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Miracles that don't work first time, disciples who seem to be wilfully stupid, deliberately impenetrable parables, sarcastic Romans, a noticeable lack of moral instruction, no resurrection -- and an entirely gratuitous naked man. Andrew Rilstone's imaginative commentary tries to take the oldest version of the life of Jesus entirely on its own terms. Imagine you had never heard of Jesus, pretend you are reading this very strange book for the fi...

Miracles that don't work first time, disciples who seem to be wilfully stupid, deliberately impenetrable parables, sarcastic Romans, a noticeable lack of moral instruction, no resurrection -- and an entirely gratuitous naked man. Andrew Rilstone's imaginative commentary tries to take the oldest version of the life of Jesus entirely on its own terms. Imagine you had never heard of Jesus, pretend you are reading this very strange book for the fi...

For more than 30 years, fans have been waiting for the definitive guide to the monsters, vehicles and aliens in the Star Wars universe. Some of them may find that this collection of essays by Andrew Rilstone passes the time while they carry on waiting. Starting with the opening night of Phantom Menace, Andrew explains why the prequels aren't quite as bad as everyone say, wonders if sometimes a lightsaber is just a lightsaber, and tries to s...

Andrew Rilstone ("the Nick Hornby of Doctor Who fans") presents essays on Season 7 of Doctor Who.

A new season of Doctor Who, with a new producer, a new Doctor. Andrew Rilstone's complete Who blogs for 2010.

Andrew Rilstone has been blogging about his favourite TV show since before there was such a thing as a blog. This book collects everything he wrote about "the welsh series" between 2005 and 2010. It's a real-time account of one fan's relationship stormy relationship with Doctor Who.

The Complete Viewer's Tale comprises every word that Andrew Rilstone has written about his favourite TV show since 2005 and thousands of words of new and uncollected material. A highly subjective history of Doctor Who covering the Eccleston, Tennant and Smith eras. He reviews each episode, but finds himself troubled by bigger questions: how does the new version of the show relate to the venerable original, who does the Doctor belong to, what i...

The Complete Viewer's Tale comprises every word that Andrew Rilstone has written about his favourite TV show since 2005 and thousands of words of new and uncollected material. A highly subjective history of Doctor Who covering the Eccleston, Tennant and Smith eras. He reviews each episode, but finds himself troubled by bigger questions: how does the new version of the show relate to the venerable original, who does the Doctor belong to, what i...

Can a white person make a joke about race, or a man about rape? Are some things to shocking to be said under and circumstances? Has Twitter made it impossible to even talk about this stuff? And will you please stop telling me to check my privilege? Too controversial for the internet, recent events in Paris have given Rilstone's first collection of essays in nearly a year a wholly unlooked for topicality. WARNING: People who read this book may ...