Book Hauls

[meerkat]

K T It's a good series. Enjoy.

[author3]

I went to Dublin on Thursday and I got 10 books,they are...

1.The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
2.Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
3.Legend by Marie Lu
4.Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
5.The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
6.Partials by Dan Wells
7.Cinder by Marissa Meyer
8.POD by Stephen Wallenfels
9.Buffy the Vampire Slayer:Queen of the Slayers by Nancy Holder
10.The Kane Chronicles:The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

[Quatermass]

Went to the Lifeline Bookfest yesterday, spent a fortune on bargains, as usual. Amongst the books that I got that I had never read before, I got Fahrenheit 451 (in tribute to the deceased author), The Caves of Steel, How to Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies (a Dilbert book, in case you're wondering), and this beauty...



I've been looking for this one for a long time. Doctor Who: The Dark Path reveals how a Time Lord and old schoolfriend of the Doctor's, Koschei, became the Master...

[=Tamar]

Koschei? As in Koschei the Undying, of Russian folklore? That would fit the character.

[Quatermass]

Koschei? As in Koschei the Undying, of Russian folklore? That would fit the character.

Yes. I didn't know you were familiar with Doctor Who. Or the Master. But yes, the Master, in the novels written before the new series began, is called Koschei before he became evil. He appears as Koschei in The Dark Path and flashback scenes in Gary Russel's Divided Loyalties, as well as a parallel version of Koschei still in the service of the Time Lords appearing in David A McIntee's The Face of the Enemy. In that book, they also mention the real names of other Time Lord enemies of the Doctor, like Magnus (the War Chief from The War Games), Ushas (the Rani), and Mortimus (the Meddling Monk, although he was actually named Mortimus earlier, in the New Adventures novel No Future). This was when they were still at school together, along with Drax and 'Theta Sigma', aka the Doctor.

I haven't read The Dark Path yet, although I have skimmed over a synopsis of it. Here's one here if you're interested: http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_ma32.htm

[Tonyblack]

Roger Delgardo was great as the Master.

[Quatermass]

I think it was because he was so similar to Jon Pertwee's Doctor in many ways. They both had a sort of sartorial elegance, and if anything, the Master was more polite and affable (most of the time, anyway) in that incarnation than Pertwee's Doctor. He even had a sense of humour (in The Sea Devils, he playfully calls the Clangers an intriguing alien lifeform, although the joke is spoiled when his ally tells him that the Clangers are puppets).

BTW, it's Delgado. Sorry, Tony, I am a pedant.

In addition, Delgado played Hugh Conrad, a journalist, in Quatermass II. The scene where he gets taken over is a bit melodramatic, but well done, and it's strange to see this guy who played an excellent villain play a more normal role.

[Tonyblack]

That's ok - I should have checked the spelling.

[Quatermass]

I also forgot to mention that I got a copy of The Dark Side of the Sun as well.

[author3]

I just got these seven books on my kindle
1. Graceling by Kristen Cashore
2.A Game of Thrones by George RR. Martin
3.The Spooks Blood by Joseph Delaney
4.Unwind by Neil Schusterman
5.The Emerald Atlas by ?
6.Warriors:Into the wild by Erin Hunter
7.Across the universe by Beth Revis

[Quatermass]

Just got the two TP Prize winners from the bookshop today.