sfian's review
informative
slow-paced
2.5
For clarity, this is a re-read, although I don't remember reading the book when it was first released. Also, there's no truth to the rumour that it lost a point due to being signed by the author, but dedicated to both me AND my ex-wife.
Mostly, it's very dry, especially in sections one (a sort of history of cybernetics and logical thinking which reads like a slimmed-down thesis) and two (a re-telling of the Cybermen stories transmitted up to the time of publication, in internal, rather than broadcast, chronology, with a few speculations - this made me want the whole thing to be told in one, long, epic science-fiction book series).
There are some interesting stories and revelations in part three (behind the scenes of the transmitted stories, drawing on anecdotes from people who were there) and nice artwork dotted throughout, but this isn't the best book on Who ever written.
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