Why not ring in the New Year with the first Lance Parkin novel in some eighteen months or so? That's right, it's the Parkin novel from 1998 that everyone cares about the most: Beige Planet Mars. The Infinity Doctors? Never heard of it.
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Said I didn't want to turn my last thread into the usual self-promo guff.
So anyway, it is now that thread.
Bunch of posts are up on the Ko-fi for early access, you can read 'em for as little as $5, you know the drill. Nothing is ever mandatory, but all support is appreciated.

Oh hey, periodically remembered that my Bluesky exists, very sorry to have disappeared again.
So yes, the site has officially changed to Lara's Ramblings, but not in the URL because free WordPress plans just be like that sometimes unfortunately.
Anyway.

Dale's Ramblings turns eight and Simon Messingham returns for the first time in nearly six years with Zeta Major. Join me on a fateful journey to the edge of the universe.
But will things be quite the same on the return trip?
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In the first part of the Dale's Ramblings eight year anniversary celebrations, the EDAs follow up Seeing I with a book that manages to follow through on its incredibly high quality.
Just kidding, it's a Gary Russell book instead.
Oh well.
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OK so the Tumblr is back. Really don't know what that was all about. In all likelihood you may not have even noticed it was gone 'cause it only disappeared for twelve hours, but like... weird.

Woah hey.
So um.
The Tumblr just got terminated, for no reason I can readily discern. Also didn't get any kind of email saying "You violated XYZ part of the Terms of Service," which I would generally expect if that's what was up.

I've drifted away from here again, sorry, gender introspection is no joke frankly.
Anyway. Updates aplenty inbound. Or at least two of 'em.

The Jim Mortimore farewell tour enters its middle act, and the New Adventures turn out their final monthly instalment, as we pick apart The Sword of Forever.
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Terrance Dicks returns to BBC Books for the first time since The Eight Doctors. But is Catastrophea a welcome return to form, or is its disaster-tinged name more apt than our writer could have known?
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Yeah no, I'm just going to pre-emptively say you really shouldn't try reading the Re:Generations review in one sitting when it comes out.

Status report on the Re:Generations review.
Which all sounds fine until you realise I'm only one story in...

One of these days I'll learn to stop making proclamations about how I'm going to take a break from reviewing. It never sticks.
Anyway, if everything goes according to plan, you can tune in for the Oh No It Isn't! review on October 24th, and Re:Generations on the DW 60th anniversary.

Hannibal is really the darkest of dark comedy. Sorbet's plot could straight-up be reworked as an episode of Frasier if you cut out all the cannibalism and murder.

No way, I'm here now! Will I do anything with this newfound Bluesky magic? Eh, we'll see, I suppose.