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Decalog 5: Wonders : Ten Stories a Billon Years an Infinite Universe

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A pretty ordinary collection of stories. The average here is only 3.15

Decalog 5 : Poyekhali 3201 - Stephen Baxter
Decalog 5 : King's Chamber - Dominic Green
Decalog 5 : City of Hammers - Neil Williamson
Decalog 5 : Painting the Age with the Beauty of Our Days - Mike O'Driscoll
Decalog 5 : The Judgement of Solomon - Lawrence Miles
Decalog 5 : The Milk of Human Kindness - Elizabeth Sourbut
Decalog 5 : Bibliophage, being a tale from the Library of (almost) Everything - Stephen Marley
Decalog 5 : Negative Space - Jeanne Cavelos
Decalog 5 : Dome of Whispers - Ian Watson
Decalog 5 : Waters-of-Starlight - Stephen Marley


Gagarin model replay.

3.5 out of 5


Telepathic unrest excursion.

3 out of 5


Girlfriend's urbane ending.

3 out of 5


Drug media.

2.5 out of 5


Arabian time excursion robot intelligence revelation.

3.5 out of 5


Breast excess virus.

3.5 out of 5


Library of Everything eater is too selfishly voracious.

3.5 out of 5


Lack of recovery.

3.5 out of 5


Speech guardians.

2.5 out of 5


Old lady pursuit.

3 out of 5




3 out of 5

Admittedly, nowhere on the cover does this book claim to have any connection to Doctor Who. On the other hand, claiming that this book is a member of the "Decalog" series - which up until now has been Doctor-Who-oriented - is blatantly false advertising. At best, it is bait-and-switch.

Once I got past that, and read the stories as plain, non-Doctor-Who, ordinary science fiction, the situation did not improve much. Most of the stories are dreadful. Some are mediocre. Only one of them - "Bibliophage" - rises above the level of mediocrity.

A warning: Now that Doctor Who has moved beyond the TV and into books, it is no longer treated as a children's series. However, many Doctor-Who-related books are still suitable for children. This is not one of them. Many of the stories contain unnecessary swearing, and one story - "The Milk of Human Kindness" - contains an act which in my opinion borders on incest.