{"id":1727,"date":"2008-03-12T06:38:23","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T11:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=1727"},"modified":"2008-03-12T06:38:23","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T11:38:23","slug":"on-the-quality-of-leadership-go-for-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1727","title":{"rendered":"On The Quality of Leadership \u2014 Go For Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=1658\">I wrote about this anthology nearly two months back<\/a>, I can now safely say that Big Finish&#8217;s <i>Doctor Who<\/i> anthology, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/24-Doctor-Who-Short-Trips--The-Quality-of-Leadership\">Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership<\/a>, is &#8220;go for launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The book has been approved by the BBC.  The stories pass muster.  We authors, like myself, didn&#8217;t break the playground toys.<\/p>\n<p>The book&#8217;s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction &mdash; Keith R.A. DeCandido<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;From Little Acorns&#8230;&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/drewshi.livejournal.com\/\">John S. Drew<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;One Fateful Knight&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/peterdavid.malibulist.com\/\">Peter David<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Slave War&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/altariel.livejournal.com\/\">Una McCormack<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Goths and Robbers&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/\">Diane Duane<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Good Queen, Bad Queen, I Queen, You Queen&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/terri-osborne.livejournal.com\/\">Terri Osborne<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Price of Conviction&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/nightwolfwriter.livejournal.com\/\">Richard C. White<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;God Send Me Well to Keep&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/neadods.livejournal.com\/\">Linnea Dodson<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Peaceable Kingdom&#8221; &mdash; <a href=http:\/\/www.stevensavile.com\/\">Steven Savile<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Rock Star&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertjeschonek.com\/\">Robert T. Jeschonek<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;On a Pedestal&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/puppetmaker40.livejournal.com\/\">Kathleen O. David<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Cleanup on Aisle Two&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/jmswallow.livejournal.com\/\">James Swallow<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Spindle of Necessity&#8221; &mdash; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/\">Allyn Gibson<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Epilogue&#8221; &mdash; John S. Drew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It goes to press at the end of this month, and should be available from Big Finish and online retailers like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whona.com\/\">WhoNA<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>May!<\/p>\n<p>This deserves a Woo!<\/p>\n<p>And also, Hoo!<\/p>\n<p>The anthology has each of the first eight Doctors involved.  I wrote a story about the sixth Doctor &mdash; he being the one played by Colin Baker and of the vibrant red coat &mdash; and it&#8217;s really quite unusual.  Fun, but unusual. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The book is due out in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though I wrote about this anthology nearly two months back, I can now safely say that Big Finish&#8217;s Doctor Who anthology, Short Trips: The Quality of Leadership, is &#8220;go for launch.&#8221; The book has been approved by the BBC. The stories pass muster. We authors, like myself, didn&#8217;t break the playground toys. 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