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The Secret Lives of Monsters

di Justin Richards

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Ignorance is not bliss. It is the alien invader's greatest advantage. Tales of unearthly beings have long circulated among us, from legends of intelligent life on Earth before Homo Sapiens to conspiracy theories about what really happened at the Battle of Canary Wharf. But the truth is that alien life exists - and here, at last, is proof. Based on exclusive access to classified government files, The Secret Lives of Monsters collects evidence that has been suppressed for centuries - notes from clandestine meetings, reports of eyewitness accounts, never-before-seen images and documents, secrets provided by a mysterious agent known only as 'the Doctor', and more. It reveals all we know about aliens who are already here, and provides essential information to survive future invasions. So don't panic. You are not weaponless. The Secret Lives of Monsters will give you the greatest weapon of all- knowledge.… (altro)
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Some of this book is pretty interesting and engaging, especially the behind-the-scenes sections at the end of a chapter. But the glaring typing mistakes and missing words in sentences can take you out of the book. The worst offender I've seen, was a factual error, crediting 'Into the Dalek', as a Matt Smith episode. For a book that only pages earlier was taking a punt at the Dalek Jast/Dalek Rabe BBC error, I found this mistake to be rather ridiculous. Why should I further spend time engaging with a book that I can't trust to provide me with correct information, while it wastes no time in making jokes about others who have done the same? I will say the book's pages were well presented and the artwork and concept art, etc were nice to look at, but errors and inconsistencies make this read a painful one. I shall be wary of Justin Richards' work in the future. ( )
  crowneddragon99 | Aug 2, 2019 |
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I grumble sometimes that Justin Richards is either rather good or rather average in his Who writing. This is a good one. Published in 2014 (so covering the first Capaldi season), it looks at the classic and new monsters of Who, with chapters on the Cybermen, the Daleks, the Great Intelligence, the Ice Warriors, the Judoon, the Krillitanes, the Nestenes & Autons, the ood, the Silence, the Silurians & Sea Devils, the Slitheen, the Sontarans, the Weeping Angels and the Zygons. Most of each chapter is an in-universe account of the history of each alien and their televised encounters with the Doctor (all spinoffs are excluded, which is a bit of a missed opportunity for cross-marketing), finishing with a few pages from the real-world perspective about how the monsters were actually made and brought to the screen. It's well-written and gorgeously produced. There wasn't a lot that I didn't already know, but I enjoyed looking at it. ( )
  nwhyte | Jul 14, 2019 |
Typisch een boek dat ik zelf nooit meer zou kopen. De tijd is voorbij van zo enorm fan zijn van een televisieserie of film dat ik daar ook wel graag boeken over wil hebben. Maar nu ik dit boek in mijn schoot geworpen kreeg en het met zoveel liefde gegeven is, ben ik er toch maar in gaan kijken. En tot mijn verrassing werd ik vrij snel getrokken in de wereld van de monsters van Doctor Who.

Door het grote formaat van het boek is er fijn gebruik gemaakt van de mogelijkheid van duidelijke foto's en ander materiaal over de verschillende monsters.

Eerst was ik nog even bang dat het alleen zou gaan over de monsters vanaf 2005, de tijd waarin de nieuwe serie Doctor Who is opgestart. Maar nee, er is ook veel teruggegrepen op de oorspronkelijke serie.

Natuurlijk komen de Daleks en de Cybermen aan bod maar ook The Great Intelligence en the Ice Warriors. Erg leuk ook om te zien hoe de verschillende monsters in de loop der tijd zijn veranderd wat ontwerp betreft.

Een deel van het boek is geschreven in de stijl van gedegen journalistiek waarbij alle (geheime) bronnen gebruikt worden om alle kennis over een bepaald monster te delen. Het andere deel heet achter de schermen en dat is precies waar het over gaat. Oftewel wie heeft het monster bedacht en hoe is het gemaakt.

De lol in dit boek zit hem vooral in de herkenning. Juist omdat ik deze serie in zijn geheel meerdere keren gezien heb, weet ik er wel een beetje wat van. Met het lezen en bladeren in een fanboek als deze, komen vele herinneringen terug en dan met name die waaraan ik destijds al zoveel plezier heb beleefd. ( )
  Niekchen | Mar 4, 2019 |
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Ignorance is not bliss. It is the alien invader's greatest advantage. Tales of unearthly beings have long circulated among us, from legends of intelligent life on Earth before Homo Sapiens to conspiracy theories about what really happened at the Battle of Canary Wharf. But the truth is that alien life exists - and here, at last, is proof. Based on exclusive access to classified government files, The Secret Lives of Monsters collects evidence that has been suppressed for centuries - notes from clandestine meetings, reports of eyewitness accounts, never-before-seen images and documents, secrets provided by a mysterious agent known only as 'the Doctor', and more. It reveals all we know about aliens who are already here, and provides essential information to survive future invasions. So don't panic. You are not weaponless. The Secret Lives of Monsters will give you the greatest weapon of all- knowledge.

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