They tended to have a selection of the more recent books as well as a handful of older reprints – but many remained tantalisingly out of reach. #A CLASH OF KINGS AUDIOBOOK ARCHIVE ANDROID#įor example, for some reason I found it very hard to track down The Android Invasion (I was told it was out of print) until suddenly a single copy appeared on the WH Smiths shelves. Naturally enough I snapped it up! But many weeks would end in disappointment as the books I required never seemed to make it to my neck of the woods. This meant I had to venture further afield or try my luck with second-hand bookshops (also handy for tracking down first editions with the original covers).īut although the thrill of the chase was part of the fun, the books themselves were also quite important. For me, there’s three clear ages of Target – the first is the Golden Age, with Terrance Dicks, Malcolm Hulke, Brian Hayles and Gerry Davis all crafting some of the best novelisations in the range. The late 70’s and early 80’s is the Bronze Age alas, as Terrance ended up as pretty much the last man standing, churning out some fairly nondescript books month after month. The Silver Age runs from the mid 80’s onwards and is particularly enjoyable thanks to the contribution of many Hartnell and Troughton era scriptwriters who, some two decades on, returned to pen novelisations of their original scripts. The cover artwork was often another memorable part of the package.
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