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That's a LOT of Pratchett! As much as I like his books, I couldn't do what you are attempting!

What genre are Wilbur Smith novels then? I'd always thought they were thrillers (and avoided them accordingly!).

It only comes but once a year, and leaves a fishy aroma wherever it stops . . .

I don't think I've heard anyone use that expression since the 80's!

Ask a group of Pratchett fans that and you'll get a different answer from each of them! Personally, I think Guards! Guards! is a good introduction, but most seem to think reading them in order is better (in which case, start with The Colour of Magic!).

I never post my books, they're my pressssious . . .

Whilst I enjoyed both The Colour of Magic and The light Fantastic as I was reading them, it was Equal Rites that really sold me on Pratchett. A lot of what comes after may well be better still, but this was the book that got me hooked on the Discworld series. k.b, you should start a Pratchett blog or something, if you start a new thread for each of his novels, the forum will need a dedicated Pratchett section! ETA: And Kylie, do read further, you won't regret it!

Thanks! I'm feeling better this morning!

A bowl of chicken noodle soup and then off to bed, my never ending cold has surfaced for a third bout . . .

Can't stand them! (btw, aren't options one and five in the poll the same thing?!)

Not as bad as the misleading Apple ones that spawned them though . . .

Well Windows 7 has just entered the beta test cycle so you should have an alternative to Vista later this year (whether that is any good of course, remains to be seen!).

Sounds a lot like Cornwell herself, if reports are accurate. Can I ask a favour, that should this turns into a discussion on the later novels spoiler tags be used? I've not read any of her books for a while, but I do have a couple of unread ones here that I will probably get around to one day and once someone has told me who did something, I have an annoying habit of not forgetting it! Now where did I put my keys?

I think I've seen this set, and I think it was

Excellent! Welcome to the forum!

'lo! Another one from the south coast, this truly is the bestest place to be!

Hur, hur, hur - provided all the drivers re-install correctly when everything comes back up again, and then you have the endless hours of fun downloading all the MS updates and installing them as well . . . If you don't know what you are doing, make sure you have someone on hand that can help you. If you are feeling brave, and do decide to have a go, the most important thing to do when re-installing Windows is to get your internet connection* back up again as soon as possible, as that gives you access to drivers from the internet should Windows not recognise components, and you can also shout for help on here! *Be sure to make a note of your internet connection settings before you start the re-install, it makes things a lot easier!

If memory serves, From Potter's Field was her best story, after that she started to sniff the movie rights money and things started to get a bit silly . . .

PvP At Large, by Scott Kurtz I've been reading PvP, an on-line comic strip that generally specialises in commenting on films, comics and the gaming industry, for the last few years, and I stumbled upon this in Forbidden Planet in London just before Christmas. Coming to it well after it started, I had missed a lot of the early strips, so this has filled in a lot of the back story for me. It has also reminded me that it used to be a lot funnier, and worked a lot better, when it stuck to making genre references (something it doesn't do much of today - although, ironically, today's strip does feature the TARDIS!).

If I can ask, why do those who have said they don't like Nineteen Eighty-Four not like it? I know it isn't a light read, but I'm fascinated by the concepts in it and the bleak future Orwell envisaged, I'm wondering if it is the latter that put people off?

*Slaps Charm as well*

I think Angels and Demons comes before The Da Vinci Code (they certainly reference the former in the latter, anyway). Baed on what I've read of his work, I don't think so! Never read any of her books so I can't comment! *Slaps DPrice* For shame sir, for shame!

I remeber you mentioning that before. I wouldn't worry about it too much, I suspect a 15-year old who doesn't read much will think they are really good!

Oh yes . . . I've tried reading it twice, and never made it past 60 pages either time. It's not the story that put me off, it‘s Dan Brown's writing - it's terrible!

I wasn't planning on writing reviews, or posting comments, on the books I read last year, but since you asked . . . I can't say I was too keen on them either, but having read the first I wanted to see how the series ended. In my experience Warcraft lore is basically a rambling mess, which isn't surprising when it was originally written to support on going computer game series, and not to be a story in its own right. It's certainly not like Lord of the Rings, where you have a game based on an established mythology, it's someone saying: "Right, years ago there were titans and they seeded this world . . ." before eventually getting to "and that's why the Alliance and the Horde don't like each other very much." Of course, as the sequels came out it mutated into "Three years after the battle of X, a new threat has arisen, and now the races of Azeroth must join together once again . . ." Blizzard have pretty much stolen story points and plot ideas from across the fantasy board, and although it doesn