Award-winning sci-fi author Michael Moorcock writes a thrilling all-new adventure featuring the 11th Doctor and Amy. There are dark tides running through the universe -- so strong they swallow light and threaten Captain Cornelius's familiar existence; if unchecked, they will absorb the whole of Creation. But for now he tracks into the solar winds, searching for the only being he acknowledges as his peer, who is known simply as "The Doctor."
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A marriage made in heaven, or perhaps Gallifrey. As a teenager Michael Moorcock was my favourite author, and Doctor Who my favourite TV programme. Why no one has ever put the two of them together before I don't know,Delicious. The modern genre's most original voice has invited the Doctor into his multiverse for an adventure sparkling with wit and peril... Authentic Moorcock. Authentic Who. An essential read,A combination of Moorcockian multiverse and Wodehousian Comedy filigreed into something magical and unexpected. It's Doctor Who written by the most important living British fantasist, and it's as good as I'd hoped, and much funnier,Delightfully good-humored... an authentically Moorcockian take on both Doctor Who and that most whimsical of themes - the coming of ultimate chaos and the annihilation of the universe itself!,We are astoundingly lucky to have Michael Moorcock. In his range, his skill, invention and his passion he exemplifies the very best of more than one literary tradition,Here we have one of science fiction and fantasy's most respected and well-loved authors writing Doctor Who. What could possibly go wrong? The answer is absolutely nothing. This is a phenomenal book - 10/10,Exhilarating, funny and deeply peculiar...It's been years since the Doctor Who range put out anything as smart and engaging as this. Fingers crossed it's the first of many such volumes,A bold, eccentric quasi space opera,The great Michael Moorcock has written a Doctor Who book which is like Burt Bacharach knocking out an album for Lady Gaga
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A prolific writer of more than eighty works of fiction and non-fiction, including the Guardian Fiction Prize-winning The Condition of Muzak, and Mother London, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, Michael Moorcock is the creator of such memorable characters as Elric, Jerry Cornelius and Colonel Pyat. Born in London in 1939, he now lives in Texas.
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Michael Moorcock is one of the most brilliant writers in the world - in any genre. When he decided to do a Doctor Who novel, I expected something baroque and strange (both elements that would be right at home in a Who novel). And so it is...
The plot revolves around Doctor Eleven and Amy Pond having to find an artifact of power that can prevent the universe/multiverse from being destroyed billions of years ahead of schedule. The theft of an awful (in every sense of the word) hat is involved - as is a kind of Olympics of games thought to have been practiced on Old, Old Earth, but are hodgepodges of different sports that we might recognise jarringly merged together (my favourite is one that melds cricket and archery - too funny).
There are forces that want to use the artifact (The Arrow of Diana) to hasten the universe/multiverse's demise because they are just that chaotic/anarchic, and those who think this would be A Very Bad Idea (need we say which side The Doctor takes?).
Moorcock's writing here is somewhere between the complexity of his Eternal champion novels and the baroque of his masterpiece, Gloriana. Coupled with the drastic shifts between drama, melodrama and outright whimsey that are trademarks of the best of The Doctor's adventures, it is a style that feels just right - and he also gets some very appropriate moments of pure silliness, too.
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles is the best of the original novels based on the title character of the series - in any of his eleven incarnations.
The plot revolves around Doctor Eleven and Amy Pond having to find an artifact of power that can prevent the universe/multiverse from being destroyed billions of years ahead of schedule. The theft of an awful (in every sense of the word) hat is involved - as is a kind of Olympics of games thought to have been practiced on Old, Old Earth, but are hodgepodges of different sports that we might recognise jarringly merged together (my favourite is one that melds cricket and archery - too funny).
There are forces that want to use the artifact (The Arrow of Diana) to hasten the universe/multiverse's demise because they are just that chaotic/anarchic, and those who think this would be A Very Bad Idea (need we say which side The Doctor takes?).
Moorcock's writing here is somewhere between the complexity of his Eternal champion novels and the baroque of his masterpiece, Gloriana. Coupled with the drastic shifts between drama, melodrama and outright whimsey that are trademarks of the best of The Doctor's adventures, it is a style that feels just right - and he also gets some very appropriate moments of pure silliness, too.
Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles is the best of the original novels based on the title character of the series - in any of his eleven incarnations.
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Doctor Who by a Sci-Fi Legend
Sep 15 2011
By Jordan Hofer
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Format:Kindle Edition
Michael Moorcock's Doctor Who novel is sheer nonsense and fun, much how the Doctor Who series was like before it was rebooted. What the hell is going on? Who the hell knows? Much of it is totally absurdist theater, just like the older series of Doctor Who. It makes no sense at the beginning, and by the end you still don't know what the hell it was all about. I loved that about Doctor Who, and I loved that Moorcock had the guts to write it. The Bubbly Boys? Frank and Freddie Force? WTF? Wonderful writing! This was a fun book that cared bullocks for continuity. I'm afraid Doctor Who fans are becoming like the new wave of Star Trek fans who demanded continuity in their universe until they dulled it down into an unpalatable mush. Moorcock brought the Doctor and Amy into his multiverse and just let fly, with ridiculous plot twists concerning ladies' hats too heavy to wear, sailing ships in space, centaurs cracking nuts, a world gone topsy-turvy, and a lovelorn loser firing the "Arrow of Law" into a black hole! If you have an imagination that allows for the absurd, then sit back with this fine Moorcock novel and enjoy Doctor Who both as you've never seen it and as it used to be.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Dr. Who Meets Douglas Adams
Jan 2 2011
By Dr. Fred
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Format:Hardcover
Come on folks, get over wanting a multiverse in whatever style you were used to by the author. This is a great Dr. Who book and better than the other ones on the 11th doctor so far. A true novel sized adventure that rocks for the latest doctor and Amy. There is a lot of Douglas Adams type satire that kept me chuckling through a good part of the reading. The future olympic style games were a bit confusing at first, but riveting. The characters were something you would expect out of Douglas Adams, except this is Michael Moorcock. Now I have read a little bit of Moorcock's work, but never the multiverse series so I was not let down as some readers were. The book can be enjoyed even if you have never heard of the multiverse as the Dr. Who stories on TV have always indicated there is that type of organization or disorganization in the universe. Also a spiritual aspect in regard to creation. I highly recommend this book. I will say that I will probably never read Moorcock's multiverse series (no offense Michael, it is more a matter of time) unless the Doctor and Amy return.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A fun romp for Moorcock fans, but...
Dec 5 2010
By Mark Wentworth
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Format:Hardcover
As a Dr. Who adventure, it might leave fans of the new Doctor a little underwhelmed. It really is more of a Moorcock tale (and a fine one at that!) guest starring the Doctor. Moorcock does capture the essence of the Doctor and Amy nicely, but if you haven't explored MM's Multiverse, this book might not hold your attention.
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