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You probably didn't invite me More likely it makes you think of chocolate

Made me laugh It's a great book, from what I remember (it's years and years since I read it). Have you read The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos? I can't remember If not, it might be worth trying one of those first Oh, the Kraken can soon change that! Brilliant review, Kay

Those Barnes & Noble leatherbound editions are gorgeous. I thought about getting The Count of Monte Cristo, then I saw the size of it and got scared it would bring my shelves crashing down The paperback version is big enough as it is

I've only read the first two so far, but I thought they were very good - not nearly as good as his Arthurian trilogy but better than the 'Grail Quest' trilogy.

Don't think there are any season 4 posts yet

I meant this one

Scott Mariani's 'Ben Hope' series maybe? I'm surprised it hasn't been done already, tbh

Read The Dragon's Path and let me know what it's like

The 'Expanse' books from James S. A. Corey (Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) are being adapted into a tv series: http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/iron-man-writers-enter-sci-fi-mystery-tv-project-for-alcon-the-expanse-1200598499/# Could be good

That plan: Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence - started 14/10/13, finished 17/10/13 Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian - finished 22/10/13 The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell Imperium by Robert Harris The Legend of Deathwalker by David Gemmell The Lamp of the Wicked by Phil Rickman Caliban's War by James S.A. Corey Having second thoughts about Imperium, as I keep hoping he'll get the final book of the trilogy written soon, so might wait for that before reading Imperium and re-reading Lustrum. Not sure about The Lamp of the Wicked at the moment, either, might leave that for a while. Might also swap out The Legend of Deathwalker for a couple of other Gemmell books. There are a couple of others I might add, too. Hmmm.

Yeah, but what did they think of the book?

We must be reading different books

ETA: Major spoilers for first three seasons in the following vid:

Yeah, we'd like to dedicate this programme to the mug

Anyone see Huey Morgan throw a hissy fit on Buzzcocks last night? http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/video/watch-fun-lovin-criminals-huey-133844942.html

Oh I don't mind ponderous, so long as it's ponderous with a purpose I know what you mean about the first kitchen scene. Anyway, 215 pages in now and I think something's about to happen . . . I was looking at my current reading plan yesterday and realised I didn't think it through properly, and have left myself with several books on there that I'm not at all interested in at the moment. I may have to change it Or just continue to ignore it

Maybe not, but I think you've just summed up exactly what I've been feeling about it. It's very vivid in places, but nothing much is happening, and the characters feel more like caricatures to me, like something out of a Gerald Scarfe cartoon (Peake's own illustrations in the book probably aren't helping in this regard). No it's nothing to do with a lack of action. Bring Up the Bodies didn't have any and it's the best book I've read this year, so lack of action isn't a problem for me. Lack of anything happening so far is, though Anyway, I decided to push through. Something in me just won't let me give up on a book this year. I'm 170 pages in now.

There are loads of Silverberg's ebooks available through the SF Gateway. I've only read one so far (Downward to the Earth) and it was very good

I was curious about it. I didn't think it would be my kind of thing, from everything I've heard about the trilogy before now, but I wanted to give it a try for the RC. I think it's one of those books where I'd have to be in exactly the right mood to enjoy it, and I'm obviously not at the moment. I'll see how I feel this evening, but I think I may put it to one side and come back to it another time. I don't like giving up on books, though

I don't know, I haven't read any of them yet I'm currently 120 pages into Titus Groan and quite bored with it. Not sure if I'll carry on or not, but it isn't doing a lot for me at the moment.

You say that, but the Kindle versions would probably still have the illustrations, like the ebook of Titus Groan does Gary Gianni did the illustrations for the Del Rey books, not just Conan but all of Robert E. Howard's work that they publish (I've got the Solomon Kane collection as well). He's also done the artwork for next year's Song of Ice & Fire calendar

Yeah, fortunately the ones in the Del Rey books are a bit . . . better

Don't worry, it's not a comic book, so you'll be okay Thanks! Yeah, definitely some stereotypes and repetition (which is why I tend to dip into the stories, rather than read them all at once), and some attitudes from those times, as you'd expect. Well worth a look, though You can read A Witch Shall Be Born here and The People of the Black Circle here. I'm sure all the others are there, too, if you searched for them

Oh well, back to watching The Gadget Show and Countdown, I suppose