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I watched all four episodes (4 hours) of North And South (BBC 2004 version) last night. Brilliant Victorian stuff.

Rollerball (1975 original with James Caan) slow but the game scenes are brilliant

That spikey blue lady is so hot

Holly somebody told me about Rod Duncan. They told me he writes in present tense and he has three contemporary novels out. Here is a link: http://www.rodduncan.co.uk/index.html

Strolling along with The Violent Century. It's OK

Hi Tellso, welcome to the forum! Don't feel shy, write a bit about yourself on the introductions page that way you will soon find members that like exactly the same type of books you do. With respect, there are so many authors and genres you haven't read yet it is hard to recommend something. But Gist hit on a good one there. The Millenium Trilogy is top notch . Each book is different, it's not a formula. And the characters are brilliant.

Welcome! We can easily fit in another SF enthusiast...I see you have met Karsa already

Yep I have to concede that.....haha your "smug mode" post fits really well with PP's face on your avatar I can just imagine him saying it

I dumped the two Dean Koontz thrillers Fear Nothing and Seize The Night. I got half way through the first one but it wasn't grabbing me . It is getting more exciting to write now rather than read. I think that's a big part of it. My reading has dropped right off.

Haha you have a good point there..

Catching up on a few... all re-watches Dredd Stir Of Echoes Doom Cloverfield

That was good info. Thanks emelee. You are the TV queen here! What you said made sense. I rate HBO because they did Rome in collaboration with BBC. I love that first series! From what you have said I can pretty much ignore anything that comes from ABC, NBC CBS as TV diarrhoea not worth watching

Oh wow yes you are right. He better not bend over he will disappear up his own bottom

(With apologies to Nietzsche) Whatever doesn't kill you usually makes you financially worse off

I looked up Zone One and then got sidetracked into wondering what the difference is between literary fiction amd genre fiction....apparently literary fiction is a good book and genre fiction is .......basically not

The Last Policeman sounds interesting.

Goodness! Emelee do you plan on watching all of these?

Eva Green? Bad? Surely sir, you jest!

Tried everything No change. He/she is history. Hey does anybody know what gender kindles are? If she is a girl that would explain it. Females love to let me down. Ooops I'm not bitter at all.....

I will probably have to wait till it comes out on DVD as I only have freeview!

Hi Bobblybear. The image on the screen has gone all fragmented and a part of one of the picture images is frozen on the screen. Behind it the screen works as normal and responds to the controls but it's not readable with the big frozen part in the way, if you know what I mean. It's the old keypad version. I am going to store it somewhere warm and dry and let the battery run down (this will take a month!) and then give it a good charge up and see if it comes good. I am not in a rush to replace it. I will put £5 a week away and get a new one at Christmas . All the books of course are stored in my Amazon account so nothing is lost. [edit] ah hang on I think kindle 1 might have a reset button on the back.

I checked the kindle this morning . Still kaput. I finished: A Vistor's Guide To Victorian England 4/5 Michelle Higgs I have read about 30 books now about the Victorian era. So this one had very little information that was totally new to me. However, the format of presenting it from the point of view of a "visitor" to the era was a winner. In short it's a sort of basic survival guide. It's also an easy read . At the back of the book is an excellent bibliography and appendices (mostly about what everyday things cost) which will make the book especially useful to someone who is writing a historical novel and wants to add a few little authentic details . It's mainly for the appendices I give it 4/5.

Looking forward to: Maleficent A Milion Ways To Die In The West Maybe Divergent

I have seen the trailer. This looks absoloutely awesome. Something on telly I actually would want to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFXHfEqMcis

REST IN PEACE JAMES' KINDLE 2 Yep my kindle just bit the dust. I won't be finishing In The Year Of Jubilee or any other George Gissing anytime soon. This was my second kindle. The first one got replaced free of charge after a year. But this one has lasted 2 years so it is well out of warranty. I will have to get a replacement at some point but this will now give me an opportunity to get my physical TBR pile down. First up is two Dean Koontz thrillers , 3 non fiction Victorian books for research and The Violent Century.