Karsa Orlong

Started A Dance with Dragons on the tube this morning

It'd have to be the next three I'm (currently) planning to read: Hyperion by Dan Simmons The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Catalina's Riddle by Steven Saylor

Pretty wide-ranging, then I can only do what I always do, and recommend some of my favourites - you've probably read lots of them already. Some of these aren't new, but I'll put them forward anyway! SF: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F Hamilton (starting with The Reality Dysfunction) The Player of Games or Feersum Endjinn by Iain M Banks The Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi Fantasy: Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson (easier to point you to this thread rather than explain it here ) Tigana or The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin (brilliant, but comes with the caveat that the series is not yet complete) Chronicles of The Black Company by Glen Cook The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers Crime/thrillers: The Redbreast by Jo Nesbo (first in a series) The Enemy by Lee Child (one of about a kazillion Jack Reacher novels) LA Confidential by James Ellroy American Tabloid by James Ellroy General fiction: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Historical: Dissolution by C J Sansom (first in a series) Roman Blood by Steven Saylor (first in a series) Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell Company of Liars by Karen Maitland Imperium and Lustrum by Robert Harris (third book in trilogy yet to be published) Phew! Hope some of those might interest/intrigue you. Happy reading whatever you choose

Crikey, how could I forget ... The Stand by Stephen King : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stand-Stephen-King/dp/1444720732/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1310398024&sr=8-5

Two that spring immediately to mind are: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson : http://www.amazon.co.uk/I-Am-Legend-S-F-Masterworks/dp/0575094168/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1310392004&sr=8-2 Earth Abides by George R Stewart : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Earth-Abides-Masterworks-George-R-Stewart/dp/1857988213/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1310392056&sr=1-1

I've got three chapters left of my re-read of George RR Martin's A Feast For Crows, then I'll be ready to download A Dance With Dragons to my Kindle tomorrow

01 – Best film you saw last year - Toy Story 3 02 – A film that you’ve seen more than 3 times - Aliens 03 – Your favourite film series - Star Wars original trilogy 04 – Favourite film of your favourite series - Star Wars (none of this 'Episode IV' nonsense!) 05 – A film that makes you happy - Some Like It Hot 06 – A film that makes you sad - all the Star Wars prequels! 07 – Most underrated film - Serenity 08 – Most overrated film - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King 09 – A film you thought you wouldn’t like but ended up loving - Juno 10 – Favourite classic film - Ben-Hur 11 – A film you hated - Armageddon, or anything else with the words 'A Michael Bay Film' in the credits 12 – A film you used to love but don’t anymore - The Abyss 13 – Your favourite film maker - Pixar! 14 – Favourite film of your favourite film maker - The Incredibles 15 – Favourite male character - Bud White (LA Confidential) 16 – Favourite female character - Ellen Ripley 17 – Favourite quote from your favourite film - "Get away from her you bitch!" 18 – A film that disappointed you - see my answer to question 6! 19 – Favourite film from a book - LA Confidential 20 – Favourite romance film - Oh, sorry, you're serious. Um, Wall-E? 21 – Favourite film from your childhood - Star Wars 22 – Favourite film you own - Aliens 23 – A film you wanted to watch for a long time but still haven’t - Downfall 24 – A film that you wish more people would’ve seen - Serenity 25 – A film character who you can relate to the most - Silent Bob 26 – A film that changed your opinion about something - Titanic (up until then I liked James Cameron!) 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending - Titanic - er, I mean The Usual Suspects 28 – Favourite film title - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (or Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, I can't decide ) 29 – A film everyone hated but you liked - Underworld 3: Rise of the Lycans 30 – Your favourite film of all time - Aliens

I forgot to mention Winter's Bone - a terrific adaptation of the Daniel Woodrell book. Also the two Cormac McCarthy ones, No Country For Old Men and The Road, excellent and very good respectively. Going back a bit, Jaws is one of my favourite films, and it's a good book, but there are quite large differences between them. I'm not sure whether that makes it a good adaptation or not ...

LA Confidential is the best adaptation I've seen, I think. The novel spans a decade and contains hundreds of characters, so to take that and condense it down into two hours and still have it equal - if not better - the book was a triumph. I loved Fellowship of the Ring, as well, and thought it was the best actual adaptation out of the three LotR films.

I got The Octopus by Amplifier, Someone Here Is Missing by The Pineapple Thief, and the Game of Thrones soundtrack

I don't know if you're aware - and I hate to be the bearer of bad news - but it seems that Camelot has been cancelled. http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4284041&tpl=archnews&force=1

Nice one I hope you told the lazy sod asked him politely to pull his finger out and get the books finished

Apparently I've given four books 10 out of 10 so far this year ... The Snowman by Jo Nesbo The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin ... but I also gave one book 11 out of 10 That was The Crippled God by Steven Erikson, which is the last book in his 'Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen'. It was a fantastic ending, and holds a special place for me as it's my favourite series of books

Iconoclast by Symphony X

Corduroy by Pearl Jam

Says the person who travelled for nine hours to meet the author - Mr Pot meet Mr Kettle

Fussy Edit: Re-reading the end of the book (which I just have ), I'm quite relieved they removed the nipple-biting Edit: I also think that, for people who hadn't read the books, the sound of the eggs cracking and Dany calling to 'her children' would have detracted from the first sight of the dragons. I do get what you're saying, it just totally worked for me as it is. It actually made me punch the air

I think the publishers in the UK (anywhere else?) caused confusion by splitting the third book, A Storm of Swords, into two parts for its paperback release (called 'Steel & Snow' and 'Blood & Gold'). Officially, the fifth book, A Dance With Dragons, is out in a couple of weeks time, but if you're in the UK it's effectively the sixth book You can get A Storm of Swords in one volume on the Kindle, though, for £8.99, or you can get all of them excluding A Dance With Dragons for £19.99. Edit: The Kindle versions don't include the maps, though.

Hey, glad you enjoyed it BloodyNine Damn that decorating

'fraid so Edit: they start filming season 2 next month

There's a decent freebie on Kindle if you have one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legends-King-Arthur-Knights-ebook/dp/B000JMLBT8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308644659&sr=8-1

That ending was perfect, just how I imagined it Is it next April yet?

Crikey, I'm amazed - nay, gobsmacked - that this thread has remained quiet after last week's episode Last episode tonight

A definite yes! If you like fantasy, of course

Oh dear, that would kill it for me before it even started Unless he's going to play mini-Reacher ...