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Forgot all about the middle-aged women contingent :p I'll stick to the other rock thanks eg Beatles, Zeppelin and Bowie. Apart from Hotel California, I can't really name the Eagles' tunes off the top of my head Martin - can you give us the lyrics to Baz Luhrmann's tune from 1999...

Don't ask me- it sold well over 35 million copies on initial release. I don't know anyone who owns the greatest hits by the Eagles either (must be an American thing). I do know the popularity of p2p software means that that list isn't going to get challenged anytime in the near future. Next...

If you decide to read this one, let us know how you find it. Personally, I couldn't stand 'Without Fail'

Don't you get double cream or golden syrup over there? They're quite common in supermarkets over here You'd better get your mum to come back over here with a shopping list ;) Next question: Name the top 20 best selling albums of all time please By general consensus who are the...

Well, I've never worked in a warehouse I'm another sponging student, but fingers crossed, in a few months I'll have achieved Dr status (as in medical rather than PhD)

Dear Martin, Please could you tell us about the recent 'Grey Album' and could you enlighten us as to why it's shunned by the music industry Is the Grey Album destined to become a bootleg? Can you name some good rock bootleg albums are (rumoured) to exist? Dear Martin, why don't you...

There you go no closet to come out of. Martin just sticks his 'carrot' in warm wabbit holes (lowers the tone further whan Wabbit could )

Nice to see you snake, but that can't be you... You used to love to spam so much, but this lot seem to have run circles around you so far.

Time for some mystic mumbo jumbo Why is everyone so afraid of death? Is it not possible that this life is just a form of purgatory we all have to endure before we are ready to face the paradise in the next world, and thus the people who die young are on the right track?

Amazon came up with a random author just now- David Mitchell, author of 3 novels: Ghostwritten Number9dream (shortlisted for the booker prize) Cloud Atlas From what I've read on the reviews there, they seem to be Ian Banks/ Chuck Palahniuk territory (so how this random book came up...

Where's Ashlea's cat?

Well that's one way of putting it :D Whilst reading it's difficult to see where this all ends. The setup was awesome however, and more than makes up for the deus ex machina approach the author finally took to end the series.

Let us know how you find Player of Games. I read this in '96. IIRC, it started being written earlier than Consider Phlebas, though was released later. Personally, I found 'Player of Games' better than Consider Phlebas (which I'll admit had me getting bored in places towards the end), though...

I'd say this was a fun forum with a good sense of community. And you have done well to keep some of the more random stuff to the 'Member introduction' and 'General Chat' sections, so the more serious posters can easily avoid you if you do get on their nerves :eek: What I'm wondering is...

Depends on the length of the book. eg I finished off Behold the Man (120 pages or so in 2 sittings, whilst Clive Barker's Weaveworld took me a month or 2) Normal size book- usually a week or so, but it depends on my commitments (or holiday time- I got through Martin's 3 chosty books from...

Incidentally, that's what I'm reading at the moment. What didn't you like about it? 2 of us on the other forum have started reading it- pop in and have your say (since I can't find many detractors at the mo): http://www.sffworld.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7657&pagenumber=4

I don't know why, but looking down your list, Jack Higgin's 'The Eagle Has Landed' keeps springing to mind 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' 'The Spy who came in from the cold' - John Le Carre Len Deighton - he's written a few trilogies - start with the 'Hook Line and Sinker' series

I'd say the same as Wabbit, but I'd replace some of those recommendations with: stuff the novels, go read Sandman and change your mind. On the other hand, if you're not into the supernatural or not even slightly interested in the occult, don't bother. As for authors of books I don't like...

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Looks interesting, but finding the time to write (sorry type) up a journal could be tricky. Also the following seems a bit dodgy: So you've given them the right to put up endless adverts of any type- popups etc These can be potentially damaging and may contain spyware and/or trojans/viruses...