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Yeah, but it isn't as though the only two choices are 15 minutes and eternity. Some of us are compulsive tinkerers, and 15 minutes doesn't give a lot of scope. Couple of hours would be nice.

He's had 50 visits now...:cool::D

Those are beautiful clips of wolf behaviour. Thanks for sharing.

There are TV series for the Johnny and the Dead books (which aren't Discworld novels). Also, there are made-for-TV animated versions of Wyrd Sisters and Soul Music. There's this new live-action TV two-parter of Hogfather, and they're in the process of doing something similar for The Colour of Magic.

I hadn't realised that the TV adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Hogfather was a live-action version and not an animated one like Wyrd Sisters, which I found quite disappointing. I was reading about the new live-action version of The Colour of Magic that's in production at the moment (at least...

If I still have the Cornwell book around, maybe I'll give it another try. I'm just afraid it's one of the books that went to Goodwill last time we moved.

I wonder why he'd be going public with this now. I assume he knew he'd lose his job as a result, and it seems as though he's kept quiet about it for a long time.

I like both those series a lot. I also really liked the first two books of the Tales of Arthur from Patricia Kenneally's Keltiad series (The Hawks' Grey Feather and The Oak Above the Kings), but I wasn't very impressed by the last one (The Silver Branch).

There's attachments for you...:D

There are libraries of generic smilies out there which can be added in one go, like the smilies at this forum The Accessory Forum - Smilies That's a lot easier than the custom smilie gallery like the one at It's Nature, which took a while to create (hopefully the link will work now I've got...

Wonderful, innit? Dinosaurs were vegetarian because death hadn't entered the world yet. Which means that according to creationists, plants aren't alive. And they call this rubbish science.

Do you mean to say that secularists in non-Christian countries are referencing Christianity?

It doesn't cost anything to get an account at Amazon, for that matter. There's no need to ask other people to do it for you.

I'm in early 20th-century Japan.

Is the quality holding up over time?

"The Teahouse Fire" by Ellis Avery. I found this book really fascinating. It's set in Japan during the second half of the 19th century, the time of the Meiji Restoration when Japan is just starting to communicate and trade with the West. A French/American orphan is taken in by a tea ceremony...

I'm just about to start reading the first one in this series. I'm looking forward to them - I've read some good reviews of these books.

I'm really liking these books, not just because of the plots but because of the cultural information and the tensions between Rei's western and Japanese heritage. I've got "Girl in a Box" on order from Amazon and am hoping the quality of the series is sustained. I'm looking forward to seeing her...

Right, well, it's down from the shelf and on the "to read this side of Doomsday" pile. I had a quick scan through it, and it actually looks more interesting than GG&S (which I've just realised I still have a couple of chapters to read. Arg). I just bought two Brian Fagan books about climate...

I didn't think so. There were earlier lawsuits, as there often are against successful authors, but the one by Nancy Stouffer was dismissed. JK Rowling hasn't gone after people writing fan fiction on the internet like some people do. I must admit to being rather surprised and disappointed by her...