sphinx reviewed on 3/27/2017 + 97 more book reviews

A good read for Whovians, not a great one. The artwork is mediocre, but what can you expect from a book that lists 10 authors on the title page? It's clearly a committee-made book, and it suffers for it, as comics generally do when there are too many cooks in the kitchen.

The good part is the writing, which has some bright moments of compassion and a maturity of perspective that one would expect from the Doctor. Violence, xenophobia, racism, environmental degradation, and zero-sum games are treated as the primitive perversions they are, rather than being glorified, as in almost all other media produced by patriarchy.

I love the Doctor because he's truly a good person, and this book shows that.

Another fun aspect is that David Bowie shows up to ride along in the TARDIS! He's not named as such, due to lawsuit potential, but it's him. It's really funny to have him as a silly side character who doesn't yet have a grasp on his own creativity. Not a typical perspective of the man.

Fun reading, not a masterpiece.

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