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I might actually have paid to see that. I can imagine him playing her at Prime Minister's question time: "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my government. And you will know my name is Maggie when I lay my vengeance upon thee!"

I was quite disturbed by the advert on tv where they showed a dog licking a Kindle. Ewwww. But then I'm generally quite disturbed anyway.

Stop it! I can see my TBR pile growing exponentially

Don't know if this is mentioned earlier in the thread but, for any rich fans of King's It, I just saw that PS Publishing are selling a super deluxe illustrated hardback 25th anniversary edition: http://www.pspublish...king-1183-p.asp

These are definitey on my list, nice to hear they're up to scratch! I'm only a recent Cornwell convert - I read his Arthurian 'Warlord Trilogy' before Christmas and they were stonkingly good, can't recommend them enough (I reviewed them here: http://www.bookclubf...post__p__279360 ) - so shall be working my way through the others eventually.

You should put that right, you really should

Last night: Fringe 4x08 Supernatural 7x08

Of course! This is your universe I think, over the years, I've owned about four different versions of Farscape on dvd and now on blu-ray. Brilliant series. Whenever I talk (or type) about it, it just makes me want to watch it again. Might have to dig out Liars, Guns & Money and have a re-watch

Look at me resurrecting old threads again ... I have, at one stage or another, liked just about every show mentioned in this thread But Farscape was my favourite, pickle, especially seasons 2 and 3 - some awesome stuff in those years.

That would make a certain scene in the second episode a bit confusing, I think.

Thanks, Julie I'm 100 pages into it, really enjoying it already. I can't tell you what a relief it is to be reading a book that's only 430 pages long. That's less than a third of The Stand

Ditto to that.

Hehe, thanks Janet

Great post, thanks Julie. Glad to hear you're happy with it

Thanks Julie! I have decided - I have started Martyr by Rory Clements, a complete change of pace: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Martyr-Rory-Clements/dp/1848540787/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1326978222&sr=8-4

Hope you enjoy it, Matt If you don't, I'll be hiding behind the bookshelves over there ...

I finished it last night I posted a brief non-spoilery review here: http://www.bookclubf...post__p__284924

The Stand (expanded version) by Stephen King I enjoyed re-reading this book. I've always been a big fan of King's earlier novels. I first read them back in the early 80s, so I've come back to The Stand without being able to remember it in detail, just the premise, the start, and a few of the more obvious characters. It has the feel of one of those epic disaster movies of the 70s, as various diverse groups of survivors come together in the aftermath of said disaster and try to build a new life. Then King throws in the supernatural element - shared dreams of a dark man and an old woman who may represent the struggle between good and evil. I guess that is where my problems with the novel begin. Not that I didn't like it - I liked it a lot - but for me it does leave a little too much to coincidence and convenience at times and, although I was happy to go along with it for 90% of the time, I found it did become more problematic towards the end. Still, the characters are generally very good, particularly Nick, Glen, Larry and Tom Cullen. Then there's the Trashcan Man. His encounter with The Kid is pretty intense, and the fact that you start to empathise with a character who is not in possession of all his marbles is a testimony to King's innate ability to get you inside the heads of the people inhabiting his stories. Considering the book is 1,300 pages long it moves at a very good pace. I can't recall any time where I felt it had got bogged down, although I did feel the last 50 pages or so seemed a little drawn out. It covers a whole range of emotions, has some exciting and horrific and funny moments, and if it sometimes feels a little like a soap opera it is to King's credit that he nearly always manages to put a wicked little twist in before you get too comfortable. It left me with a lot of questions, particularly regarding the supernatural side of things, but I don't mind that. Sometimes it's nice to let your imagination work things out for itself 8/10

Yes, they should do it automatically. I've had emails from them a couple of times when a revised version of a KIndle book I've already bought has been released. All I had to do was reply to the email and they automatically sent me the new version Anyway, I finished The Stand last night. 'Twas good.

Actually, they must have withdrawn that version for those reasons. I tried to get it a few months ago (having balked at the size of the paperback version!) and it was unavailable - then it was re-issued and the formatting is now pretty much perfect 1,241 pages (94%) through now. Should finish it today or tomorrow.

Mine too! M-O-O-N spells he's-my-favourite! This is a re-read for me, having first read it 30-odd years ago. It's great, because I've forgotten most of what happened, so it's almost like reading it again for the first time.

Nice one, thanks Michelle. Prob'ly going to review it for my 'book shelf', too

Sure, say that now that I've nearly finished it I'm certainly happy to comment It's sooooo loooooong I've already forgotten what happened at the beginning

Crikey, what have I started? I think Mr King owes me some royalties