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X marks the spot for book conversions
01/02/2012. Couldn't afford a hardback then here comes the softer covered versions of books we've already reviewed.

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive by Davd Fisher
01/02/2012. region 2 DVD: pub: BBC BBCDVD 1351. 1 DVD 86 minutes 4 * 25 minute episodes with extras. Price: about GBP 4.50 (UK) if you know where to look)
(UK) if you know where to look). cast: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Adrienne Corri, David Haig, John Collin and Nigel Lambert.

The Almighty Johnsons
01/02/2012. studio: South Pacific Pictures. Ten part TV Series. Presented on: Science Fiction Channel: Thursday 02 February 2012). cast: Emmett Skilton, Timothy Balme, Jared Turner, Ben Barrington and Dean O'Gorman.

Reasonable Atheism by Scott F. Aiken and Robert B. Talisse
01/02/2012. pub: Prometheus Books. 219 page indexed small enlarged paperback. Price: $20.00 (US), GBP18.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-61614-383-1.

Laddertop Volume One by Orson Scott Card & Emily Janice Card and illustrated by Honoel A. Ibardolaza
01/02/2012. pub: Seven Seas. 200 page manga graphic novel. Price: GBP 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-76532-460-3.

Star Wars: Millennium Falcon: Owner's Workshop Manual by Ryder Windham, Chris Reliff and Chris Trevans
01/02/2012. pub: Haynes and Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 125 page illustrated large hardback. Price: $28.00 (US), $33.00 (CAN), GBP14.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-345-53304-3.

Manhattan In Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton
01/02/2012. pub: Macmillan. 260 page hardback. Price: GBP17.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-230-75030-2.

A Sci-Fi Swarm And Horror Horde by Tom Weaver
01/02/2012. pub: McFarland. 404 page indexed large hardback. Price: GBP39.95 (UK), $45.00 (US). ISBN: 978-0-7864-4658-2.

Alien Contact edited by Marty Halpern
01/02/2012. pub: Night Shade Books. 491 page paperback. Price: $15.99 (US), GBP 9.12. (UK). ISBN: 978-1-59780-281-9.

Samurai's Blood # 6 of 6 by Owen Wiseman, Nam Kim, Matthew Dalton & Sakti Yumono
01/02/2012. pub: Imagine Comics 32 page digital comic $ 2.99 (US) Diamond Order Code: SEP110479.

The Juniper Tree And Other Blue Rose Stories by Peter Strawb
01/02/2012. pub: Subterranean Press. 287 page deluxe hardback. Price: $35.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-59606-295-5.

Dragon Age: Asunder by David Gaider
01/02/2012. pub: TOR/Forge. 416 page paperback. Price: $ 4.99 (US), $10.87 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-76533-117-5. pub: Titan Books. 414 page paperback. Price: GBP 6.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-85768-647-3) .

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem And The Empty House by Arthur Conan Doyle and adapted by Nicholas Briggs
01/02/2012. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minute story. Price: CD: GBP14.99 (UK), Download: GBP12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-591-4). cast: Nicholas Briggs, Richard Earl, Alan Cox and John Banks.

Doctor Who Monthly Series: Witch From The Well by Rick Briggs
01/02/2012. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minute story. Price: CD: GBP14.99 (UK), Download: GBP12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-602-7). cast: Paul McGann, Julie Cox, Simon Rouse, Andrew Havill, Serena Evans, Lisa Kay, Alix Wilton Regan and Kevin Trainor.

Doctor Who Monthly Series: House Of Blue Fire by Mark Morris
01/02/2012. pub: Big Finish. 2 CDs 120 minute story. Price: CD: GBP14.99 (UK), Download: GBP12.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-580-8). cast: Sylvester McCoy, Timothy West, Amy Pemberton, Miranda Keeling, Ray Emmet Brown, Howard Gossington and Lizzy Watts.

Doctor Who: The Creature From The Pit by David Fisher
01/02/2012. region 2 DVD: pub: BBC BBCDVD 2849. 2 DVDs 96 minutes 4 * 25 minute episodes with extras. Price: GBP 4.50 (UK) if you know where to look). cast: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Myra Francis, Eileen Way, Geoffrey Bayldon and David Brierley.

Doctor Who: Galaxy Four by William Emms
01/02/2012. pub: Audio Go/BBC. 4 CD minute story. Price: CD: GBP 11.40 (UK), Download: GBP 5.49 (UK). ISBN: 978-056347-700-6). narrator: Peter Purves.

Doctor Who Companion Chronicles: The First Wave by Simon Guerrier
01/02/2012. pub: Big Finish. 1 CD 60 minute story with extras. Price: CD: GBP 8.99 (UK), Download: GBP 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-84435-584-6). cast: Peter Purves and Tom Allen.

Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography
01/02/2012. pub: Audio Go/BBC. 12 CDs 795 minute autobiography. Price: CD: GBP10.60 (UK), Download: GBP 9.84 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-4458-7826-3). read by: Caroline John and Sadie Miller.

Doctor Who: Serpent Quest 4: The Invasion of Hexford Part 4 by Paul Magrs
01/02/2012. pub: Audio Go/BBC. 1 CD 70 minute story. Price: CD: GBP10.20 (UK), Download: GBP3.32 (UK). ISBN: 978-140846-888-3). cast: Tom Baker, Susan Jameson, Richard Frankin, Cornelius Garrett, David Troughton, Nerys Hughes and Joanna Tope.

Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James
01/02/2012. pub: Audio Go/BBC. 10 CDs 612 minute story. Price: CD: GBP12.24 (UK), Download: GBP 9.84 (UK). ISBN: 978-144589-047-0). narrator: Shelia Mitchell.

Doctor Who: Sound Effects
01/02/2012. pub: Audio Go. 1 CD 33 minute 30 tracks. Price: GBP 6.10 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-4084-7055-8.

Greasepaint And Gore: The Hammer Monsters Of Roy Ashton by Bruce Sachs and Russell Wall
01/02/2012. pub: Tomahawk Press. 167 page illustrated large softcover. Price: GBP16.99 (UK). ISBN: 0-953-19260-1.

On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 23 no. 3 # 86
01/02/2012. magazine: Copper Pig Writers Society. Price: $ 6.95 (CAN). ISSN: 0843-476X. Distributed in Canada by CMPA and the UK by BAR.

Regicide by Nicholas Royle
01/02/2012. pub: Solaris/Rebellion Publishing/HarperCollins. 188 page small enlarged paperback. Price: GBP 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-907992-01-8.

Runemarks by Joanne Harris
01/02/2012. pub: Doubleday/Random House Children's Books. 504 page hardback. Price: GBP14.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-385-61130-5.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
01/02/2012. pub: Scholastic Fiction. 464 page paperback. ISBN: 978-1-40710-908-4. Price: GBP 8.99 (UK). 454 page Kindle ebook. Price: GBP 4.05 (UK). ISBN: 1-40719-084.

Fleet Of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner
01/02/2012. pub: TOR/Forge. 299 page enlarged paperback. Price: $14.99 (US), $16.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-7653-2948-6.

Doctor Who: City Of Death by David Agnew (actually Douglas Adams and Graham Williams)
01/02/2012. region 2 DVD: pub: BBC BBCDVD 1664. 2 DVDs 99 minutes 4 * 25 minute episodes with extras. Price: GBP 4.50 (UK) if you know where to look). cast: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell, Tom Chadborn and David Graham.

Ray Harryhausen's Fantasy Scrapbook by Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton
01/02/2012. pub: Aurum Press. 192 page illustrated indexed hardback. Price: GBP30.00 (UK) ISBN: 978-1-84513-557-7.

The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction Jan/Feb 2012 Volume 122 # 699
01/02/2012. pub: Spilogale Inc. 260 page A5 magazine. Price: $ 7.50 (US). ISSN: 1095-8258) .

Inside Cyber Warfare by Jeffrey Carr
01/02/2012. pub: O'Reilly. 295 page illustrated indexed softcover. Price: $39.99 (US), $41.99 (CAN), GBP30.99 or less (UK). ISBN: 978-1-449-31004-2.

Supernatural: The Complete Second Season Boxset
01/02/2012. Region 1 DVD: pub: Warner Bros 112623. 6 DVDs 903 minutes 22 * 45 minute episodes with extras. Price: GBP 9.99 (UK) if you know where to look). cast: Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles.

The Divided Crown by Isabel Glass
01/02/2012. pub: TOR/Forge. 383 page hardback. Price: $25.95 (US), $35.95 (CAN). ISBN: 978-0-76530-746-0.

Promises To Keep by Charles de Lint
01/02/2012. pub: Tachyon. 192 page small enlarged paperback. Price: $14.95 (US). ISBN: 978-1-61696-019-3.

Them Or Us by David Moody
01/02/2012. pub: Gollancz. 361 page small enlarged paperback. Price: GBP12.99. ISBN: 978-0-575-08472-8.

Doctor Who: Destiny Of The Daleks by Terry Nation
01/02/2012. region 2 DVD: pub: BBC BBCDVD 2434. 1 DVD 99 minutes 4 * 25 minute episodes with extras. Price: about GBP 5.00 (UK) if you know where to look). cast: Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Tim Barlow, Peter Straker, Suzanne Danielle, Tony Osoba and David Gooderson.

Green Lantern (2011)
01/02/2012. region 2 DVD: pub: Warner Bros 5000129613. 109 minute film with a couple extras. Price: about GBP 5.00 (UK) if you know where to look). cast: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins.

