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One of the other mods should be able to confirm this, but I don't think new members can edit posts until they have made 10(?) which Goose has now done, so I would expect they can see the edit option now.

Pity, I was wondering how it compares to The City and The City or Perdido Street Station (I think I have one of the two on my Kindle). Kraken is an urban fantasy, rather than science fiction, and although I enjoyed it for the most part one annoying habit Miéville had was to come up with a good idea, run with it for a bit, get bored of it and move on to the next good idea, with the previous one being discarded. Whilst there were some good ideas, it made the book feel a bit disjointed.

More thoughts on this tomorrow (as it's film time now!) but... I just wanted to ask, have you read Kraken?

Catch 22, by Joseph Heller, is 99p on the Kindle today.

Have noticed that Terry Pratchett's Sourcery is £1.99 on the Kindle at the moment, so I have bought a copy. If I read this, it will complete a re-read of his first 6 novels (albeit out of order!)

Thanks, Poppy! Yes, strict adherence to the dress code at all times and feet off the chairs.

Hi Hollie! This is a good place to be if you want to talk about books! What are you interested in? Please feel free to ask questions if you are not sure how a forum board like this work!

Thanks, all! This isn't my first rodeo, as they say, and this is a much quieter and more civilised forum than the last one I was a mod on! Hopefully, following the update, the former will change, but hopefully the latter won't!

Hi Goose, and welcome to the forum! If you are looking for another series with wizarding overtones, then I can recommend Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series! Feel free to get stuck in and if you have any questions just ask!

Thanks!

Again?

I'm not sure fly is quite the right word...

Thanks, Marie.

I've already posted this in the bargain e-book thread, but Mort - which is another good introduction to Terry Pratchett - is 99p on the Kindle today.

It's a good one to start with!

Mort, by Terry Pratchett, is 99p on the Kindle today.

Bars of soap do not have wings.

Of course it has; how would you get the delicious wings out if there were no hole?

Unless it's in a Bargain Bucket.

You have no idea how comprehensive these moderation powers are!

Missed this! As others have said, it might help if you are more familiar with the Discworld. Although Wee Free Men is the first in a series of novels aimed at a younger audience, Pratchett uses some established characters from his main novels in them and although you don't need to have read the other books first, you will have a better idea of the set up if you do. As Hayley said, the first of Pratchett's Witches books is Equal Rites, but good though that is - I'm reading it again now! - I would suggest skipping forward one to Wyrd Sisters. If you are looking for a general introduction I would suggest Guards! Guards! which is basically a detective story (with dragons!)

Oh, it's nothing to worry about! I expect people will be very interested in your new found love of Peruvian cuisine and goggle at your exploits in tap-dancing!

Thanks, both! I only agreed because Hayley said I could edit your posts, Chrissy! Kidding! (Or am I?)

Not always; there was something in one of his recent books - related to The Folly - that I had to look up. I can usually understand the gist of e-mails I get when they are written in French, Spanish and Italian. German is a little more tricky, but Latin is opaque to me. I find you either know the word, or you don't - it's not something you can guess at. Obviously, I don't get e-mails at work that are in Latin. Plenty that are all Greek to me, however, but none in Latin...

Easy... Still went there...