The Fantasy Bookworm
@fantasybookworm42.bsky.social
I read nerdy books and share my thoughts on them, usually though not always in the sci-fi/fantasy genre, and especially #DoctorWho tie-ins.
He/they, autistic, poly, kink-positive.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #LetWomenSpeak
He/they, autistic, poly, kink-positive.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #LetWomenSpeak
I watched Black Orchid for the first time the other night. Such a weird story. Halfway through the first episode I was thinking is this literally just going to be the Doctor playing cricket for 40 minutes? #DoctorWho
December 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I watched Black Orchid for the first time the other night. Such a weird story. Halfway through the first episode I was thinking is this literally just going to be the Doctor playing cricket for 40 minutes? #DoctorWho
!["Neo-Nazis, for God's sake. There shouldn't be any neo-Nazis. This was supposed to be the war that put paid to fascism. Except it wouldn't. Creeps would still be peddling the same old prejudices in half a century - [Ace] had met them herself. Maybe they would always be there, always have to be fought and guarded against. The Doctor would never stop fighting, she knew - and neither would she."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m4of2l7n63qq7ngdbspotfg5/bafkreidndqdpurys2pell2q3b5tl5apfknhnz4ruxiuqahltqj3dudxpkm@jpeg)
Got a copy of Illegal Alien to read for #DoctorWho Book Club @andwbcpodcast.bsky.social, been wanting to get into more of the PDAs and I'm a big fan of the Cybermen (when handled well) so figured this was a good opportunity.
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Got a copy of Illegal Alien to read for #DoctorWho Book Club @andwbcpodcast.bsky.social, been wanting to get into more of the PDAs and I'm a big fan of the Cybermen (when handled well) so figured this was a good opportunity.
The Ice Warriors is a partially missing story and I've never seen any kind of abridged version of it, so I feel like I'm actually reading this the way these novelisations were intended, as the substitute for streaming, VHS etc. before they were a thing. #DoctorWho 📚🪐
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Ice Warriors is a partially missing story and I've never seen any kind of abridged version of it, so I feel like I'm actually reading this the way these novelisations were intended, as the substitute for streaming, VHS etc. before they were a thing. #DoctorWho 📚🪐
I used to hold Doug Naylor primarily responsible for all the icky, poorly judged stuff in #RedDwarf, but some of the content in this book seriously made me question that perception
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I used to hold Doug Naylor primarily responsible for all the icky, poorly judged stuff in #RedDwarf, but some of the content in this book seriously made me question that perception
That's all 4 of the #RedDwarf books now read. I'd already read 1-3, but I only just picked up Rob Grant's Backwards from the charity shop earlier this year. My conclusion from these books is that Grant and Naylor are less than the sum of their parts when they work separately 📚🪐
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
That's all 4 of the #RedDwarf books now read. I'd already read 1-3, but I only just picked up Rob Grant's Backwards from the charity shop earlier this year. My conclusion from these books is that Grant and Naylor are less than the sum of their parts when they work separately 📚🪐
I imagine most readers will be familiar with the TV episode and know what's going on, but the way the Gunmen of the Apocalypse storyline is introduced in this book is great. One moment the crew are fighting simulants, then in the next chapter, with zero context, it's suddenly a western. #RedDwarf
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I imagine most readers will be familiar with the TV episode and know what's going on, but the way the Gunmen of the Apocalypse storyline is introduced in this book is great. One moment the crew are fighting simulants, then in the next chapter, with zero context, it's suddenly a western. #RedDwarf
Rewatched The Green Death recently. There's something quite compelling about a megalomaniacal super computer whose entire motivation is literally just capitalism. #DoctorWho
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Rewatched The Green Death recently. There's something quite compelling about a megalomaniacal super computer whose entire motivation is literally just capitalism. #DoctorWho
This was the cover
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This was the cover
I made some posts earlier this year talking about my favourite opening lines to books. Somehow I neglected to mention this gem from Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers #RedDwarf 📚🪐
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I made some posts earlier this year talking about my favourite opening lines to books. Somehow I neglected to mention this gem from Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers #RedDwarf 📚🪐
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers."
Robby the Robot, here appearing in Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem
Robby the Robot, here appearing in Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers."
