Raven

I know the story, because I've seen the David Lynch film, but I've never got to the book (even though I have had a copy of the shelf for many years!). Maybe this will be the year!

I have been meaning to read Dune for years, and I really should do so before the Denis Villeneuve film comes out later this year!

Two older women (late 50s/early 60s) in the street yesterday morning (this is deep in well-to-do Radio 4 country) who I think were discussing a relative's new girlfriend: Woman One: Well, she is English... Woman Two: Good, good... Woman One: But she's from the North, so I cannot understand a word she's says...

Gory? Really? I never really thought of it like that, but I suppose it is in a way... (don't ever read Paul Cornell's Shadow Police series!)

Chadwick Boseman I still cannot believe I'm typing that. I only really know him from the Marvel films, but I can understand why he is so important to so many. He bought a quiet strength and dignity to the role of King T'Challa and I suspect he would have been a key player in the next sequence of films. Gone far too soon, but I think he has left a legacy that will inspire many for years to come.

Oh God no! Why would you even think I would promote that?! OFFENSE TAKEN! (Just kidding!)

Okay, now you have me wondering whether I read the book right!

The Rise of Skywalker must have been even more confusing, if you hadn't seen The Last Jedi!

If you enjoyed Rivers of London, skip Moon Over Soho and go on to Whispers Underground. If you get into the series, you can always go back and read Moon Over Soho later.

Band of Brothers, by Stephen Ambrose, and Beyond Band of Brothers, by Dick Winters, both cover the capture of The Eagle's Nest. Both very good reads, and I would read them in that order. ETA - Forgot to say they are both 99p on the Kindle at the moment!

I don't think I should have eaten that whole bag of Mango Chutney flavoured Poppadoms...

Trump ETA: (hehe, that actually works on more than one level...)

The world done and got sick on us... (in oh so many ways...). In the words of River Song, spoilers: I may have said this in my review (can't be arsed to go and look!) but I found all the Hitch-Hikers references a massive distraction and, as you say, unrealistic. Someone would have thrown the copyright hammer at the company for such flagrant commercial use of the IP, if nothing else! If the company had to be a bit geeky, he could have gone with names of computer pioneers, like Babbage, Lovelace and Turing etc. Although I enjoyed it, I think with distance I would mark False Values down as well, and give it 4/5 (though that might go up again on a re-read!). At the end of Lies Sleeping it felt like there was going to be a massive change in direction for the series, but that never really happened. False Values feels like a side story before what comes next, although I think there may be parts of it that will prove to be very significant later...

^ It is still very muggy though; the walk home from work left me as tired as on any other day this week. My flat is the top floor of an old house that has very thick walls that retain the heat very well, so I will need a couple of days at this temperature before the flat fully cools down again. Joy!

*gasp* Really surprised someone has gone to the length of remastering this, given the BBC seem to put very little out on Blu-ray, but I'm not complaining! If anyone hasn't seen it, this is by far the best adaptation of Triffids anyone has done. Release date Monday 7th September.

It's too damn HOT

Dreadful film, as was The Last Jedi. I quite liked The Force Awakens; it reinvigorated the franchise after the kack-handed prequels, but the last two films just didn't hang together, either story wise or emotionally.

I've not actually bought it yet. I'm knee deep in an Iain M. Banks book that is talking me an age to read and I don't want the distraction! (I suspect I have also read several of the stories before, so it's not as high on my to-read list as it would otherwise be!).

Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection, is published tomorrow as a e-book. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Folly-Rivers-London-Collection-ebook/dp/B08BW6LCPH I think this may be a collection of the Waterstones exclusive short stories plus some others and some new ones.

And no frickin' circles!

I have watched so many films over lockdown, I'm getting bored of them.

I wouldn't claim to be as up on sci-fi news as I was a few years ago, but I've not heard anything about an adaptation. I've not read any of the books though, so if I have seen anything about this it may have just passed me by.