Doctor Who: Lucifer Rising

7 best books like Doctor Who: Lucifer Rising (Andy Lane): Use of Weapons, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death, Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, World Without End, Star Wars, Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes, Star Wars, Vol. 2: Showdown on the Smuggler's Moon, Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time

Use of Weapons

Author

Iain M. Banks

Prologue

Stars were barely visible through the tiny oval. The reader looked up from his novel, blinked. Checked his watch -- still hours to go. His wife sat slumped next to him, still asleep. Some people could sleep on planes. Some people couldn't.

"What are you reading?" asked the...

The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

Author	Daniel Pinkwater
ISBN	0451121503

This book was written in the early '80s. The following are among the long list of giveaways:

1) The word "retarded" appears twice on the same page.
2) The narrator's science teacher is casually anti-Semitic.
3) In order to find out what movies are playing, the characters need to use...

Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef

Author

Gabrielle Hamilton

Before Gabrielle Hamilton opened her acclaimed New York restaurant Prune, she spent twenty hard-living years trying to find purpose and meaning in her life. Blood, Bones & Butter follows an unconventional journey through the many kitchens Hamilton has inhabited through the years: the rural...

World Without End

Author	Joe Haldeman
ISBN	0553241745

This is Joe Haldeman's second Star Trek novel. I haven't read the first, but in the light of this one, I would.

Comparing this to Blish's Star Trek efforts is interesting: Haldeman handles the characters just as well, introduces interesting SF ideas just as deftly and gives some secondary characters...

Star Wars, Vol. 1: Skywalker Strikes

Author	Jason Aaron
ISBN	0785192131

The greatest space adventure of all returns to Marvel!

Luke Skywalker and the ragtag rebel band opposing the Galactic Empire are fresh off their biggest victory so far--the destruction of the massive Death Star. But the Empire's not toppled yet! Join Luke, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca,...

Star Wars, Vol. 2: Showdown on the Smuggler's Moon

Author

Jason Aaron

Luke continues his quest to learn about the Jedi by heading for the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. But when his lightsaber is stolen, he soon finds himself entrapped and imprisoned! Will his friends come to his aid before hes forced to enter the Arena of Death? Meanwhile, Han and Leia are confronted by an unexpected...

Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time

Author	James Goss
ISBN	1787036480

Time is collapsing. Incidents of chaos and devastation are appearing throughout the lives of one Time Lord and his many friends – all fallout from one terrible disaster. From Earth’s past and present to timeless alien worlds, from the cloisters of Gallifrey into the Vortex itself... The Doctor...