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There's a fair bit of Clive Cussler discussion here, for anyone who's interested, or if a mod fancies merging this thread with that one.

I think both Kenny and steffee make good points. Post your reviews of your own favourites, hari, and you might just spark a bit of interest. Similarly, consider others' recommendations - for me the forum is as much about finding new stuff as about recommending the stuff I like. There is a...

Hari, the only author in your list that I know is P.G. Wodehouse. He's terrific, wonderfully funny, and (since Kookamoor asked) my favourite novel of his and a good starting point is Leave it to Psmith. Or perhaps the Meet Mr Mulliner stories. Having said that, Wodehouse's near-flawless wit...

Those are terrific, AquaBlue, particularly the first two! I love optical illusions. Keep them coming! I don't have any to share though... :(

My feelings were along this line too. Truly King is the strutting cockerel of doggerel. Nice satirical slant Libre - you should write for the Onion!

I love the image that conjures up, novella. Who knows how much ash was tipped off cigs into the dough and mixed up unnoticed before that? And was it a brightly coloured novelty cig butt, like they have to wear blue sticking plasters now so they can be easily seen if they fall off into the food...?

My two cents is that there are too many subforums as it is.

Yes, it'll be one week old tomorrow. The paint is still wet (well, it was raining this morning). But this time last week I was driving 1997 Vauxhall Corsa, which was the oldest car of anyone I know. There seems to be a scarcity of older vehicles in the UK too. I think this is because so many...

I was there over Easter but never got further than Borders and Barnes & Noble... I must admit I wasn't that desperate to visit bookshops there anyway, as I don't really like US paperbacks. The one good thing about them is their floppyness and use of thin paper, which makes the spines almost...

As of last Thursday, I drive a Mini - and I love it!

Truman Capote - In Cold Blood

Sadly there's nothing limited or rare about first editions of the recent Harry Potter books, and therefore nothing valuable about them. Half Blood Prince had a first print run in the US of almost 11 million copies, and in the UK of about four million! That's why the first editions on sale on...

My advice: don't fly with Ryanair. All your troubles will disappear. (This is literally true.)

Except for this trend... ;)

You'd be surprised. I have gradually ended up with about 3,000 songs on mine and am nowhere near putting all my CDs on it. I listen to mine mostly in the car or in the gym, and it's nice to have the choice of pretty much any song you could want to listen to. As for the name being horrible...

I have a 3rd generation 20GB iPod, ie with the scroll wheel and four buttons rather than the click wheel: I have to disagree with steffee (er, unless you're talking about the iPod minis only, which are a bit plasticky looking, sorry pinkshadow); I think the iPod still looks cool and until...

Don't want to flog a dead horse, teadude, but is a first edition Prisoner of Azkaban really all that valuable? Don't forget this was the first Harry Potter book which was so widely anticipated, the release actually featured on the BBC news bulletins! I remember how they held back release (which...

Ah yes, by the estimable Cecilia Ahern, daughter of Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern. I queued up in a bookstore last year for an hour to get a copy of that damn book signed for my sister. She (Cecilia Ahern, not my sister) is about 4 feet 10 and looks 12 years old.

Here we perhaps see the nub of our differences. To me this comparison is not valid: newspapers are for the provision of information. For me fiction is not about providing information. The subject matter is always secondary. I also think this argument contains a fundamental difficulty: the...

Well, TDVC is certainly interesting. In the sense that Alan Partridge was described by one of his guests as 'fascinating... clinically fascinating." It's also extremely interesting that so many people like it. I don't think there's anything wrong with wondering etc. etc. and once again I...