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The blog of writer and producer Simon Guerrier

Friday, February 28, 2020

The Silence of the Girls, by Pat Barker

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This account of the final year of the Trojan war is largely from the perspective of princess-turned-slave Briseis, although there are als...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Susan's War cover

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Tom Webster's exhilarating cover to Doctor Who audio box-set  Susan's War has now been revealed, along with the blurb for my sto...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The Subtle Knife, by Philip Pullman

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Will Parry runs away from home and then into another world, where he meets Lyra Silvertongue and seeks to help her. But soon they're ...
Saturday, February 15, 2020

The Pleasant Profession of Robert A Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn

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More than a decade ago, I was in the audience to see my clever friend Farah Mendlesohn interview Iain Banks . In preparation, Farah had r...
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

When Will There Be Good News?, by Kate Atkinson

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The third Jackson Brodie novel (after  Case Histories and One Good Turn ) is another compelling read, by turns warm and funny, then utte...
Thursday, February 06, 2020

Celestial Toyroom 502

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Issue 502 of Celestial Toyroom , the journal of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society , features a big interview with the authors of variou...
Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Haven't You Heard?, by Marie le Conte

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Subtitled, "Gossip, Power and How Politics Really Works", this is an insightful and often funny insider's account of the in...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Sherlock Holmes - The Vanishing Man, by Philip Purser-Hallard

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In 1896, Holmes and Watson are called in to investigate the disappearance of Thomas Kellway from a locked room with a window in the door,...
Sunday, January 26, 2020

The Sign of the Four, by Arthur Conan-Doyle

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"This Sherlock Homes story was published in 1890 so contains actions and attitudes reflective of the Victorian era in which it was ...
Saturday, January 25, 2020

The Secret Commonwealth, by Philip Pullman

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The middle chapter of The Book of Dust is thrilling, rich and downright weird. Since reading volume one - La Belle Sauvage - I've go...
Friday, January 24, 2020

Susan's War

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Yesterday, the splendid lot at Big Finish announced Susan's War - a box-set of audio adventures in which we find out what Doctor Who...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Once bitten in the Lancet

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The February issue of the Lancet Psychiatry includes my  "Once bitten", my review of the book Dracula for Doctors by Fiona Sub...
Sunday, January 12, 2020

The Star Outside my Window, by Onjali Q Raúf

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Ten year-old Aniyah is a star hunter, an astronomer, thrilled by the discovery of a new star in the night sky. But she thinks the star is...
Monday, December 30, 2019

The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury

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This wasn't what I expected. As a classic of science-fiction, I thought it would be engineer-heroes conquering the frontier and debat...
Friday, December 27, 2019

DWM 2020 Yearbook

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Doctor Who Magazine 2020 Yearbook Doctor Who Magazine 's 2020 Yearbook is now out, with exclusive access to the cast and crew of th...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

I'm Just Having Fun in the Lancet

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The new issue of Lancet Psychiatry (January 2020) features my review of the Wellcome Collection's current exhibition, "Play Well...
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Thursday, December 12, 2019

Doctor Who Magazine 546

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The new issue of  Doctor Who Magazine is out today, with plenty of exciting stuff about the forthcoming new series. I've also resea...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Dracula for Doctors, by Fiona Subotsky

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This fascinating new book on the medical context of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula is by Fiona Subotsky - a retired professor of p...
Tuesday, December 03, 2019

Dan Dare on Radio 4 Extra

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Reign of the Robots , the Dan Dare story by Frank Hampson for Eagle comic that I adapted for audio, will be broadcast on Radio 4 Extra late...
Friday, November 29, 2019

Astounding in the Lancet

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The new issue of medical journal the Lancet Psychiatry includes a review by me: " Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee is the story of t...
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