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As I posted elsewhere, it's got to be Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake. I was expecting great things from this book but I was so bored by it that I never managed to get past the end of the second chapter. Mike

I for Isaac Asimov who should need no introduction. Mike

I found the book interesting and it does rather sound as though Hollywood have taken another good book and turned it into a bad film. I'm glad I never saw the film. Mike

G is for David Gemmel. I can't remember the titles of his books but he used to write for the Hastings Observer. Mike

I've never seen the film so I don't know if it's based on the David Brin book. The book is a post apocolyptic (spelling?) novel where the main character finds an abondoned mail truck, puts on the uniform and ends up setting up a new postal service. Mike

Slightly off topic but, as you mentioned the authors, have you read The Postman by David Brin and Songmaster by Orson Scott Card? Mike

The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake. When the TV adaptation was advertised I thought I'd get the book. What a mistake, I struggled through the first couple of chapters but I just couldn't be bothered to carry on any further. GETA by Donald Kingsbury. Another piece of garbage that I never...

I think you're talking about Faerie Tale. I've lost count of the number of times that I've read LOTR and the Hobbit. LOTR is my personal favourite book but I tend to cite other authors because I have read more by them. I tend to go through phases of reading one particular author and then...

Thought I'd best say Hi. I'm a heating and Plumbing Engineer from Hastings, East Sussex. I'm mainly into Science fiction and fantasy. My favourite authors at present are Raymond E Feist and David Eddings. My all time favourite is Terry Pratchett. Mike