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Speed of Light... game-changing find regarding speed of light - maybe not the fastest thing. Brian Cox talks about it on the BBC here: BBC News - Brian Cox on Cern's baffling light-speed find

I have to admit though, this is still awe inspiring: Taken from the original Book of Kells - illuminated manuscript produced circa 800; especially so given the tools they had to work with back then...

But at least we got to see Star Wars before he messed it up. And the Internet, right? We'll always have the Internet :lol:

So true <cries>

The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco Shadows in the Mist - Brian Moreland London Revenant - Conrad Williams Supernatural: Night Terrors - John Passarella Tomes of the Dead Vol 2: Abaddon Books The Iliad - Homer

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R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World - YouTube

I keep convincing myself that spending all this money on books is okay. They're books right. Those words just fall into your brain, making you a little smarter surely? If only just increasing/testing/practising your vocabulary... <sigh> sooooo broke...

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Insidious - :stars4: This horror film based around the haunted house premise, albeit adapted somewhat, was both interesting and very creepy. It worked well because it avoided certain cliches, whilst executing others to perfection. The fact that the characters acknowledge that something...

I know what you mean. I think of Will Self myself when I think of overtly verbose authors though, but would note that he too has left some brilliant works in his wake. This raises the question: should an author 'dumb down' ever? If the only way they can describe a world in a manner suitable...

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This. Lots. There are several weighty tomes I've read over the years that I wish I'd had my Kindle for when I'd read them first time round... Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke is one from recent years.

I haven't read a DC comic book in years - I read the occasional graphic novel, but that's fairly intermittent too. However, I was fairly interested in this reboot, so I ordered Swamp Thing, Demon Knights, Justice League: Dark and Batman. So far I've only received/read Swamp Thing, but it was a...

Undeserved hype? Most of Miéville's 'hype' came from generating an actual following of fans wildly enthusiastic about his work, as opposed to a clique of literary reviewers intent on pimping the latest Bloomsbury-spawned cliché. I found Perdido Street Station to be a rich work; its world is...

It will be one of these though I am not exactly sure which. I am leaning toward Sense of an Ending, Sisters Brothers or Snowdrops. Maybe I shall work my way through the entire list, time permitting.

Perfect timing Eldog. I was debating picking this one up, but have decided to grab one of this years Booker prize nominees instead. Thanks.

The voice is a bit creepy isn't it just. Kind of nice and atmospheric though I found. I just love stuff by 'The Orb' so very much. Now, I hadn't heard about the Lunar Society but a quick trip to Wikipedia fixed that alright. Seems like it was quite undefined for such a discussion group of the...