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John Peel

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John Peel is the author of Doctor Who books and comic strips. Notably, he wrote the first original Doctor Who novel, Timewyrm: Genesys, to launch the Virgin New Adventures line. In the early 1990s he was commissioned by Target Books to write novelisations of several key Terry Nation Dalek stories of the 1960s after the rights were finally worked out. He later wrote several more original Daleks novels.

He has the distinction of being one of only three authors credited on a Target novelisation who had not either written a story for the TV series or been a part of the production team (the others were Nigel Robinson and Alison Bingeman).

Outside of Doctor Who, Peel has also written novels for the Star Trek franchise. Under the pseudonym "John Vin
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John Peel There will be indeed - in about a month! The finishing touches are now being put on "The Siege Of Dragonhome", which should be available as a print ed…moreThere will be indeed - in about a month! The finishing touches are now being put on "The Siege Of Dragonhome", which should be available as a print edition and e-book from Amazon in a few short weeks. I hope you enjoy it.(less)
John Peel It's because the book is out of print, I'm afraid. Some places take advantage of that and hike the prices up. I don't have any spare copies of that on…moreIt's because the book is out of print, I'm afraid. Some places take advantage of that and hike the prices up. I don't have any spare copies of that one myself, so I can't sell you one. I usually buy from Abebooks.com, but you're right - those prices are crazy!(less)
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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

One question authors invariably get asked is: where do you get your ideas from? It's a difficult question to answer sometimes, because at times we don't know where the ideas come from. They seem to creep uninvited into our heads and won't go away until we write them down.

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One of Dickens' most famous novel (for at least the first and last pages), set in the prelude and aftermath of the French Revolution, when Madame Guillotine was very busy, and Madame Dufarge watched all of the executions whilst knitting... Injustice ...more
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This rather technical look at the Medieval theologian is hardly for the casual reader, but the essays looking at his great work "Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity" are well written and interesting enough. The main problem, though, is that Hooker's works ...more
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Marvel Masterworks by J.M. DeMatteis
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The final volume of the original "Ghost Rider" comics takes Johnny Blaze to the edge of madness and death as he finally gets the chance to become free of his murderous alter-ego. Never really one of my favorite characters, this gets one extra star fo ...more
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Nine people sign up for a ten-day stay at a wellness center, having been promised a life-changing experience. It certainly is that, though not in any way that they could have imagined. They all have their problems (told in flashbacks and memories) th ...more
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A small Swiss family are wrecked on a desert island when their ship is shattered in a storm. They survive and then thrive, but always in the background is the menace of armed pirates. The original novel is much adapted by Walt Disney, and this is the ...more
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Star Trek by William Shatner
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This collection of interviews from the official "Star Trek" magazine celebrates 50 years of the franchise, and covers all of its then incarnations. Most of the main casts from the four series and the first JJ Adams movie were interviewed, so there's ...more
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Columbo by William Harrington
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Columbo ("Just one more thing...) investigates the murder of a womanizing film director. It looks like he's the victim of an opportunist thief, but the evidence doesn't add up to his suspicious mind. More and more evidence turns up conveniently, and ...more
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Walt Simonson continues his epic tales of the Thunder God with a huge battle to the finish in the resolution of the Surtur saga, and then plunges ahead with Thor being enspelled and forced to pledge allegiance to the evil Loki. Great story-telling al ...more
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Assignment Ceylon by Edward S. Aarons
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Sam Durell is on the run - he's been framed as a traitor, and his own department has sent a hit-man after him. But he stubbornly insists on completing his mission, to find and rescue a kidnapped archaeologist. This is a late Durell story, and it seem ...more
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Kids Say the Darndest Things! by Art Linkletter
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Art Linkletter used to run a TV "House Party", and some of his most popular guests were young kids. He'd ask them simple questions, and get the most surprising answers. For this book, he collected many of the best so we could enjoy them too.It's a lo ...more
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“I never make stupid mistakes - only very, very clever ones.”
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“I just want to hear something I haven't heard before”
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“There's always the possibility that you're going to come across a record that transforms your life. And it happens weekly. It's like a leaf on the stream. There are little currents and eddies and sticks lying in the water that nudge you in a slightly different direction. And then you break loose and carry on down the current. There's nothing that actually stops you and lifts you out of the water and puts you on the bank but there are diversions and distractions and alarums and excursions which is what makes life interesting really. It's fantastic.”
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