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Bernice Summerfield Anthologies #8
Collected Works
This book is a short story anthology set in Big Finish Productions' Professor Bernice Summerfield series. Bernice Summerfield appears in many original New Adventures of Doctor Who novels, as well as short stories and other fiction.
"It might be your name on the deeds, but you don't belong here any more. This is our home, our collection."
The Braxiatel Collection. It's a museum, art gallery, and academic institute. A home for renowned archaeologists, runaway art thieves, and galactic waifs and strays. It's been a private playground and the battlefield in the fight against tyranny. And now things are changing again.
With the Collection's founder missing, it's up to those left behind to make this place their own.
Amidst the chaos of visitors from the far future, dark secrets, old friends and new enemies, Bernice Summerfield must do whatever's necessary to keep the doors open and her family safe.
Yet through it all, there's one truth she cannot escape.
Braxiatel is gone. And nature abhors a vacuum.
The Stories
Work In Progress by Nick Wallace
The Tears Of Laughter by David N. Smith
Perspectives: Tribal Reservations by Philip Purser-Hallard
Outside the Wall by Sin Deniz
Key by Jonathan Blum
The Inconstant Gallery by James Swallow
Perspectives: Quire As Folk by Philip Purser-Hallard
Cabinets Of Curiosities by Mags L. Halliday
Anightintheninthage by Lance Parkin
Grey's Anatomy by Simon A. Forward
The Tree That Was by Steven Kitson
Perspectives: Forging A Bond by Philip Purser-Hallard
The Two-Level Effect by Eddie Robson
Let There Be Stars by Mark Michalowski
Sleeptalking by John Fletcher
Perspectives: Intermissions by Philip Purser-Hallard
False Security by Nick Walters
The Painting On The Stair by Simon Bucher-Jones
Cost For A Collection by Ian Mond
Lock by Kate Orman
Perspectives: The Injured Party by Philip Purser-Hallard
Mother's Ruin Dale Smith
Future Relations by Philip Purser-Hallard and Nick Wallace
"It might be your name on the deeds, but you don't belong here any more. This is our home, our collection."
The Braxiatel Collection. It's a museum, art gallery, and academic institute. A home for renowned archaeologists, runaway art thieves, and galactic waifs and strays. It's been a private playground and the battlefield in the fight against tyranny. And now things are changing again.
With the Collection's founder missing, it's up to those left behind to make this place their own.
Amidst the chaos of visitors from the far future, dark secrets, old friends and new enemies, Bernice Summerfield must do whatever's necessary to keep the doors open and her family safe.
Yet through it all, there's one truth she cannot escape.
Braxiatel is gone. And nature abhors a vacuum.
The Stories
Work In Progress by Nick Wallace
The Tears Of Laughter by David N. Smith
Perspectives: Tribal Reservations by Philip Purser-Hallard
Outside the Wall by Sin Deniz
Key by Jonathan Blum
The Inconstant Gallery by James Swallow
Perspectives: Quire As Folk by Philip Purser-Hallard
Cabinets Of Curiosities by Mags L. Halliday
Anightintheninthage by Lance Parkin
Grey's Anatomy by Simon A. Forward
The Tree That Was by Steven Kitson
Perspectives: Forging A Bond by Philip Purser-Hallard
The Two-Level Effect by Eddie Robson
Let There Be Stars by Mark Michalowski
Sleeptalking by John Fletcher
Perspectives: Intermissions by Philip Purser-Hallard
False Security by Nick Walters
The Painting On The Stair by Simon Bucher-Jones
Cost For A Collection by Ian Mond
Lock by Kate Orman
Perspectives: The Injured Party by Philip Purser-Hallard
Mother's Ruin Dale Smith
Future Relations by Philip Purser-Hallard and Nick Wallace
283 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2006
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August 7, 2024Cabinets of Curiosities by Mags L. Halliday: I told you: the history of the Amber Room is a trail of death stretching back to when it was first made. Like the Herr Doktor who was murdered by the Stasi in his wilderness hideaway for daring to search for it?
A pretty good short story from Halliday, who wrote the Doctor Who novel History 101 (which I also quite enjoyed) featuring an original character who (sadly) has seemingly never appeared again.
