To read the story first please click here: Novices Warning; Spoiler Alert. This story was written as a response to the challenge ‘Write 1500 words for: ‘It hurts to be in love’. My story for that was ‘Abandoned, and Toria wrote her very successful ‘His Last Desire’, both stories dealing with adult love. ‘Novices’ however is a very different approach. If by any chance you haven’t read it, then…
Hmm. I am not an anime fan … don’t really know much about it (well, I can’t know EVERYTHING can I!). So an anime/UFO crossover poses some problems with me. I don’t mind crossovers as long as they are well written and the characters are believable ( Oh, and the situation is believable – I simply couldn’t read – without hysterical laughter, a crossover such as UFO/Murder She Wrote or…
Dear Herald Readers, First of all, let me apologise for not bringing this issue to you earlier. You may have read about the recent discovery of an Earth-like planet that might possibly support life. Kepler-22b was initially discovered by our research team in 2009 and we have been working with the senior scientists in NASA to investigate the possibility that this planet, roughly two and a half times the size…
‘The Things We Never Say’ is a very painful story to read, especially for those readers who like to see our much-loved Commander Straker as the dashing and perfect hero. It’s a companion story to the article ‘Mary’s Place, or Who is to Blame’ and as such takes the reader into a world that has a flawed Commander at its helm. The story, which is a brief ‘One Hour’ account,…
(Time: Screen Action at start of the commentary by Gerry Anderson) 00:10 (Opening Sequence. Typewriter) UFO was made in 1970. That’s thirty years ago. I had made some nine television series for Lew Grade all featuring puppets and we were beginning to drown in our own product and Lew one day said to me ‘Gerry, I think the time has come for you to turn to live action’ And so…
When I started reading fanfic, not all that long ago, I tended to steer clear of ‘slash.’ Not because I thought it was ‘drek’ or ‘smut’ as some people are wont to describe it, but simply because the vast majority of the ‘slash’ that I found in the UFO fandom was, to be honest, not worth reading. It was usually poorly written, with virtually no attention to the characters and…
Well. To be honest I was so MAD when I read this story for the first time. Why? Because An Delen Dir had set the Challenge and I had planned my story. Straker and Freeman in Moscow and Straker gets kidnapped. Then I read this story from dragon. Sigh. So it was back to the drawing board. And one other thing annoys me about this story – dragon writes in…
It is with relief that I can inform our readers that the recent action by our enemy forces met with only limited success. After extensive re-configuration of our adiestator systems and off-world tamardilitors we were able to fletarate the programme and regain control. We regret any distress caused to our readers and assure you that all steps are being taken to ensure that this unfortunate incident does not occur again….
The publishers of the Ed Straker (may his name be reviled through the universe) Herald have, in the past endeavoured to show this vile criminal in a favourable light through a variety of different media. Here, today we, the Homeworld Gazette publishers are proud to show our readers the true face of this heinous villain. That sneering contemptuous glance is evidence of his total lack of humanity. The driving force…
Sir! Recent government policy changes have led to a serious shortage in the number of reputable spare parts that are available. Does the Government realise how damaging their action is to the health and well-being of the population? If we are forced to rely on sub-standard replacements, then there will be catastrophic consequences for everyone concerned. Our traditional methods have served us well over the last centuries, and despite…