The combination of pirates, steampunk, and space opera did not work here. The twist on Robert Louis Stevenson's black spot is ingenious but it was lost in the clumsy pastiche of established stereotypes. The monster, for example, is the love child of a Wookie and the Vogon guard. (

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TheoClarke | Oct 14, 2009 |

Pretty good stuff. A quick read. I'm not a huge fan of olde tyme pirates in space, but it worked out well enough. I enjoyed Kevin. I don't exactly have the ending worked out ahead of time, so that's always nice. (

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andystehr | Sep 11, 2009 |

My book review:
http://ganimede.dreamwidth.org/23145....

*CONTAINS SPOILERS* (

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Ganimede | Sep 10, 2009 |

http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1198040...

An unexceptional sf adventure involving space pirates and anthropomorphic robots. This must have been one of the first Tenth Doctor books - his character seems very Nine-ish in places. Also he is rather too eager to kill off the baddies. (

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nwhyte | Mar 29, 2009 |

Doctor Who: The Resurrection Casket is an interesting story that is a fast and enjoyable read. The Doctor and Rose get stuck in a technological dead zone where neither the TARDIS nor modern technology works. As a result, Starfall’s residents rely on steam power for daily tasks and even space travel. I guess they have a lot of water. Soon after landing the Doctor and Rose realize that something is wrong. I found the pseudo-bad-guy seriously absurd. Aside from that, the story is very good and the banter between the Doctor and Rose is fantastic. The ending is a bit predictable but nevertheless rewarding. (

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archivesman | Jan 4, 2009 |

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For Julian and Chris, who like pirate stories!

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Death was hiding in Kaspar's pocket.

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It was not in the Doctor's nature to run away. What he really wanted was a way of negotiating from a position of strength. A sophisticated and terrible weapon of some sort to defend himself with. A long pointed stick would be a start. He didn't want to hurt the creature, but there were some questions he'd like answered. And it would be nice, too, he was thinking, if he could avoid getting killed.

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Starfall - a world on the edge, where crooks and smugglers hide in the gloomy shadows and modern technology refuses to work. The pioneers who used to be drawn by the hope of making a fortune from the mines can find easier picking elsewhere. But they still come - for the romance of it, or old-fashioned organic mining. Or in the hope of finding the lost treasure of Hamlek Glint - scourge of the spaceways, privateer, adventurer and bandit. Will the TARDIS ever work again? Is Glint's lost treasure waiting to be found? And does the fabled Resurrection Casket - the key to eternal life - really exist? With the help of new friends, and to the horror of new enemies, The Doctor and Rose aim to find out...

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