Post by MS on Nov 11, 2012 20:42:07 GMT -5
Another Life was the first original Torchwood novel and written by Peter Anghelides.
Released on January 4 2007 just three days after Torchwood had finished with its first season for the first time in the world in the UK.
This takes sometime between Ghost Machine & Cyberwoman when Gwen was still new to Torchwood.
Here the case has something biting people’s necks and body jumping and a virtual reality game that is akin to the real world’s Second Life hence the book’s title.
It also has a good incorporation of a former girlfriend of Owen’s, Megan.
While it may not be the fault of Anghelides I really did not like how the book was presented. The book has lots of words presented in small size on each page and this makes reading each page frustrating and very time consuming. I much prefer lesser words on each page and a greater page count than the other way around.
The one issue from Anghelides’ writing of Another Life that I do take issue with was the reference of the real life Robert Peel as a Home Secretary and not the fact that he was a British Prime Minister.
On its first printing Anghelides dedicated the novel to Anne Summerfield. In subsequent printing Anghelides dedicated the book to his friend and fellow Doctor Who novelist Craig Hinton who had died on December 3 2006 the month before the book’s release. The Hinton dedication was the version of the book that I got.
December 3 2006 was also when the TV episode They Keep Killing Suzie was first shown. Without actually knowing what time of day that Hinton died on the aforementioned date it is probable that being a long-time Who fan that Hinton had seen at least all the Torchwood episodes prior to They Keep Killing Suzie. One can only wonder how a Torchwood story in any form written by Hinton would have looked like. Hinton had been well known to incorporate a lot of continuity references in his Who novels. One can only wonder how much a Torchwood non-TV story written by Hinton would have if any references to Torchwood’s parent Doctor Who considering at that point in time references to the parent show in Torchwood was very subtle.
Released on January 4 2007 just three days after Torchwood had finished with its first season for the first time in the world in the UK.
This takes sometime between Ghost Machine & Cyberwoman when Gwen was still new to Torchwood.
Here the case has something biting people’s necks and body jumping and a virtual reality game that is akin to the real world’s Second Life hence the book’s title.
It also has a good incorporation of a former girlfriend of Owen’s, Megan.
While it may not be the fault of Anghelides I really did not like how the book was presented. The book has lots of words presented in small size on each page and this makes reading each page frustrating and very time consuming. I much prefer lesser words on each page and a greater page count than the other way around.
The one issue from Anghelides’ writing of Another Life that I do take issue with was the reference of the real life Robert Peel as a Home Secretary and not the fact that he was a British Prime Minister.
On its first printing Anghelides dedicated the novel to Anne Summerfield. In subsequent printing Anghelides dedicated the book to his friend and fellow Doctor Who novelist Craig Hinton who had died on December 3 2006 the month before the book’s release. The Hinton dedication was the version of the book that I got.
December 3 2006 was also when the TV episode They Keep Killing Suzie was first shown. Without actually knowing what time of day that Hinton died on the aforementioned date it is probable that being a long-time Who fan that Hinton had seen at least all the Torchwood episodes prior to They Keep Killing Suzie. One can only wonder how a Torchwood story in any form written by Hinton would have looked like. Hinton had been well known to incorporate a lot of continuity references in his Who novels. One can only wonder how much a Torchwood non-TV story written by Hinton would have if any references to Torchwood’s parent Doctor Who considering at that point in time references to the parent show in Torchwood was very subtle.