novelisations

As I have seen Peter David mention in writing online, the problem with doing novelisations is that if the source material is very stinky, then there isn't too much you can do about it.

Superhero Prose Fiction: Spider-Man - Spider-Man 3 (novelisation) Blue Tyson 2008

Next for me, since I've already read the Dodo novelisations, is Doctor Who - The Smugglers.

April Books 13-15) Three more First Doctor novelisations nwhyte 2008

The worst of the Batman movie novelisations from the 1990s, as they try to shoehorn even more into the screenplay.

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Batman and Robin - M. J. Friedman Blue Tyson 2006

This is no doubt due to a combination of factors - the general phenomenon where the brainy companions seem to come across less well in novelisations than the screamy ones, the fact that we're now in the period when Terrance Dicks was churning the books out at a rate of one a month or so, and perhaps the very visual presence of Mary Tamm - it seems to me a bigger contrast between impact on screen and on paper than for any character since the First Doctor.

Lisbon looking wobbly nwhyte 2008

Both books feature Lyons 'characterisation of the jittery Second Doctor, thoroughly loyal to his companions but prone to wail in terror at odd moments; I'm coming to the end of my rewatch of the Second Doctor stories, and am impressed by how well Lyons has actually captured him, compared with most of the other books (including particularly the novelisations).

May Books 3) Blood Upon The Rose: Easter 1916, by Gerry Hunt nwhyte 2010

Who fans who are interested in the Target novelisations might like to note that there is an excellent 20-minute documentary about Malcolm Hulke and his role in starting off the range, plus a look at each of his contributions to it, on the new DVD set of The War Games - if, that is, you need another reason to go and get it.

Linkspam for 13-7-2009 nwhyte 2009

As well as book club covers, Gary Viskupic provided cover illustrations for some of the US editions of the Doctor Who novelisations.

Stainless Steel Art (14) « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

A separate entry is deserved for this 1980 cover for the Japanese translation of the first and greatest of the Doctor Who novelisations, Doctor Who and the Daleks by David Whitaker.

August Books 12) The Target Book: A History of the Target Doctor Who Books, by David J. Howe nwhyte 2009

As well as book club covers, Gary Viskupic provided cover illustrations for some of the US editions of the Doctor Who novelisations.

2009 March « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2009

This was partly due to reading fewer Doctor Who novelisations (having read almost all of them last year) and also due to a deliberate choice of reading more classics of non-sf literature.

2009 books poll reading_gibbon 2010