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In the Robert Langdon timeline, Angels and Demons comes before the Da Vinci Code, but you don't miss anything by not reading them in the right order. Like most people I started on Da Vinci too and then went through the back catalogue. Chrondules!

I can read quickly if necessary, but I find it reduces the enjoyment. I find I prefer it when I read at a narrator's pace, so rather than just processing the words on the page I am listening to the narrator in my head :)

I read the whole of I Am Legend in one sitting, it's excellent. But eat some chocolate afterwards to offset the depression :p

(Also posted in my own forum but I thought I'd mention this here too) I noticed on Guardian Books that Newline (makers of the LOTR films) have purchased the movie rights to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. This is all well and good, but the thing that irked me was that the article referred to...

Just finished part 1 of Jonathan Strange and it is very good indeed, so much so that I am neglecting my responsibilities in life just to read it. And Cathy, after you read Deception Point, you're going to hate the word "chrondules", just to warn you :p

I get my books wholesale, so I picked the ISBN off Amazon for what should have been the white one, and the black one arrived this week - not that I'm complaining, it looks very sleek (especially like the black inking of the edges of the pages). I can't wait to start it as soon as I get done...

Congratulations! And point your husband towards www.newbabybaskets.co.uk to buy you a nice big gift basket for your pregnancy!

This was my favourite RPG when I was a wee nipper! I can't believe they've re-released it! Remember Teena-O-MLY? :cool:

Exactly what I thought - and then it knocks your bloody socks off doesn't it? Excellent book, read it in one sitting in about 3 hours, I just couldn't put it down.

The Gunslinger by Stephen King. Gratuitous and pointless. (Although plenty of people disagree with me on this - the Dark Tower series has a huge following.)

I Am Legend is pretty disturbing.

You're implying (in your devil's advocate role) that any literature should be written within specific confines so that it is easily digestible by the majority of people. Why I personally have no time right now for over-complicated authors (I'm sorry Gene Wolfe, I tried), I'm not bemoaning their...

I loved the Fighting Fantasy books as a kid by Steve Jackson (later of GURPS fame) and Ian Livingstone, although I kept putting my pencil through the page whenever I had to adjust my strenght or stamina score. They were re-released last year as a box set...

Hate to admit this, but I got about 300 pages into it and gave up. Yes, I know it's supposedly the second best fantasy epic ever written, and yes, I know Wolfe is all about symbolism and hidden meaning. What I'm saying is, I think if I had more spare time I probably would have enjoyed it but I'm...

Safari beats the pants off all other browsers :p

See the film "The Good Girl" for an example of this. It is strange though, especially considering the ending of the book is actually pretty positive.

To guage the viewpoint of a specific reviewer, find a book that you feel strongly about (positively or negatively) and see if that reviewer feels the same way as you about it. People seem to have vastly different tastes in reading - you only have to look at the Tolkein fan club or the Harry...

26 and a half. (Feel more like 62)

I should be able to let you know in a month or so... "The Stars my Destination" is number 5 in the Millenium SF Masterworks series which I'm working my way through :-)

Different strokes for different folks :-) Do you read much SF in general wabbit? I think you'd have to be into the genre to enjoy The Forever War, as the main plot vehicle (the interstellar jumps) is the sci-fi bit.