lidar2
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Aug 16, 2019 13:14:35 GMT
Just to give this a quick plug - it really is wonderful. If you are like me one of that generation who grew up in the 70s or 80s when there were little or no repeats and you could count the commercially available VHS on the fingers of one hand, then you will know how important the target books were and this is a wonderful tribute.
I don't normally buy the DWM Specials, but I made an exception for this and I am glad I did. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 14:09:09 GMT
For those who do not know about it, there is a free PDF guidebook to the Target range compliled by Paul Smith and downloadable from the following: www.wonderfulbook.co.uk/If like myself, you still have your old collections or have picked many up since, it is nice to know for example how many were printed of each edition. For example, the Wheel in Space is not really quite as rare as many believe (23,000 printed). It was equally interesting to learn just how rare the ex library hardbacks are likely to be now, given their low original print runs. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 22:35:55 GMT
I've got a few Star Book double-bill editions (i.e. two stories in one) tucked away with the Target novelisations picked up over the decades. I had no idea they were made by gluing two different books together with a different cover. Thrifty.  Edit: For fun, here's a comparison. The Star Books edition is the second from the left ( The Seeds of Doom/The Deadly Assassin). The cover is a reflective silver, so it catches the light when you're outside. Great for reading and/or blinding Krynoids from a great distance, a must have for any time traveller.  |
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Post by iainmclaughlin on Aug 17, 2019 10:15:17 GMT
I was really looking forward to this, but it doesn't seem to have made it up here to Dundee, so I've had to order it direct from Panini. I now sit behind the door like a hopeful puppy every morning when the postie passes.
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Post by doctorkernow on Aug 17, 2019 19:26:23 GMT
Hello again.
Ah Target books... the memories. I remember reading The Cave Monsters aged 6 or 7, being terrified by the cover of a library copy of Deadly Assassin and was convinced that Dr Who began as told by Ian Chesterton at the beginning of The Daleks.
I picked up mine in a variety of places. It became a like a treasure hunt. The Ice Warriors and Web of Fear on a school trip to Hay-on-Wye. A few sold to me by a boy at school. Any book tokens meant a trip to WH Smith. A paperround gave me funds to send off to a John Fitton in Humberside for some missing books.
By 1984 I would avidly read Off The Shelf in DWM to find out which book would be published in paperback next. I collected them from charity shops. In a visit to Cornwall, there was a copy of Trial of a Timelord book 1 and another title. I bought the latter a decision that would haunt me.
I had collected all by 1995 except Warrior's Gate which I picked up from a comic shop in Bridgwater and you guessed it The Mysterious Planet...
Finally, picked it up on Ebay in 2008!
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