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Paul Magrs | 390 pages | 01 May 2011 | Snowbooks Ltd | 9781907777059 | English | London, United Kingdom Enter Wildthyme - Wikipedia

Iris Wildthyme is a fictional character created by Enter Wildthyme Paul Enter WildthymeEnter Wildthyme has appeared in short stories, novels and audio dramas from numerous publishers. Her stories are in the New Wave mold, characterised by nonlinear, sometimes stream of consciousness narrative, intertextual references to the rest of and popular cultureand themes of unreliable narration. She has a playful, mischievous personality, delighting in baiting and getting into trouble. first appears in one of Magrs's non-genre novels, Marked for Life[4] as a lesbian novelist who has lived for far longer than a normal lifespan. The infant Iris appears in later books by Magrs taking place in the same Phoenix Court setting, and an apparently adult version re-appears in the story "Hospitality:, in the collection Iris: Abroad. The character was described Enter Wildthyme "a studied affront" to existing Doctor Who texts [8] and "an ethical challenge" to some of the series' "main inconsistencies". Since then the character Enter Wildthyme been the subject of a number of short story anthologies, edited by Magrs and others, published by and one by [15] and two novels published by Snowbooks. InPhilip Purser-Hallard submitted a proposal for a novel, Iris Wildthyme in the City of the Savedwhich would have seen Iris in a hedonistic artificial world at the end of time where all people are resurrected and made immortal. It was rejected as an Iris Wildthyme novel range was considered unviable at the time. Purser-Hallard reused elements of the story in 's The Book of the War in which Iris appears as an unnamed traveller and 's Of the City of the Saved InEnter Wildthyme character started appearing as an occasional crossover character in Enter Wildthyme plays by Big Finish Productionswhere she is voiced by Katy Enter Wildthyme. The character has appeared as the main character in Enter Wildthyme "seasons" of audio dramas, released respectively in,and[21] along with a Christmas special. Although in some of her early appearances including and Wildthyme on Top Iris is accompanied by Enter Wildthyme Tom played on audio by Ortis Deleyher usual foil in her Big Finish, Obverse Books and Snowbooks appearances is Panda, a inch-tall sentient, stuffed toy played on audio by David Benson. Iris claims to have been raised by a House of Aunts as opposed to Cousinsin the mountains of southern [26] and also that she has erased all of her records from the Matrixexplaining why the Time Lords know nothing about her. She is known to have Enter Wildthyme the destruction of Gallifrey and the apparent retroactive wiping of the Time Lords from history that took place at the Enter Wildthyme of the novel The Ancestor Cell. Iris regenerates at the end of The Scarlet Empress into a form resembling Jane Fonda in Barbarella[6] [27] and is known to have at least six other incarnations. There is no indication of what relationship the character has Enter Wildthyme the new television series. In " The End of the World "the Doctor states that his homeworld had Enter Wildthyme destroyed and that he is the last of the Time Lords. Attempting to pin down the exact details of Iris's Enter Wildthyme is problematic because such details are not only kept deliberately vague by Magrs and other writers, but also because the accounts of her adventures may not be reliable, in whole or in part. Iris has also argued that her adventures are more "true" than Enter Wildthyme Doctor's recollections because she writes them in Enter Wildthyme diaries while the Doctor does not. Magrs has explicitly Enter Wildthyme that Iris Enter Wildthyme — of course she knows — that Enter Wildthyme a very deliberate parody of Doctor Who. That's why she loves him so. In the context of the Doctor Who Enter Wildthyme, all this may be explained by Iris's claim Enter Wildthyme the novel The Blue Angel that she is from the Obverse, a surreal parallel universe with radically different physical laws. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Enter Wildthyme from Iris: Abroad. See also: Iris Wildthyme audio drama series. Archived from the original on 18 December Retrieved 26 November Big Finish Productions. August Retrieved 31 May . Panini : 26— New Orleans: . Danbury, Connecticut: Eruditorum Press. Iris Wildthyme. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Webarchive template archiveis links. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file. Download as PDF Printable version. Add links. Doctor Who character. The Plague Herds of Excelis. “Enter Wildthyme” by | jimholroydb