A pretty good short story from Halliday, who wrote the Doctor Who novel History 101 (which I also quite enjoyed) featuring an original character who (sadly) has seemingly never appeared again.
July 31, 2016
Brilliant book with a lot of in-depth view of what goes on in the Braxiatel Collection when Irving Braxiatel is no longer in charge. Although his presence is no longer there, his shadow still lingers over Bev Tarrant who does her best to run the Collection, her home.
I loved how all the chapters connected together over a time period and the relationships they had and their thoughts and character development and what goes on between the audios and before they call Braxiatel back.
It's also interesting to see how Braxiatel merged his time ship with the actual planetoid and there were baby universes waiting to be born. AND BRAX DIDN'T TELL ANYONE.
Despite all Braxiatel has done, you can still see despite everything, Bernice still cared for him but enough to know that for now, they can still run the Collection without him.
Until things get worse.
I also love Hass and Peter. We don't get enough Hass in the audios and it was interesting to see how Hass clambered out of his armour to save Peter's life which is something Ice Warrior's never do.
Then there is Bev Tarrant. Bev Tarrant is just bad-ass and that's all I am going to say. She's one tough cookie.
4/5.
I loved how all the chapters connected together over a time period and the relationships they had and their thoughts and character development and what goes on between the audios and before they call Braxiatel back.
It's also interesting to see how Braxiatel merged his time ship with the actual planetoid and there were baby universes waiting to be born. AND BRAX DIDN'T TELL ANYONE.
Despite all Braxiatel has done, you can still see despite everything, Bernice still cared for him but enough to know that for now, they can still run the Collection without him.
Until things get worse.
I also love Hass and Peter. We don't get enough Hass in the audios and it was interesting to see how Hass clambered out of his armour to save Peter's life which is something Ice Warrior's never do.
Then there is Bev Tarrant. Bev Tarrant is just bad-ass and that's all I am going to say. She's one tough cookie.
4/5.
June 17, 2018
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I was not so impressed with Something Changed, the last collection of Bernice Summerfield stories I reviewed, but this is much better. Gender balance is marginally improved (two out of twenty-three stories by women, as opposed to none out of fifteen in Something Changed). Also, the stories seem to gel together much better, with a linking theme the visit of the mysterious alien Quire to the Braxiatel collection in the continuing absence of Braxiatel himself. They are all set during Season 7 of the Bernice Summerfield audios, which I listened to years ago but don't seem to have written up. If I had to pick three particular highlights they would be Jonathan Blum's "Lock", from Peter's point of view; Simon A. Forward's "Grey's Anatomy" with the return of Mordecan; and Phillip Purser-Hallard's running "Perspectives" which revisit the alien Quire at different points of the narrative. For once, an anthology that is more than the sum of its parts.
I was not so impressed with Something Changed, the last collection of Bernice Summerfield stories I reviewed, but this is much better. Gender balance is marginally improved (two out of twenty-three stories by women, as opposed to none out of fifteen in Something Changed). Also, the stories seem to gel together much better, with a linking theme the visit of the mysterious alien Quire to the Braxiatel collection in the continuing absence of Braxiatel himself. They are all set during Season 7 of the Bernice Summerfield audios, which I listened to years ago but don't seem to have written up. If I had to pick three particular highlights they would be Jonathan Blum's "Lock", from Peter's point of view; Simon A. Forward's "Grey's Anatomy" with the return of Mordecan; and Phillip Purser-Hallard's running "Perspectives" which revisit the alien Quire at different points of the narrative. For once, an anthology that is more than the sum of its parts.
June 19, 2021
L'ANGOLO BIG FINISH: “COLLECTED WORKS” (Bernice Summerfield, Antologia 8)
Edito da NICK WALLACE
Autori Vari
“Ci potrà anche essere il tuo nome sull'atto di proprietà, ma tu non appartieni più a questo posto. Questa è la nostra casa, la nostra collezione.”
La Collezione Braxiatel. È un museo, una galleria d'arte e un istituto accademico. Una dimora per archeologi rinomati, ladri d'arte in fuga, e orfani e randagi galattici. È stata un parco giochi privato e un campo di battaglia nella lotta contro la tirannia. E ora le cose stanno di nuovo cambiando.
Con il fondatore della Collezione scomparso, è compito di quelli rimasti indietro rendere questo posto il loro.
