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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9780575079687
Edition: New Ed
ISBN: 0575079681
Label: Gollancz
Manufacturer: Gollancz
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: June 14, 2007
Publisher: Gollancz
Studio: Gollancz
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As a fan of the semi-colon, I was stunned how nearly every sentence has a colon in it. So many so that I find that I can't read even a paragraph without falling into a fit of pique at the injustice of it all. Where is my friend the semi-colon? Why has he been replaced by his true-blood brother? Oh my!
Now really this book is disappointing. I enjoy both Doctor Who and Eats, Shoots & Leaves so had high hopes for this title; alas this story captures neither well and parodies both poorly. ... Read More
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I actually read this book through twice. First time through I found it amusing, quite clever and a little confusing. Then my son got interested so I decided to read it to him as a bedtime story. Rather than read it as written, I put the chapters back into order for him and began. On reading it out loud it became a different book as so many of the jokes rely on 'hearing' the words. At times I was laughing so hard I couldn't get through the story much to my son's annoyance. For those who didn't enjoy ... Read More
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I must say i disagree entirely with the first review - as a doctor who fan with detailed knowledge of the show i still found this book witty, suitably parodical and i loved the layout of the chapters. It is sort of like a puzzle, finding the chapters and looking for the in-jokes. Who cares about the journo cliches? Why do cliches always have to be bad? Sometimes they work, and one of those times is in Doctor Whom.
Maybe for me it is just the perfect mix of two things i like: Doctor Who and English ... Read More
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What a great idea - a Doctor Who/Eats, Shoots and Leaves parody. Unfortunately, this has not been written by a witty, erudite grammar Nazi and Doctor Who fan, but by someone with a talent for churning out wordcount but little else. Mel Brooks once said something along the lines of, "to effectively spoof something, you have to have detailed knowledge of the things you are spoofing". Sadly, 'Roberts' clearly has little interest in Doctor Who (shamelessly admitted in the appendix) and so misses out on the great ... Read More
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