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Books / Re: What are you currently reading..?

« on: February 17, 2017, 11:29:11 pm »

Just finished Ken MacLeod's The Corporation Wars: Insurgence, second in the trilogy his books are thought provoking Just started Kim Harrison's The Turn pre equal to the Hollows series based in the sixties about her parents etc. really good.

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Books / Re: What's your favourite and least favourite read of the year?

« on: February 04, 2016, 10:45:34 pm »

Well for 2015 it was two I was very dissapointed in The Futre is Japanese (SF) and Phantasm Japan (Fantasy) despite there being some well known authors in them, both edited by Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, the new one out I will give a miss:Hanzai Japan: Fantastical, Futuristic Stories of Crime From and About Japan.

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Books / Re: finding new authors or old authors ?

« on: February 04, 2016, 10:16:52 pm »

can anybody tell me that authors are there that people do not read and why should I read them but one Lord Dunsany which I just remembered now are there any others out there .

George MacDonald’s two adult novels, Lilith and Phantastes

I liked the cover artwork on the Lion Publishing editions by Jim Lamb.

"George MacDonald was one of the foremost fantasy writers of the 19th century and influenced just about every writer that came after him. He was a mentor of Lewis Carroll, a friend of Mark Twain’s, and a man who helped shape the works of authors like Tolkien"

Check out his entry in The Encyclopedia of Fantasy it’s quite comprehensive.
 

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Books / Re: What are you currently reading..?

« on: February 04, 2016, 09:37:24 pm »

I'm currently reading Midnight Blue Light-Special by Seanan McGuire second of her InCryptid novels enjoying them so far.

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Other Media / Re: Dungeons and Dragons version preference?

« on: February 04, 2016, 09:31:02 pm »

I used to play regularly on a Sunday evening with a group of six, fun times but was a long time ago.

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FantasyCon / Re: Fantasycon By The Sea

« on: January 31, 2016, 11:16:09 am »

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General Discussion / Tanith Lee

« on: May 26, 2015, 05:13:14 pm »

Sad news I have just found out that Tanith Lee has passed away, I first met met her at Fastaycon in 1984. RIP   

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Books / Re: What are you currently reading..?

« on: January 21, 2014, 10:25:54 am »

Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher I do like his Dresden books

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FantasyCon / Re: FantasyCon 2014

« on: January 06, 2014, 12:57:19 am »

Too expensive  I will look elsewhere.

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TV and Film / Re: The Hobbit - only a week until the second instalment!!

« on: January 06, 2014, 12:50:34 am »

Seen the first one 3 times Imax, then 3D & 2D local cinema.

This time Imax and 3D local cinema 

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TV and Film / Re: The Hobbit - only a week until the second instalment!!

« on: December 15, 2013, 09:49:53 pm »

Wow, what a brilliant film. I really enjoyed every minute. The best part was Riddles in the Dark, between Gollum and Bilbo. Absolutely brilliant. It does deviate in parts from the book, but if you can accept that then it really is worth seeing. The added scenes are very entertaining. Radagast is not brilliant, a little too cartoon like. Otherwise, a very good filmography.

My favourite chapter in the Hobbit is Riddles  going to the Imax  tomorrow😁to see it as I did with the first one.

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Announcements and Suggestions / Re: Membership reminder

« on: November 16, 2013, 10:22:34 pm »

After all the years I have been a member since early 80s I decided not to renew my membership at Fantasycon last year, sad but a parting of the ways had to come.

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TV and Film / Re: What was the last movie you watched?

« on: November 16, 2013, 10:12:38 pm »

Recently I've seen Thor: "The Dark World" even better than the first one neat little twist at the end.

And it's only a matter of weeks till the next Hobbit one.

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Books / Re: Whats in your to-get list?

« on: November 16, 2013, 10:03:01 pm »

Sadly there were no American editions in the dealers room not even one of Tad's and he was attending even though there were American book dealers there. I did enjoy the convention though.

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Books / Re: What are you currently reading..?

« on: November 16, 2013, 09:59:19 pm »

Just finished Apocalypse Cow by Michael Logan.  Much better than you'd think from the title.  Hilarious in fact.

I did enjoy that one, but I did not think much of the other Logan one that won the other half of the prize.
I have not seen another one by Michael Logan although I did hear there was one coming.