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Comment on The Sad News of Iain Banks by ExpatPaul

ExpatPaul — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:31:17 +0000

It is sad news. I did see an article earlier saying that he was pushing his publishers to get his last book out while he’s still around to see it. I really hope they manage it.

I’ve been a big fan of his Culture novels for a while and have also enjoyed much of his mainstream fiction as well. And Raw Spirit – his book about whisky – was both fascinating and entertaining.

I know he’s not gone yet, but he will be sorely missed when he is.

Comment on The Books That Made My Childhood by antihippy

antihippy — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:04:21 +0000

I’ve never heard of Lucky Luke! I will need to take a look!

Comment on The Books That Made My Childhood by carolinevon

carolinevon — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:00:42 +0000

I loved Asterix too but my favourite was Lucky Luke. They had Lucky Luke books in Vienna, but unfortunately not in English. I’ve added the man who draws faster than his own shadow to the list of books I need to buy again.

Thank you for sharing! I enjoyed the Phantom Tollbooth when I read it over Christmas. I was in my 20s before I came across H Rider Haggard (don’t know how that happened) but read other adventure stories as a kid. There was a series of thin books for children with lurid book covers that I inherited from my brother. I’d forgotten all about them until you mentioned Biggles.

Comment on 27 Essential SF Books by ExpatPaul

ExpatPaul — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:32:05 +0000

A list of quality SF films would certainly be interesting.

The idea of compiling a list of essential fantasy did cross my mind but I tend to find it’s a genre for which there are very few outstanding authors and far too many people regurgitating the same sub-Tolkien storylines. As such, any list I came up with would probably be very short indeed.

Comment on 27 Essential SF Books by antihippy

antihippy — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:37:19 +0000

Cheers Jared.

I read yours, James and Ian’s lists with a lot of interest. I know you weren’t allowed anthologies or collections but (for my money) that ruled out too much truly awesome work – a la Borges – so I ignored it.

Comment on 27 Essential SF Books by Jared

Jared — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:28:10 +0000

At the Mountains of Madness… well-played, sir. I was genuinely trying to find some sort of appropriate Lovecraft for my list, but we weren’t allowed short stories and this never occurred to me. (We weren’t allowed Aleph ’cause collections were off the list, but I’m with you – it is amazing and essential in every way!)

Comment on 27 Essential SF Books by antihippy

antihippy — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:44:27 +0000

Thanks Paul,

I was prompted by those author’s very good lists. It’s certainly thought provoking. I am certainly considering doing another couple of these: fantasy (definitely) and I’m thinking “quality” SF films.

Comment on 27 Essential SF Books by ExpatPaul

ExpatPaul — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:38:38 +0000

I’ve read about half the books on your list, but there are a few others on here that I have been meaning to read for a while. It’s a good list, overall, and one that has left me thinking about my own bookshelves and what I would suggest.

Comment on Paul WS Anderson… I hate you by antihippy

antihippy — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:35:22 +0000

Ha ha.

“Now who’s up for slagging off Michael Bay!?”

Oh oh, me sir!

Comment on Paul WS Anderson… I hate you by Mike George

Mike George — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:34:44 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree. This man has been making money from awful films for too long now. He completely ruined one of my favourite video game franchises, Resident Evil, by turning it into a nonsensical action sci-fi piece of bunk rather than sticking to its survival horror roots, and don’t even get me started on AVP! What I can’t understand is why investors continue to give him money. Can they not see how truly abysmal his films are? That said, his films obviously make money, but I’d rather they spend his film budgets on developing actual talent and promising projects than wasting it on this hack.

I also agree about Event Horizon – it was a very good sic-fi horror which ironically is more along the lines of how Resident Evil should have turned out. It also leads me to speculate that it wasn’t even Mr Anderson who directed it in the first place, because everything he’s released subsequently has been utter tosh – The Three Musketeers!? One of the worst films that has ever been my misfortune to witness.

I agree, someone please make it stop. Stop giving this man money. And the people who continue to waste their money on his abominations, wake up to it and watch something worthwhile and deserving of your time.

I just hope he doesn’t get his hands on Robocop or The Terminator…or anything else for that matter.

Paul W S Anderson you really truly utterly suck.

Now who’s up for slagging off Michael Bay!?

Mike George BA MA.