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Don't you think with the likes of LibraryThing, Shelfari, and GoodReads already out there, to say nothing of Wikipedia itself, that your energy would be better used elsewhere?

Not at all. Taxing the bigger pollutants more makes sense.

I think what you are failing to grasp is a) you have not been kicked out of any forum, you have left of your own volition; and b) it's not because of one thread, but of the many pointless ones you have made (the one about favourite knots springs to mind) coupled with the more inflammatory ones.

You probably want some Weaveworld or Imajica from Clive Barker. In fact, his The Great And Secret Show is probably the one you are really after.

I read about fifty pages and tossed it. Tripe!

Crow Dance, Tomahawk

Let me tell you about when I was a girl, our grandfather says. Girl Meets Boy, Ali Smith

The Guest, Hwang Sok-yong The Big Clock, Kenneth Fearing

Did the translation work for you though? It certainly made a splash because it was the first ever winner of the Man Booker Asian Prize.

You counting this one? And yes, he does have access to this area.

Have you been watching FOX News again?

Seconds out....ding ding...books wins. No contest.

It's been about two weeks since I posted what I've bought, so here goes: When Rain Clouds Gather, Bessie Head So Long A Letter, Bâ Mariama Laura, Journey Into The Crystal, George Sand Anthology Of Apparitions, Simon Liberati Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky The Diving Pool, Yoko...

Ah, sweetness!

Just fiction, as per its title. For poetry you could do worse than The Ode Less Travelled.

Pick this book up on Amazon Marketplace. I bought it many years ago and it has a number of workshops that may interest, inspire, and help.

THanks. I did read the first short story, Hands, and that was rather good. Based on when I bought the book, the story was certainly memorable to have stuck with me for a year. Since it's seen as an American classic and, as far as Anderson goes, his best work, buy it. :D

Any advance on hated? What did you hate about it?

I haven't read it.

Touche! But to answer Robert's question: when my friends and I went to drive round Ireland back in April, we used both, maps and GPS. For the most part, the maps were more effective because we could plot our route, whereas the SatNav was telling us to turn left onto one way streets and all...