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I have three novels to write, all different styles, and I'm worried they bleed into each other, as would whatever I'm reading - but none of them are SF, so I'm going to read the EDAs from the start, as a palette cleanser as I go along. First up - the 8 Docs, which I remember as being shite.

Stuart Douglas

@stuartdouglas.com

17 July

Onto Placebo Effect. Thirty pages in and I’ve remembered why I disliked this one first time round.

Stuart Douglas

@stuartdouglas.com

A pal who should know described PLACEBO EFFECT as 'ghastly' and he's not wrong, but I'm trying to be positive, so instead of mentioning the fact it's badly written, poorly edited and contains far too many characterless characters who seem only to exist so Russell can name check his pals - or (1/2)

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Stuart Douglas

@stuartdouglas.com

26 July

any of the myriad other faults with the book - I'll just point out the happy fact that it was books like this one that caused me to set up @obversebooks.co.uk on the revolutionary basis of employing writers because they could write and not because they could commission you back. (2/2)

Robert Franks

@robertfranks.bsky.social

26 July

And a splendid idea it was too. Now can ypu please put the cover of The Invasion BA up online so I don't have to keep endlessly refreshing your homepage. Thank you.