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Let's see. I've seen The Dark Crystal, The Beastmaster, the Conan movies, Willow, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Howard the Duck, The Wizard of Oz, The Tenth Kingdom, Hook, Fantasia, Dragonheart, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Addams Family, Eric the Viking, plus some of the...

Just for fun, Google moontruth.mpg and watch the video. I think it can be seen at www.gaiaguys.net/moontruth.htm Then check out Snopes

R. D. Wingfield I've been on another thread somewhere in this site.

After seeing the televisinon series I would suggest R D Wingfield's Inspector Frost books, and if you like university educated detectives then maybe the Gervase Fen stories by Edmund Crispin.

You didn't miss much by not finishing The Rule of Four. I made it the whole way through and was extremely disappointed by the ending, mainly because nothing happened. It was as if the authors were showing off their knowledge of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, and ran out of ideas as to how to...

My book of the moment is Climbing Mount Improbable, by Richard Dawkins. Evolution made easy.

My non-fiction book at the moment is Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Prior to that it was X-Ray (The Unauthorised Autobiography) by Ray Davies.

Stalking the Unicorn by Mike Resnick. A belligerent elf tries to hire a down-on-his-luck private detective to find a stolen unicorn. Set in Manhattan.

Normally I read 1 or 2 mystery/thriller types a week, but as I started a blog in 2006 I thought I might list my reading, out of curiosity. In the end I had a total of 65, a mixture of fiction and non-fiction.

I remember a scene where the narrator is in the underground club where The Rutles first appeared. The lights go out, and you hear him say "A rat's just run up my leg" Sergeant Rutles Only Darts Club Band?

Without referring to a dictionary, I would suggest bored lethargy. My word is 'urinator', as in "The pearls in her necklace had been provided by a professional urinator."

I did a couple of years of 10-pin in the early nineties, but dropped out because the lanes closed. At the time I was averging mid-180s. Now I'm lucky to hit 150 on the rare occasions I go. The trick to getting the swing is to rotate your hand over the top of the ball as you deliver it. As...

Try Jacques Futrelle's The Thinking Machine stories. Try here to read some.

There's also the sequel to The Integral Trees, The Smoke Ring. If you like new world settling mixed with fearsome xeno-biology, try The Legacy of Heorot and the sequel, The Dragons of Heorot. (Niven, Barnes & Pournelle)

Back in the 80s Peter Beere wrote a trilogy called Trauma 2020 which dealt with a rather bleak future. The books were Urban Prey, The Crucifixion Squad, and Silent Slaughter. They seem to be available from Amazon UK.

This isn't a reference to Wonko the Sane, who decided the earth was mad and built an asylum to put it in, is it?

I'm watching Bones, even though there is nothing in common with the books other than the name of the character, House, Boston Legal, Stargate: Atlantis andTthe Ghost Whisperer (for light relief). I tried to watch Commander in Chief, but only managed the first two episodes. Geena Davis just...

I've just finished 'Recalled to Life' by Robert Silverberg. It's about scientists who have devised a way to bring recently dead people back to life, and the reactions they get from politics, religion and general populace.

Hmmm - from the same place as "I'd rather spend eternity eating shards of broken glass" maybe? That would be the song 'One More Minute' by Weird Al Yankovic Back to the original topic. What puts me off is whiny characters. I have no interest in how hard their life is, I read for diversion...

How much are you willing to spend? Amazon.co.uk have 3 listed, http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/detail/offer-listing/-/0891348921/all/202-2884215-5423034 amazon.com have 1 as do half.com and abebooks.com other than that, addall.com has a few references...