In mezzo al caos di visitatori dal lontano futuro, oscuri segreti, vecchi amici e nuovi nemici, Bernice Summerfield deve fare tutto quello che può per tenere le porte aperte e la sua famiglia al sicuro.
Eppure fra tutto questo, c'è una verità alla quale non può sfuggire.
Braxiatel se n'è andato. E la natura aborrisce i vuoti.
Questa antologia di racconti brevi ci racconta com'è cambiata la vita alla Collezione dopoThe Crystal of Cantus e in pratica per tutta la durata della stagione 7, spaziando su diversi mesi. Bev è stata costretta a farsi avanti come capo dell'istituzione, cosa non semplice date le minacce sia interne sia esterne che continuano a saltare fuori (e Brax non ha esattamente lasciato un libretto di istruzioni su come far funzionare le cose).
Inoltre, un gruppo di visitatori da un futuro molto remoto è venuto a studiare la collezione e i suoi abitanti, e non sono proprio delle persone facili da gestire.
Edito da NICK WALLACE
Autori Vari
“Ci potrà anche essere il tuo nome sull'atto di proprietà, ma tu non appartieni più a questo posto. Questa è la nostra casa, la nostra collezione.”
La Collezione Braxiatel. È un museo, una galleria d'arte e un istituto accademico. Una dimora per archeologi rinomati, ladri d'arte in fuga, e orfani e randagi galattici. È stata un parco giochi privato e un campo di battaglia nella lotta contro la tirannia. E ora le cose stanno di nuovo cambiando.
Con il fondatore della Collezione scomparso, è compito di quelli rimasti indietro rendere questo posto il loro.
In mezzo al caos di visitatori dal lontano futuro, oscuri segreti, vecchi amici e nuovi nemici, Bernice Summerfield deve fare tutto quello che può per tenere le porte aperte e la sua famiglia al sicuro.
Eppure fra tutto questo, c'è una verità alla quale non può sfuggire.
Braxiatel se n'è andato. E la natura aborrisce i vuoti.
Questa antologia di racconti brevi ci racconta com'è cambiata la vita alla Collezione dopoThe Crystal of Cantus e in pratica per tutta la durata della stagione 7, spaziando su diversi mesi. Bev è stata costretta a farsi avanti come capo dell'istituzione, cosa non semplice date le minacce sia interne sia esterne che continuano a saltare fuori (e Brax non ha esattamente lasciato un libretto di istruzioni su come far funzionare le cose).
Inoltre, un gruppo di visitatori da un futuro molto remoto è venuto a studiare la collezione e i suoi abitanti, e non sono proprio delle persone facili da gestire.
Come al solito, data la grande moltitudine di storie scritte sia da autori noti sia da novizi, c'è una grande varietà di temi, di stili e di personaggi. Il fatto di avere tantissimi punti di vista e poter “vivere” la Collezione a tutto tondo è uno dei punti forti di queste antologie.
Le storie di questa antologia sono in genere molto più tranquille e ordinarie, nel senso che non mi hanno strappato il cuore dal petto per camminarci sopra come hanno fatto ad esempio Life During Wartime e Something Changed, ma ce ne sono comunque di molto belle.
Ad esempio Key è raccontata dal punto di vista di Peter, e mostra già quanto sia simile a sua madre quando va in cerca di avventure, The Two-Level Effect è una divertente storia che vede Jason alle prese con l'instabilità dimensionale dell'ufficio di Brax, Let There be Stars ci mostra uno spaccato sulla vita del nuovo Hass. Un paio di storie si ricollegano al passato di Bev in quanto ladra, ed è stato interessante vederla dal lato opposto a cercare di evitare furti e falsificazioni.
Naturalmente abbiamo anche qualche storia su Benny, le quali spesso vanno ad esplorare il suo rapporto con il figlio. Mother's Ruin in particolare è una storia quasi surreale in cui scopriamo un grande pericolo interno per la Collezione (con un interessante pezzo di lore riguardante il Whoniverse in generale).
L'ultima storia, Future Relations, termina con una nota tragica e chiude le fila di alcune sottotrame che si sono avviate nel volume, mentre al contempo rimane aperto per quanto riguarda le minacce che l'assenza di Brax ha portato.
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