Raven

If I wasn't before, I'm now firmly in favour of book segregation on the grounds that the science fiction/fantasy/horror section of a local bookshop has been overrun with a flood of Twilight wannabes.

*mumbles* "That's what people told me about the Black Magician books . . ."

I like reading books set in London.

I need to get a copy of this on DVD . . .

I have watched the original Star Wars trilogy through in one hit a couple of times, and the first three (good) Indiana Jones films as well. I'm not sure, but I may have watched the Back to the Future films though in one day as well, but if I did it was a number of years ago and the recollection of doing it has faded from my mind . . . I tried watching the cinema releases of Lord of the Rings through once and only made it to the end of Two Towers before I suffered Hobbit overload and threw in the towel. I quite often watch several TV episodes back-to-back, but I've not watched Torchwood: Children of Earth through in one hit yet, something for when I eventually get it on DVD!

I have The Sword of Shannara on my TBR pile (I picked up a copy after Death Ray magazine did an article on him a year or so back, but haven't got around to reading it yet). My sister and a friend at work have both given it favourable reviews, so I will read it at some point!

Finished! A scathing review will be posted soon, no doubt!

Not to read Dan Brown (The Da Vinci Code).

Raven's Log: Page Number 345. What's this?! Gasp! Could it be a plot?!! Better get a move on, there's only just over one hundred pages left!

Another one from the South Coast! 'lo and welcome etc!

After Die Hard! And to all thouse who haven't seen Amelie yet, do so, it's great!

I don't mind Beastmaster, to be honest, but it's not what I look for in a book. Hawk the Slayer is rubbish though!

I've only got seven episode of The West Wing left to watch - I don't want it to end! I'm convinced this is something they could and should re-visit in a few years.

Raven's Log: Page Number 309. The chase is over and characters have been reduced to sitting around talking. Still no sign of anything remotely resembling a plot . . .

I've read the first two books, both very good. I really should read some more . . .

Okay, perhaps I should have said "Naff sword and sorcery". There was a trend in the eighties and early nineties to put somewhat whimsical, airbrushed covers on fantasy books that I particularly dislike (I know these books may be of that era, but this type of cover would stop me picking the book up in the first place). I much prefer the simpler covers they have now, to my mind they are more striking, and they don't give off the low-budget eighties vibe that is reminiscent of films like Hawk The Slayer and Beastmaster. But, each to their own I suppose!

They're a bit too "sword and sorcery" for me!

I like them, I think they look good.

and Forgot both of those, and the classic:

The original series theme was much better (it's about the only department in which the original series wins over the new one hands-down!). My list would have to include: Doctor Who (circa the early Tom Baker years, the Davison years and series two and three of New Who!). The Day of the Triffids Blake's 7 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (before they "jazzed" it up). Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Airwolf Band of Brothers Cowboy Bebop

I'll second that!

Every time I come into this thread, I feel like I'm reading a different Black Magician Trilogy to everyone else!

Well, after my current read it can't be much worse* *And if it is, I'll be coming for you with a pair of rusty scissors!

I've just ordered a copy of Black Sun Rising from Amazon Marketplace - for the mighty sum of 1p! (+