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But this is a Star Wars thread. If you're going to spam, do it properly. Use the force ;)

So what pearls of wisdom have you learnt from movies and their lovely logic: Some to start with Bombs always have big, blinking, beeping timer displays. Evil geniuses who devise bombs to destroy things/people are always thoughtful enough to include a visible display (usually LED) of how...

I'm sure I've answered this somewhere... Around 10 yrs ago, I was after an online name to log onto computer games online. After fiddling around, I settled on hydra66. After a few yrs online, there's one thing you notice when you log onto online shooter servers - everyone's obsessed with similar...

The first 3 that came out make a decent trilogy (Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy - Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command). These were the first 3 books out after Lucas agreed to Bantam being given the Star Wars licence to publish books. Zahn and Stover tend to be the higly...

I seem to have read more from the 19th rather than the 20th century according to that list (though a lot of the 20th century books I've read a different book by the same author rather than that particular book)

Agreed. The issue is that even with a few helpers, there are far too many books out there to cover comprehensively. You'll be competing against a number of sites on the internet to attract people to input book information beyond a blurb. On top of that you need to offer more than blurbs which...

They're both very American. We only get bits of the NFL televised over here, but on the computer, the NHL seems to be more fun. NHL What is the best cover of a Bob Dylan song you've heard?

Howdy. When did you go all Christmasy?

If you're looking at thrillers with spies, intrigue etc I'd have a look at some of Tom Clancy's older works (Cardial of the Kremlin, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger). IMHO he writes better than McNab even if his newer books are a tad more political. What is particular did you like...

From a few yrs ago, off the top of my head: Blindness ~ Saramago (thanks Martin even if it was a little bit similar to Day of the Triffids) Handmaid's Tale ~ Atwood (still not fully convincved by this one but I still have the blind assassin on my to read pile) Middlesex ~ Eugenides (thanks...

I skip the forum for a few yrs and this thread is still running? Ooh I did enjoy that one when a friend lent me it a few yrs back. A little moralistic at times but very well done. Just acquired: The History of the Runestaff - Michael Moorcock Gravity's Angels - Michael Swanwick...

I guess with me, it becomes those movies that you've seen more than 2-3 times. Not counting those I haven't seen in the last 2-3yrs (or you'll be all over the IMDB's top 250 from my uni years): Karate Kid Back to the Future Dog Soldiers Almost Famous Empire Strikes Back Batman Begins...

It's been some time since I read this one, but I do remember loving it the 2nd time around (game up halfway through the 1st time because of some project or other I needed to get finished and the style took some time to get into). I still remember some very good concepts such as . The ending...

Still love that vid a few yrs on. Thanks for posting it

It was alright, but for that type of film, I'd rather go and see Almost Famous instead though

I enjoyed this one when I read it a few months ago, though like many of you I did find the ending a little rushed and the book as a whole wasn't that meaty from a plot point of view. I quite enjoyed the Heller wrote the malipulative, shallow and biased narrator who always had to express her...

Just to keep direstraits happy Moorcock: Gloriana - 8 Moorcock: Elric Saga (several stories) - variable but generally 8 Pratchett: Thud - 6 Swanwick: Tales of Old Earth (short story collection) - 8 Pullman: The Subtle Knife - 7 Pullman: The Amber Spyglass - 7 Fforde: The Eyre Affair - 7...

Sorry for the late reply. I guess I meant More than Human by Sturgeon. Over in the UK Philip K Dick's published short stories have been published in 5 stories that have been around for sometime. As the stories and the way they've been compiled vary greatly around the world, I guess they'd be...

I was told exciting things were underfoot.. (well it makes a change from those wiggly worms anyway). I guess I'm bowing down to another chap in a position of authority. Well done stewart. That's a strange jacket on your avatar direstraits. Swapped the banana skin for denim I see.

Here they come to snuff the rooster (Alice in Chains)