Doctor Who: The Hounds of Artemis by James Goss (AUDIO)


It is 1929 in Smyra, Turkey.  The archaeology expedition of Lord Woolcroft are breaking the seals on the lost Tomb of Artemis, closed to the world for thousands of years, but there's someone inside.  Out step ... the Doctor and Amy Pond, only a few feet out but definately on the wrong side of the door.  The Doctor has come to discover the answer to the mystery of the expedition that made a young archaeologist's name when he was the only surviving member.

A curse is stalking the expedition, people are disappearing leaving only a few workers from the nearby village, the junior archaeologist Bradley Stapleton, the 'money' Lord Woolcroft and the expedition artist.  As the story unfolds, told by Amy in the form of a diary, it becomes clear that the Doctor is up against an ancient evil, a goddess who is not all she appears to be.

Well narrated by Clare Corbett as the descendent of Bradley and as Amy and Matt Smith as the Doctor.

Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles by Jeanette Winterson

An amazing book, both edition and content. It is worth getting the hardback for the tactile feel of the heavyweight pages and beautifully set typeface, and Winterson's belending of the sad myth of a titan and reflections on eternity are breathtaking. Can't wait to read the rest in the series.

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Philips AUDIO

After Hollinghurst I was now on a good run, in the same vein as Sandman but in prose and very very funny Gods Behaving Badly is about Greek gods living in the present day. Apollo, who Gaiman's Sandman is associated with, is a very different person in this book

Au: "Being immortal isn't all it's cracked up to be. Life's hard for a Greek god in the 21st century: Nobody believes in you any more, even your own family doesn't respect you, and you're stuck in a dilapidated hovel in North London with too many siblings and not enough hot water.

But for Artemis (goddess of hunting, professional dog walker), Aphrodite (goddess of beauty, telephone sex operator) and Apollo (god of the sun, TV psychic) there's no way out....Until a meek cleaner and her would-be boyfriend come into their lives and turn the world literally upside down."