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i've been reading through my terry pratchett collection recently, as i've carefully avoided the books for a few years so i can read them again without remebering the plot near-perfectly. :p

i want thud! i'm going to have to wait until christmas however.

brilliant. you gave no spoilers and yet increased my interest even further in the book! *wants, now* oo;

I finished reading "The Once & Future King" by TH White a few weeks ago. This volume includes "The Sword in the Stone" and the rest of his Arthurian stories. I definitely prefer "The Sword in the Stone" of all of them; it's quite whimsical, has random anachronisms from Merlyn and deals with Wart's childhood. It's great to read the source material for the Disney film.

Other than that, I've been reading Biggles books (air pilot from around 1916 to 1960s, which means that in theory he ought to have been about 90!).

Also been reading books by Arturo Perez Reverte about Captain Alatriste. These are basically a swashbuckling series, set in Madrid around about the time of the Three Musketeers in France (though possibly slightly earlier). Spain has just made a movie of the first book, but no news on the UK release date yet. Darn shame really, since Viggo Mortensen stars (Spanish is one of the many languages he speaks fluently).

I've ordered from dear Play.com the latest seventh Doctor book, 'cos it has Ace in it.


In the meantime, although I know this isn't a book, but it's reading, honest, I'm also going through my archive of MSTed fanfiction - i.e. fanfiction that has been given the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment (see http://www.mst3k.com/mstfaq/basics.html for info). At the moment, I'm in the middle of a 250 page (A4 Word) epic of Sonic the Hedgehog, wherein Sonic appears only once and has precisely one line of dialogue. Gotta love those self-inserts... I've just finished all my Marrissa Picard collection. What would I do without Stephen Ratliff? smile See http://home.netcom.com/~mblackwl/mst.html for more info.

I also want to read "Thud!", but first my local library needs to get a copy, 'cos I'm too cheap to pay for the hardback.

DW

C'mon then, spill - don't leave us in suspense! smile Have to say I've not heard of these, so I await your review with interest.

DW

Just what're you implying? = p

(Attempts to give the forum a shot in the arm)
Encouraged by the "recommended by Gaiman" label attached to it, I've just acquired a copy of Lud-in-the-Mist.
Should prove interesting... and I have a soft spot for Old English Faerie.

I'm inclined to agree. Gaudy Night is probably the best of 'em, though Busman's Honeymoon and Have His Carcass are also excellent.
They got better as they went on, really.