50th Anniversary eBooks
 

It's been rumored, but now it's been confirmed -- for the 50th anniversary, Penguin is doing a monthly series of eBook shorts. Authors haven't been revealed yet, but the Radio Times article suggests J.K. Rowling is a possibility and says that each will be written by an "acclaimed children's author." Perhaps we'll see eBooks by Philip Pullman, Charlie Higson, etc.

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Of course, the definition of 'acclaimed children's author' could be rather flexible. For instance, 'Who usual suspects' like Stephen Cole and Andy Lane already have their own successful non-Who children's series (Astrosaurs and Young Sherlock Holmes respectively). I'd expect to see a few of them filling out between any really big names.

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Anyone mention Gaiman ?

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Sounds awesome...except the eBook part. I can only hope a paper edition(s) would show up later on.

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They are supposed to be releasing a paperback with all 11 stories included in November.

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Then I'm sold!

I can only hope Neil Gaiman, as already suggested, will be involved. :D

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Here's the first one:

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"London, 1900. The First Doctor is missing both his hand and his granddaughter, Susan. Faced with the search for Susan, a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding soul pirates intent on harvesting human limbs, the Doctor is promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget..."

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What a bland cover - looks like the sort of thing a self-published book would have - I guess the BBC only wants to pay one for the collected paper edition.

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Which would be ironic, since buying the individual ebooks will cost almost three times the price of the collected edition...

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Eoin Colfer?!?! That'll be one story I won't be reading. :(

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Because of Artemis Fowl? Or because of And Another Thing?

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Mostly because of Artemis Fowl. I couldn't even finish the first book because I got so disgusted with the prose and the character Artemis. Very rarely do I not finish a book but this one of the exceptions.

As a result, I was very disappointed that Colfer was selected to write And Another Thing. I read a few pages here and there in the book store and I didn't like what I read so I haven't bothered with it.

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And Another Thing was truly fucking awfull. I hate that book with a passion

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And what a surprise. It's available on the Apple store. It's available for the Kindle. But the Nook? Nope.

Also, current price is $2.68 ... for a short story. Seems excessively pricey.

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Bleeding Cool has suggested/theorized that Neil Gaiman could be announced as the writer of the Second Doctor story next month. Nothing confirmed, just pure speculation on their part I think.