Robby the Robot, here appearing in Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem
Robby the Robot, here appearing in Columbo: Mind Over Mayhem
With the best will in the world, episode concepts like Better Than Life were never going to be exploited to their full potential on an '80s BBC sitcom budget. The novelisation takes FULL advantage of being freed from that restraint and I'd recommend it for that alone #RedDwarf 📚🪐
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
With the best will in the world, episode concepts like Better Than Life were never going to be exploited to their full potential on an '80s BBC sitcom budget. The novelisation takes FULL advantage of being freed from that restraint and I'd recommend it for that alone #RedDwarf 📚🪐
Have now acquired all of the original series 2 tie-in novels. Apologies if the paperback/hardback inconsistency is annoying to some people, I try to get hold of these books as cheaply as I can (in reasonable condition) #DoctorWho 📚🪐
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Have now acquired all of the original series 2 tie-in novels. Apologies if the paperback/hardback inconsistency is annoying to some people, I try to get hold of these books as cheaply as I can (in reasonable condition) #DoctorWho 📚🪐
I recently listened to Max Warp again. Overall it's a good script by Jonathan Morris, albeit dated by its very specific metatextual reference, but there is one moment early on where I believe a small tweak would have made a vast improvement #DoctorWho #BigFinish
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I recently listened to Max Warp again. Overall it's a good script by Jonathan Morris, albeit dated by its very specific metatextual reference, but there is one moment early on where I believe a small tweak would have made a vast improvement #DoctorWho #BigFinish
This was not exactly the kind of post I was looking for when I browsed the #Reading hashtag, but being an autistic stereotype I'm not going to complain
October 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This was not exactly the kind of post I was looking for when I browsed the #Reading hashtag, but being an autistic stereotype I'm not going to complain
Considering how much of a Philip Reeve fan I am it's taken me some time to get to reading this, but I'm glad I finally am. Loving it so far! #Reading 📚🪐
October 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Considering how much of a Philip Reeve fan I am it's taken me some time to get to reading this, but I'm glad I finally am. Loving it so far! #Reading 📚🪐
I don't know who wrote this quote but it reads like the reviewer was simultaneously taking a swipe at both JK Rowling and Enid Blyton, which I'm totally here for #Reading
October 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I don't know who wrote this quote but it reads like the reviewer was simultaneously taking a swipe at both JK Rowling and Enid Blyton, which I'm totally here for #Reading
I'm curious whether this novel being commissioned resulted from a meeting with Justin Richards and the show staff that was like "we need to have at least one book be set on the Powell Estate," given it was clearly a conscious decision when reviving #DoctorWho to focus more on the domestic side
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm curious whether this novel being commissioned resulted from a meeting with Justin Richards and the show staff that was like "we need to have at least one book be set on the Powell Estate," given it was clearly a conscious decision when reviving #DoctorWho to focus more on the domestic side
The Netflix MLP movie is not flawless but I maintain this specific moment of Izzy standing there being totally wholesome doing no harm to anyone while the other ponies are charging around in frenzied panic because she's a unicorn is crushingly relevant right now, almost depressingly so #MyLittlePony
October 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Netflix MLP movie is not flawless but I maintain this specific moment of Izzy standing there being totally wholesome doing no harm to anyone while the other ponies are charging around in frenzied panic because she's a unicorn is crushingly relevant right now, almost depressingly so #MyLittlePony
The 9th Doctor books feel uniquely integrated with the show when compared with the later NSAs to me, with "bad wolf" being mentioned in every book, The Monsters Inside being Rose's first visit to an alien planet and then that story actually getting referenced onscreen #DoctorWho
September 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The 9th Doctor books feel uniquely integrated with the show when compared with the later NSAs to me, with "bad wolf" being mentioned in every book, The Monsters Inside being Rose's first visit to an alien planet and then that story actually getting referenced onscreen #DoctorWho
A Web of Air by Philip Reeve, and So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams. Two books that to me have the vibe of an author just being done with writing what the audience expects and going off on a complete tangent, almost as though trolling (love both incidentally) #BookSky 📚🪐
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A Web of Air by Philip Reeve, and So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams. Two books that to me have the vibe of an author just being done with writing what the audience expects and going off on a complete tangent, almost as though trolling (love both incidentally) #BookSky 📚🪐
I ordered a book recently and it arrived with this photo inside the cover. Don't know why it was in the book or who put it there. Should I be concerned #BookSky?
September 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I ordered a book recently and it arrived with this photo inside the cover. Don't know why it was in the book or who put it there. Should I be concerned #BookSky?
Reorganising my bookshelves so my #DoctorWho NSAs are now all in the correct order
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reorganising my bookshelves so my #DoctorWho NSAs are now all in the correct order