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thank you for pointing that out.

I understand your concept, but you have just made an assertion. You have not demonstrated that this is so. You have made some assertions about the thought processes of various criminals and people on this list, but you have no evidence that your assertions are true or correct. I have no...

It comes in various strengths but it suggests in the weakest case that the way you perceive your world is dependant upon your language resources, and in the strongest case the way you think is dependant upon your language resources. Personally, I am not convinced by the arguement, but I am a...

Strange case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Are there fans of J&H out there? I ask, as I have just finished this and was somewhat underwhelmed. In particular, I wasn’t convinced by the duality – Jekyll retained his depraved nature even after Hyde appears, but there didn’t seem to be any evidence...

I admit to playing with toy soldiers. In rarified company I even confess to golf.

Nah, I think "The Little Mermaid" was Anderson not Grimm. But there are as many editions of him as there are of Grimm's Fairy tales. My Folio Soc edition sounds a little like what you are describing, but that is a burgundy red rather than magenta.

Hi Beerwench, is your sig attributed to anyone? Something is buzzing around my head saying that it was one of the early US presidents (Jefferson maybe?). But not knowing is starting to annoy me.

It's a long time since I studied any math, but I don't think you can have the digit 7 in a base 7 number (on the same basis that you can't have the digit (9+1) in a base (9+1) number). And if it is Octal, then it still pans out as an impressive 159 (decimal). Pip

A walk in the woods by Bill Bryson?

maybe your template applies to a range of sword and sourcery fantasies, but what about fairytales, your model doesn't fit these very well, or morality tales for instance "Dorian Grey" and "Dr Faustus"? You mention Tolkein, but I don't think your summary matches "The Hobbit" particularly...

You might try the Maigrat series (by G. Simenon). He tends to be in the same sort of mold as Columbo, once he suspects a particular person, he manipulates circumstances until that person gives themselves away.

Odd, I never really think of Adams as a Sci-Fi author, I suppose ships floating in exactly the way bricks don't should have given it away though. I wonder, is a parody of a genre a member of that genre? Anyway, my favourites would be Dune (just the first - they deteriorate fairly quickly)...

Farenheit 451 is probably too obvious, perhaps King's FireStarter would be appropriate.

Animal Farm is excellent, but I am not sure it is a must read. Unless you take it as a comment on revolutions en mass rather than specifically Stalinism. Anyway, your comment reminded me of something that nags me about the book. Is the old pig that dies in the beginning Marx or Lenin?

nyse, I was going to construct a reply to your last message. But frankly, you didn't address a single question I raised. I would happily debate this with you, but if you are just going to ignore questions and reply with inane sound-bites I'll give it a miss.

Hi, In my case, the simple answer to this is Yes. I drive faster on an unlimited auto-bahn than on a 70 mph limited UK motorway. I’m not sure how this works. You have previously indicated that restitution should be made to the injured party. Who is this “living public” to whom restitution...

Hi, I'm Phill and I'm a refugee from the Beeb's defunct board. I am fairly eclectic in my tastes, but tend to shy away from contemporary fiction (purely on a cost/benefit analysis not any philosophical distaste).