Timstar

Yeah I bet it is, they are not quite in the shops yet. You can only order online at the moment.

Wow that's awesome! you should check out the new editions!

Not really a book topic but just wondering if anyone else has read a Starburst Magazine? It is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror monthly magazine that has just come back into print after a long time out. I have had a couple of issues and strongly recommend it to any fans of the genre. Great reviews of Books, DVDs and films etc. As well interesting articles about past and present sci-fi/fantasy/horror.

Great thanks for the suggestions! Just started reading 2010: Odyssey Two, good so far!

Yeah that one, It is the first book I have read that he wrote as Bachman. It was good but not my favourite King so far.

Finished Thinner, a nice quick easy read. Interesting story. Going to start 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke

That's been in my TBR for ages now! sounds really interesting but can't seem to get round to reading it.

Any Good?

Watched The Guard with Brendan Gleeson, great film. Very funny in a dry sense. Great perfomances, simply good fun.

Bringing the topic back to the start... I really don't like film tie-in editions, I think it cheapens the book and the experience. Obviously good for marketing to the masses. The book should not be linked to the film.

finished Moonraker, thought it was better then Live and Let Die but not as good as Casino Royale. Started my first book that King wrote under his pseudonym Richard Bachman called Thinner.

I am reading Moonraker at the moment, quite enjoying it to be honest. I was surprised (and glad) how different it is from the film. The first two had quite a few similarities. So much simpler and straight forward then they made the film. The sexism is quite obvious but in his defence I think Fleming respects women, especially after working so much with them in the war. He is just a product of a different time when women and there role in society was viewed differently. (I thought long and hard about the wording of that sentence, apologies if it offends anyone... not my intention.) The Bond books were clearly great escapism for post-war Britain, and I think if that is kept in mind whilst reading them they can be enjoyed that bit more.

Just finished watching Perfect Sense with Ewan McGregor and Eva Green. Thought it was absolutely amazing! The premise is that there is a disease which is causing everyone to lose there senses one by one. It focuses around two people who meet just before the epidemic breaks out and follows there love. Brilliantly made film with no CGI. Acting is amazing, beautifully intertwines the impact of the disease on the world and the relationship between McGregor and Green. This is how films should be made, strongly recommend it.

Just finished reading 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, the book is based on the film written by Clarke and Kubrick. The film is obviously one of the best sci-fi films ever, which inspired me to read the book. The book was great, lots more material with more explanations and a much bigger scale. I bought the three sequels Clarke also wrote. Just wondering if any has read any of his other stuff and can recommend any? He did quite a lot!

Watched a film called TiMER, Quite an interesting concept and a new take on a romcom that isn't really cheesy and just for girls. heres the synopsis... "Finding true love is easier than ever thanks to a bio-technological implant called the TiMER, which counts down to the exact time people meet their soul mates. Love-starved Oona is pushing 30, but her TiMER hasn't even started counting down yet. What's worse, she's falling for a guy who is set to meet his true love in four months. Newcomer Jac Schaeffer crafts a smart romantic comedy that leaves behind the burning question... would you want to know?" Not deeply emotional but a fun film, certainly recommended checking it out... but not paying to see it.

Just watched The Princess Bride yet again!! such a good film, severely under-rated by todays youth.

Finished The Subtle Knife By Phillip Pullman, the second His Dark Materials series. Started 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Great Thread!! 1. Did you grow up in a book-loving household, and did your parents read to you? Pick a favourite book from your childhood, and tell us about it. Certainly wasn't a book loving household, but I did love kids books, esp the Goosebumps series among others. I am the youngest of four brothers so reading wasn't a big past time in the house. Parents didn't read to me as soon as I was old enough to read by myself. 2. What was one of the first 'grown-up' books that you really enjoyed? Has to be Lord of the Rings, read when I was about 12 and realised how good and complex books could be. 3. Pick a favourite book that you read in early adulthood - especially if it's one which helped set you off in a certain direction in life. Maybe not a favourite but certainly set me off in a new direction. Cell by Stephen King, a few years ago really got me back into reading and haven't stopped since. Also got me interested in Sci-Fi and Horror. 4. What's one of your favourite books that you've found in the last five years, and has belonging to the Book Club Forum changed your reading habits? Not sure I could pick one, but I would have to say the Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell. I wouldn't say it has changed my habits...not yet anyway, but I have certainly found some books on here and bought them. 5. Finally - a guilty pleasure, or a favourite that might surprise people! Not to copy the previous post but I am gonna have to go with American Psycho as well. I found the dark humour and over-the-top violence extremely funny. I loved the prose and the way he gives such a great insight into Bateman's mind.

Mallorean is the sequel I believe...Think I will start Belgariad after I finish His Dark Materials.

finished Northern Lights it was a great read. Started The Rules of Attraction by Brett Easton Ellis.

Just finished his latest novella collection, Full Dark, No Stars it was quite good, only four in there and one bonus short story. All centred around the same theme of murder and death. The best probably being the first one simply called 1922, quite different from his normal stuff, set in the american mid-west in... you guessed it... 1922. It follows the haunting of a farmer after he murders his wife. The second Big Driver is a nice revenge tail not unlike the 70s movies 'The last house on the left' and 'I spit on your grave'. The third and shortest of them called Fair Extension involves a terminally ill cancer patient making a deal with the devil for 15 more years of life, but for a price. Finally A Good Marriage about a woman who finds out her husband is a notorious serial killer. A nice collection but not his best.

Heretic. They form the Grail Quest Trilogy

The Mrs watched What Happens in Vegas whilst I was working in the same room... absolutely terrible. Not one funny or romantic moment. Can't stand Cameron Diaz or Ashton Kutcher... neither are funny at all.

not bad!! Harlequin and Vagabond are the first two of a trilogy though... did they come in one book?

love the Princess Bride film, classic heart-warming and funny. The book is in my TBR pile