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I've got the same name as an author - he's always doing creative writing courses in sunny places like Crete and Majorca. There's also an American bodybuilder with my name as well though - and he had the .com domain too!

I've never really put work on the internet for the very reason I'd like to get a lot of the work I write published one day. Then I realised that was probably a long way off and what they hell, might as well try and get some feedback. The only website I've used so far is writing.com. It looks...

I seem to have always been attracted to series, be they standalone book featuring the same character(s) or part of a sequential series. Reading a new book in a series can be like seeing old friends again after a long absence. I started off reading Enid Blyton, then when I was 9 or 10 I...

I'd have to go for 'The Historian' by Elizabeth Kostova. A really cracking good read. Mystery, horror, fantasy, history and more, combined together in one spellbinding novel.

Lee Child - only been reading his books for a year, but unfortunately have read them all now, and must wait till June for his next book to be released over here :(

I like the idea of taking the dictionary and encyclopedia with me, hadn't thought of those. I'd take: 1. Encyclopedia (ok I cheated here...) 2. Passing Time in the Loo 3. Magician by Raymond E. Feist (my favourite book, always good to re-read). 4. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton...

If you had to be marooned on a desert island for an unknown length of time, with only yourself and five books for company, what books would you take? They can be fiction or non-fiction, but each book must be only one volume (so you can't take the 22 volume OED or all eleven books of the Wheel of...

I love this book and would consider it one of my all-time favourite novels, which is quite surprising since usually I read crime, thrillers or sf/fantasy. There was just something special about it that I can't quite figure out what it is - that's probably part of the magic though. Not...

Thanks, I'll try Pandora's Star. If you haven't read Misspent Youth yet I wouldn't bother - it's more like a Mills and Boon than a science fiction novel!

I voted for 'Skipping Christmas' by John Grisham - not really come across it before and am not a Grisham fan, but it seems like a nice light hearted and interesting read for December. Alas it's only garnered the one vote so far (mine!), but think I'll read it anyway. My second choice would have...

I enjoy an occasional Agatha Christie and Sue Grafton, but I particularly like Ian Rankin and Stephen Booth. More 'crime' than mystery perhaps - are they generally considered the same thing, or if not, what's the distinction?

Is this a new trilogy by Peter F Hamilton? I was a keen fan of his Night's Dawn Trilogy and other books, but got put off by 'Misspent Youth'. Is Mr Hamilton back to his usual form with Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained? Steve

In English only, though English translations of foreign books are fine.

I don't know if it's been suggested before, but I'd like to suggest Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2004, it sounds like an interesting read - and is currently near the top of my 'books to read next' pile which always helps :)

I've recently set up a gift site - aimed at giving people ideas for presents. My books section is sadly very bare at the moment, so I was thinking of doing a 'Top 20 Books of the Year' section. Instead of doing the 20 best-selling books of the year or Amazon's Top 20 or anyone else's list, I...

Thanks for the info! Nakmeister

I've just logged into the forum after a couple of week absence, and noticed above my last post there's a 'Warn 0%' just below my username, and five small squares next to it. Click on the 0% link, it says 'this user doesn't have any warning logs'. What's this about? Is it a new feature or...

I've met two of my favourite authors at Waterstones book events: Raymond E. Feist and Lee Child. They both did a 20-30 minute talk and a question and answer session, and then afterwards you'd queue up to get your book(s) signed and have a brief word with the author. I think these are one of the...

Oh well I might as well add mine: 1. Magician by Raymond E. Feist 2. The Belgariad by David Eddings 3. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4. Trader by Charles De Lint 5. Lion of Macedon by David Gemmell 6. The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan 7. The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks...

Have you gone on the ship to Krondor with Arutha and Amos yet? You get to learn a lot about Arutha then, that's when his character really starts to develop quite a bit from memory. Although Magician is often considered Feist's best book by many readers, it is a matter of opinion - it was his...