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I seriously couldn't get into that. Something about Cherryh's style leaves me cold.

Generally movies based on books tend to lose something, but the same can be said about books made after the movie (to cash in). Take a look at a lot of those spin off titles out there. Anyway, movies other than fight club that I thought were better than the original books: Godfather - The...

Well, it keeps getting mentioned but there's no real discussion about the book version here as of yet. What did people think of the book and its characters? I'm going to give the ***SPOILER WARNING*** in advance since those blacked out boxes can get annoying. Personally I enjoyed it...

Sorry about the delay - 1 was I'll have to dig out the answers to the rest as they were some time ago

Looking at your list, I'd probably recommend you go and check out Bujold's Vorkosigan series (starts with Shards of Honour which can be found separately or in the Cordelia's Honour anthology with book 2 which won the Hugo). Well Hitchiker's Guide does bear similarities to Sirens of Titan...

Personally I enjoyed Foundation (aka how to pervert Trek's prime directive). Some people find it impersonal, reading like a dense logic puzzle. The fact that the foundation itself is the main character, not the influential personalities featured in the short stories isn't easy to get used...

http://forums.thebookforum.com/showpost.php?p=57705&postcount=24 :rolleyes: Well that or someone turned the tables: http://forums.thebookforum.com/showthread.php?t=1794 Or they're all going through rehab for forum addiction, chained to a bed and violently shaking all over

I'm just going to point out another thread that may be of interest to you: http://forums.thebookforum.com/showthread.php?t=892

Well, I'm taking this from one of those 'Legacy of the Big Read' booklets. If you could choose any character from a book or comic to hang out with, who would you choose and why?

Reading as an adult, for me it's a toss up between: Northern Lights (aka Golden Compass outside the UK), though it's more of a teen's book rather than a younger child's read. Winnie the Pooh Wind in the Willows - especially the lovable Mr Toad When I was younger, I did enjoy the Narnia...

We should do our own. It could be fun

Good site Ash

I guess you misunderstood my post as I didn't elaborate. It wasn't about the people dying for America. It was twofold: 1) Thanksgiving originated as a way for shops to sell more stuff in this particular time period. To me it's just overcommercialisation. 2) You get a holiday. We don't...

Whatever the reason, enjoy your holiday.

I guess by their very natures, cats seem mysterious and enigmatic. This, along with the connection to witchcraft lends itself well to creating an atmosphere for a mystery. I've always associated the English mansion with mystery rather than the cat though.

How do the people in the coffee shops make those really nice hot chocolates? The stuff in the supermarket seems to be missing something I guess all those dodgy internet forums took over ;) Well that and the death of conversation.

It's an interesting issue. I'd have to say that it depends on the author. Some authors I've come across seem to repeat the same stories and ideas with only minor differences, and when moving outside their realm of 'expertise' seriously mess it up. Other authors seem to stike oil with nearly...

Well, if you're worried about member numbers, I guess we could look into one of those ancient methods used by secret socities to ensure there aren't too many people in the inner circle - to join, you have to kill one of the current members ;) Anyway, getting back to the topic, I quite like...

http://angryalien.com/ 'Freddy vs Jason' and 'Scream' movies up too.

Closing this one down as it's gotten nasty in here.