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Recently finished The Forever War and can't recommend it enough. Pretty rough going at first (it's about war after all), but totally absorbing and worth it in the end. Here's my review.

Does it have an ISBN? It doesn't appear to be in Amazon (UK).

Hmm. Finally finished - not much of an ending :( Didn't like it I'm afraid. Here's my review.

Apparently he only has a small part in the book. No, really. :D

I think what contributed to Brown's recent paperback success was mainly - his back catalogue was only 3 books, they're all medium length and easily readable, and people who liked DVC liked it so much they wanted to read everything else the guy wrote. I think a lot of people skipped Digital...

Er, no. Should I have used an icon to signify that? Fair enough, you're a Brown-basher, but speaking as someone who has read all his books, I can honestly say that he has improved. Maybe his plots are samey, but his novels are progressively more enjoyable, so as someone who does not...

This web page has just about everything there is to know about the origins of the story and its variations.

Isn't this the painting with two versions, the first one (that is described) having been rejected by the church? That's what I recall from the book, but I read it a while ago. Or, to be fair, what Brown's characters say in this book is, in your opinion, pseudo-intellectual rubbish. But...

Stalky, without reposting your spoiler, you really shouldn't stop there. What happens is awful and horrible, and most people I know had to stop reading for some time at that point to come to terms with it. But it is also crucial to the further development of Sally's character. Also, if you stop...

Oh and just one more... I challenge anyone to listen to Ben Folds' "The Luckiest" without blubbing uncontrollably at this bit: "Next door there's an old man, who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. His wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry...

Oh Lori - Alessi "I like to ride my bicycle with you on the handlebars. You'd laugh and run away, and I'd chase you through the meadow." You're a Lady - Peter Skellern "You're a lady, I'm a man. You're supposed to understand... how these things are... often planned, to be!" Why do some...

JK Rowling obviously, and the incredible Philip Pullman. Can't believe I only recently got into Pullman books - it took me a while to start enjoying Northern Lights, but once I did I lapped up the whole trilogy in a week or so. Couple of weeks later I had read all the Sally Lockhearts too - God...

I just finished reading The Forever War (my review here) by Joe Haldeman which I would strongly recommend if you're a sci-fi fan.

One flew east, one flew west... One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's the sort of book that you can't stop thinking about for weeks after you finish it. And if you've only seen the film you're missing out on Big Chief's superb narrative. If you like Triffids, you should also pick up...

Has anyone here read this book? I'm about half way through and I'm wandering if I should give up or not. I can see that what Malcolm Pryce has done is very clever, creating a serialist pastiche of postcard Wales and Raymond Chandler. But I just feel like I'm meandering through it and I don't...

JKR has said that book 6 will likely be the same sort of length as Goblet of Fire, not longer (or even as long) as Order of the Pheonix. She also said not to hold her to this though because she hasn't finished it yet!

Mike Newell has recently stated that he will simply be cutting out as much plot as possible to make it into one workable film. Sounds horrible :-(

Cinematically speaking, Azkaban is far superior to the first 2 films. There are some just breathtaking sequences, Buckbeak trailing his claws in the lake as he is flying along for example. The CGI is also very good, and the score is fantastic (I would recommend buying the soundtrack, it really...

I have just finished The Forever War and I can heartily recommend it. This fantastic novel is science fiction at its best - using a futuristic technology or situation to examine the human condition in a way that would simply not be possible in a contemporary novel. The story is at times...

Just remember what the exact title (and subtitle) is when you reach the ending, so that you're not disappointed. Here's my review.