Build Your Own Time Machine by Brian Clegg
01/02/2012. pub: Duckworth Overlook. 290 page small hardback. Price: GBP14.99 (US). ISBN: 978-0-7156-4290-0.

Make: Ultimate Kit Guide special issue
01/02/2012. pub: O'Reilly. 98 page illustrated magazine. Price: $ 9.99 (US). ISSN: 1556-2336.

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Buried Age by Christopher L. Bennett
01/02/2012. pub: Simon and Schuster. 438 page enlarged paperback. Price: GBP 6.99 (UK), $ 7.99 (US), $ 9.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4165-3739-7.

Rat Trap by Michael J. Daley
01/02/2012. pub: Holiday House. 212 page small hardback. Price: $16.95 (US). ISBN: 978-0-8234-2093-3.

X marks the spot for book conversions Jan 2012
01/01/2012. Unusually, a limited edition re-issue.

The Chronicles Of Narnia Collector's Edition
01/01/2012. Region 2 DVD: pub: BBC BBCDVD 1317. 4 DVDs 505 minutes 18 * 25 minute episodes plus extras. Price: it varies but I pulled it before the current GBP15.00 (UK) price. You can pull a black cover edition for about GBP 6.00 (UK) which looks like it has the same content) .

Green Hornet (2011)
01/01/2012. Region 2 DVD: Sony Pictures CDR51556. 114 minute film with extras. Price: about GBP 5.00 (UK) if you know where to look. cast: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz and Cameron Diaz.

The Biology Of Science Fiction Cinema by Mark C. Glassy
01/01/2012. pub: McFarland. 296 page illustrated indexed small enlarged softcover. Price: GBP29.95 (UK), $35.00). ISBN: 978-0-7864-4835-7).

Thor (2011)
01/01/2012. Region 2 DVD: pub: Paramount PHE 1448. 110 minute film with extras. Price: about GBP 9.99 (UK) if you know where to look. cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston and Anthony Hopkins.

Cimarron Strip - Knife In The Darkness (1968)
01/01/2012. Region 2 DVD: pub: Pegasus Entertainment B0031XG0PC. 70 minute film. Price: GBP 4.99 (UK) if you know where to look. cast: Stuart Whitman, Tom Skerritt and Patrick Horgan.

Tales From The Darkside: Season One DVD Boxset
01/01/2012. Region 2 DVD: pub: Revelation Films Ltd 5060285850016. 4 DVDs 600 minutes 24 * 25 minutes episodes episodes. Price: GBP19.99 (UK).

Solaris Rising: The New Solaris Book Of Science Fiction edited by Ian Whates
01/01/2012. pub: Solaris/Rebellion Publishing/HarperCollins. 325 page small enlarged paperback. Price: GBP 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-1-907992-08-7).

X-Men: First Class (2011)
01/01/2012. region 2 DVD: pub: 20th Century Fox 5098811000. 126 minute film with a few extras. Price: about GBP 9.99 (UK) if you know where to look. cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt and Kevin Bacon.

A Dictionary Of Made-Up Languages by Stephen D. Rogers
01/01/2012. pub: Adams Media. 293 page small hardback. Price: $16.95 (US), $17.99 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4405-2817-0).

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea 50th Anniversary Edition: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter
01/01/2012. pub: La-La Land Records. 1 CD limited edition of 2000 units 56 minutes 16 tracks. Price: $14.98 (US). ASIN: B005L3HL8A).

Legion Lost by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Oliver Coipel and Pascal Alixe
01/01/2012. pub: Titan Books/DC Comics. 296 page graphic novel. Price: GBP29.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-85768-770-8).

Doctor Who: The Key To Time Boxset
01/01/2012. region 2 DVD: pub: BBC 2754. 7 DVDs 625 minutes 26 * 25 minute episodes with extras. Price: GBP 22.00 (UK) if you know where to look).

The Wild Side: Urban Fantasy With An Erotic Edge edited by Mark L. Van Name
01/01/2012. pub: Baen. 272 page paperback. Price: GBP 9.45 (UK), $11.25 (US). ISBN: 978-1-43913-456-6).

Cruel Creeds, Virtuous Violence by Jack David Eller
01/01/2012. pub: Prometheus Books. 451 page indexed hardback. Price: $28.00 (US). ISBN: 978-1-61614-218-6).

Star Trek Titan: Sword Of Damocles by Geoffrey Thorne
01/01/2012. pub: Simon and Schuster/Pocket Books. 370 page paperback. Price: GBP 6.99 (UK), $ 7.99 (US), $ 9.50 (CAN). ISBN: 978-1-4165-2694-0).

Midnight Echo 6: The Magazine Of The Australian Horror Writers Association
01/01/2012. pub: The Australian Horror Writers Association. 126 page illustrated magazine. Price: download $ 1.99 (AUS), subscription details on website..