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Enter Wildthyme Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Enter Enter Wildthyme by Paul Magrs. A novel which takes us Enter Wildthyme a dusty secondhand bookshop in Darlington, clear across the galaxy aboard a celestial double decker bus This is a story about an object Enter Wildthyme a glass jar with mysterious contests - being the focus of a chase between Iris Wildthyme, Panda, and their new friend Simon, and a bunch of gentlemen pirates of the Dogworld, who are determined to retrieve the strange jar and its even stranger contents. Get Enter Wildthyme Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Iris Wildthyme. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Enter Wildthymeplease sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Enter Wildthyme. Humorous Fantasy and Science Fiction is a very hard thing to get right. Most books in this sub-genre are a miss and this one misses by the length of a double decker bus. I think that the problem I had with this Enter Wildthyme is that it tries just too damn hard. It tries to be the Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxybut also adds an unhealthily large dollop of Enter Wildthyme Who for good measure. The Humorous Fantasy and Science Fiction is a very hard thing to get right. The main protagonist is Iris Wildthyme, who might as well be a female version of the Doctor. All I Enter Wildthyme say about this is that Enter Wildthyme the Enter Wildthyme ever gets around to having a female Doctor I Enter Wildthyme it doesn't resemble this character because I would never watch Enter Wildthyme show again. The Enter Wildthyme antagonist have a very irritating habit of mumbling his words, which means that all his sentences end with "murmur, murmur" - it gets very old very fast. The dialogue can best be described as clunky, and commits the cardinal sin according to Stephen King Enter Wildthyme using too many adjectives. Too often the story tells instead of shows as well. It's one I won't be reading. View 2 comments. Nov 01, Becky rated it it was amazing. I have read books with Iris in before but this was the first full length one. Just finished it. Loved it. Need to get the next one for Christmas. Got two Brenda and Effie next. Treated myself. It's high octane sci fi camp. May 04, Ian Banks rated it liked it Shelves: science-fiction. I've read a couple of Paul Magrs books before and was really looking forward to this one. Coupled with the fact that it's about a character he created for the Doctor Who range of novels in the 90s and is partly set in a bookstore I thought this would be right up my alley. The Good: There is a wildly Enter Wildthyme plot that only occasionally seems to get out of control. There a whole bunch of characters whom you might not like but are able to Enter Wildthyme a handle on at the very least. There are a wide variet I've read a couple of Paul Magrs Enter Wildthyme before and was really looking forward to this one. There are a wide variety of settings and ideas that keep the story sparking. It's well-written for the most part, feeling more than a little like Douglas Adams. The Bad: After a while you get a little exhausted by the vast range of settings and characters that are thrown at you. I love a book in which nothing happens without a reason but Magrs throws so much at you that it can be difficult to keep up. I just felt that here it got a little unwieldy. I also felt that some parts of the book were much better than others. Not an unnatural reaction, you say. Of course not, but it follows that there are some parts of the book that are worse than others. And - in this reviewers opinion - there were more than seemed usual in a book: the scenes in s France, for example, just seemed a little superfluous as did the scenes at the Vincent Cosmo concert in Actually, they felt more rushed than anything: this is that rare book that perhaps could have dealt well with being a bit longer or split into two This book ends with a very clear ending, but the story is in no way complete: villains are still at large, quests are unfinished, questions unanswered I may very well read future volumes of this, but I was more than a little miffed to discover that I'm not getting the end of this story. However, Mr Magrs is not the only author guilty of this so Enter Wildthyme overall rating and review are not affected. Mar 02, Sarah rated Enter Wildthyme did not like it. After being drawn in by the cover recommendation from Russell T. Davis, I found this to be an utter disappointment. The character development is patchy, leaving you with a set of people who I found to not seem like people, I never found that I empathised with any of them or understood their motivations. The science element of the fiction was badly though out and not really interesting, with unconvincingly bizarre aliens living on shockingly habitable planets, and mostly coincidentally speaking En After being drawn in by the cover recommendation from Russell T. The science element of the fiction was badly though out and not really interesting, with unconvincingly bizarre aliens living on shockingly habitable planets, and Enter Wildthyme coincidentally speaking English. I also greatly disapprove of books whose sole purpose seems Enter Wildthyme be to sell you the sequel, by ending at what is clearly the start of the main adventure. This leaves one with a feeling of having wasted a lot of time on just reading the introduction. Overall an utter waste of reading time, as the proofreader obviously agreed - several spelling and grammar errors, and main characters even being referred Enter Wildthyme by the wrong names, which shatters the illusion as easily as the silly glass Enter Wildthyme, who would in no way be a sustainable species, particularly as Enter Wildthyme ruling class. Not a lot happens in this book you are waiting for some epic battle or plot twist and you think you get there and then Enter Wildthyme book ends. Jun 19, Toby Price rated it it was amazing. Ah, Enter Wildthyme. A three-hundred-and-thirty-page long story, telling an epic journey that Enter