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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The Time Warrior, by Terrance Dicks

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The death of maestro Terrance Dicks earlier this year prompted me to revisit this novelisation which I so loved as a kid. The TV story ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Shirley Jackson in Lancet Psychiatry

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The new issue of medical journal Lancet Psychiatry features my essay, "There's someone in my head but it's not me," on ...
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Radio Free Skaro 712

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Steven Schapansky of  Doctor Who podcast  Radio Free Skaro interviewed me for episode #712, "Stay on Target". I think that make...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Other Minds, by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Subtitled "The Octopus and the evolution of intelligent life," this is an absorbing mix of marine biology and philosophy, delvi...
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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Doctor Who Magazine 544

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Doctor Who Magazine 544 It's 40 years - and six days - since the first issue of Doctor Who Weekly , which is now Doctor Who Magazin...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Crooked Heart, by Lissa Evans

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Old Baggage , which I loved, is a prequel to this brilliant, comic novel about bad behaviour during the Second World War. We begin a li...
Friday, October 11, 2019

The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal

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This smart, thrilling, brilliant new novel is about the women who are part of the astronaut programme in an alternate 1950s. History dive...
Thursday, October 03, 2019

Becoming, by Michelle Obama

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When Michelle Obama was supporting her husband's bid to be president of the USA, she used to tell her own story. Growing up in a ...
Friday, September 27, 2019

Science of Storytelling review

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The new issue of medical journal The Lancet Psychiatry includes my review of The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr. You need to pay t...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

I Love the Bones of You, by Christopher Eccleston

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My review of Christopher Eccleston's autobiography will be published in Doctor Who Magazine #544 in just under four weeks' time....
Thursday, September 19, 2019

Doctor Who Magazine 543

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Doctor Who Magazine #543 is out in shops now, and features my interview with TV and radio presenter Stephen Cranford about his friendship ...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Case Histories, by Kate Atkinson

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We begin with three distinct tragedies. First, in 1970, a three-year old disappears from her family home. Then, in 1994, a teenager with ...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Target Storybook cover and artwork

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My masters at BBC Books tweeted that they have received a first copy of Doctor Who - The Target Storybook : Artist Anthony Dry then p...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar, by Chris Packham

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I've had a busy few weeks - as a guest at the Hastings Literary Festival, working through notes on various things and researching and...
Friday, August 23, 2019

Post Öykü 28

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Issue 28 of Post Öykü , published in May but I only just found out, includes my short story "The Artficial Bees" as "Yapa...
Thursday, August 22, 2019

Agent of Chaos, by Norman Spinrad

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A month ago, while I was busy preparing a talk on utopia and dystopia for the Hastings Writers Group, Francis Wheen tweeted about  Agent ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Doctor Who Magazine 542

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The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out in shops tomorrow. I've written the preview of the Season 23 Blu-ray box set, comprising...
Monday, August 19, 2019

I'm a Joke and So Are You, by Robin Ince

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Subtitled "A comedians' take on what makes us human", this is an intelligent ramble through the psychology of stand-up, and...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Northern Lights, by Philip Pullman

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After the success of The Book of Dust , we tried Audible's version of Northern Lights for some long journeys - and were enraptured. ...
Friday, August 09, 2019

Doctor Who: The Target Storybook

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I have a story in Doctor Who: The Target Storybook , a new anthology to be published in October with an amazing cover by Anthony Dry. The...
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