Wildthyme decide the fate of the universe. What an absolutely beautifully crafted novel. Enter Wildthyme has more of a slightly more comical, surreal humour than the more outrageously comedic nature of other iris Wildthyme stories. It's a pantomime of magnificent proportions, but to simply call it a pantomime is an understatement. It's so much more. The narrative decides against being a simple pastiche of Do Ah, Enter Wildthyme. The narrative decides against being a simple pastiche of Doctor Who, a trope the Iris Wildthyme series often goes to, and instead it forges its own unique Enter Wildthyme by utilising various elements from Margs' previous creations. The story is a long, but extremely enjoyable thrill ride, taking Iris and Panda, as well as their friends, some new, some old across an universe spanning journey in order to stop the highly dangerous, mesmerising Anthony Marvelle and his partner in crime, the Dog Pirate known as Missy, from reaching Hyspero, where he intends to set upon some malignant scheme yet unbeknownst to us, as Enter Wildthyme Wildthyme is only the first part of the story, as its sequel, Wildthyme Beyond, is the true conclusion to this space Enter Wildthyme. Simon and Kelly are two of the main characters the story focuses on, and too begin with, their personalities aren't to defined, but as the story sweeps on, as when they both meet Iris, their characters fully blossom. Simon is a trustworthy and enthusiastic man, and after reuniting in Darlington with Kelly, his best friend from years before, Enter Wildthyme he graduates from university. Kelly feels she's gotten Enter Wildthyme to a mind space where she's comfortable with. Calling her a control freak would be inaccurate, as she isn't controlling per se, though she does like to have a stable, safe, and controllable life. This is thrown out of the window as soon as Iris Wildthyme shows up, of course knocking everything out of control, causing Kelly a deal of distress, so much so she leaves Iris' motley crew off her Celestial Omnibus her Tardis, in shortto live in Darlington by Enter Wildthyme. Although, her importance is so Enter Wildthyme, Marvelle kidnaps her for his dastardly scheme. The story has plenty of call-backs to a vast amount of Margs' previous works, as almost every character in this has appeared in Enter Wildthyme beforehand, however context of these stories mostly isn't required. I went into this story pretty in the dark, and the only thing I felt a bit unsure of was Hyspero and its workings, as that planet and it's unique monarchy are contribute greatly to the plot, so I recommend reading the Scarlet Empress, as it's a pre-requisite I wish I had more knowledge of. Pretty much every location and character in this story have appeared in many Enter Wildthyme before: Enter Wildthyme, a slightly overbearing but well intentioned sentient vending machine from the future first appeared in the NSA Sick Building; Jenny Winterleaf was one of Iris' previous companions; Magda, even though she's more of a minor character, was a mermaid Iris rescued in another story; The Dog Pirates and Hotel Miramar Enter Wildthyme from Mad Dogs and Englishmen; Simon, Kelly, Terrence, and the Great Big Book Exchange appeared in a novel, Exchange, also by Margs which I've also just bought off eBay as I'm curious to read the Enter Wildthyme backstory of these characters ; Enter Wildthyme Cosmos has just had his first spin-off audio drama and many more things, like the Ringpullworld, and a sly appearance of the Pescatons. Enter Wildthyme by Paul Magrs

Humour and science fiction is a difficult act to pull off. Travelling through the galaxy there seem to be no Enter Wildthyme problems to be overcome and communication with alien species is undertaken without any explanation of how they are communicating in English. Simon who has been given a Darlington bookshop is a character like Arthur Dent or Rory in Dr Who, a rather clueless earthling taken along for the Enter Wildthyme. Oh, Enter Wildthyme there is a sentient Enter Wildthyme machine called Barbra. I think maybe the author has had too much cheese too close to bedtime or something. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Skip to content. Home About. Enter Wildthyme. Share this: Twitter Facebook Pinterest. Like this: Like Loading I started this blog to share my interests, my photos and to make sense of my world. I take a lot of photographs of various subjects, some of which I intend to share here. I collect diecast cars and get the same thrill at 50 as I did when I was Enter Wildthyme, when I find a car I'm Enter Wildthyme for, Don't worry, I have a separate Enter Wildthyme for this hobby. Please feel free to comment and ask questions on what I Enter Wildthyme. I am quite new to this blogging, I was inspired by reading a book, which began as a blog of a London Ambulance Driver: "Blood, Sweat and Tea". I hope my blog will be entertaining and amusing, I did try stand up comedy in the UK and Enter Wildthyme seven gigs before I left to teach English in Georgia. I love reading and so the blog will include book reviews of books as I finish them. I don't know about which direction this blog will go, I am a great believer in serendipity This entry was posted in 2. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Search for:. Follow jimholroydb on WordPress. Blog at WordPress. Post to Cancel. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy.