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They probably could be seen as formulaic if you read enough of them. There's a lot of the 'don't you know who he is?' stuff, Pitt escapes from almost certain death in a number of hard to believe ways and seems to always get the girl. I recommend the earlier stories, before Cussler started...

Which version, British or American? So who are your favourites? Mine are Ryan, Colin and Wayne. Greg Proops is OK in small doses. My favourite scene ever was when Tony Slattery split his pants during the 'Film Trailer - Revenge of the Sheep Shearer' impro.

How about the Dirk Pitt stories by Clive Cussler. I find them a bit 'Boys Own Adventure'ish, but not too bad.

I've recently discovered Kathy Reichs and her Temperance Brennan novels. Set in Montreal, Temp is a forensic anthropologist. The first book, Deja Dead, had me up until 2 in the morning, it was that gripping.

Ikon, by Graham Masterton. Also had descriptions of people dying by riding through a chain fence, getting squashed in a lift and blown up in a car if I remember correctly.

Humma Kavula? I find this name slightly disturbing for a religious cult leader.

Presently reading Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs. Really gruesome dead bodies and very detailed forensics. Also reading The Man From St Petersburg by Ken Follett, which is a bit dry so far, but it's early in the story yet. Plus there is the book of Ray Bradbury short stories (Driving Blind) that I...

Footfall, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, also deals with alien invasion. How about John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids?

I have the books, the radio series (on CD) and the television series on VHS. The best thing about it is - they are all different. It's like having three parallel universes. Or something.

I have been bookcrossing for nearly 2 years. There are very few books that I'm so attached to that I can't get rid of. I read for entertainment mainly, so this is a good way to get rid of my books. At the moment I have over 300 books registered, with 200 released into the wild...

Originally from England, I'm now living in New Zealand, also known as Godzone, the Shaky Isles or Aotearoa. I've been naturalised and have been here for 37 years. Check out www.windwand.co.nz for more information on my home city.

Caution: possible insensitive joke. Well, you were warned. I hope I don't have to explain what hundreds-and-thousands are.

I have only read the first three books. Yes, I did enjoy them. I would also like to read the rest. As to when I read them, it was last year and I was 42. They were recommended to me by my older sister-in-law.

Ripper by Michael Slade. It's a fairly bloodthirsty horror story, but once again I fail to be chilled. I guess I'm not a 'horror' person. It has a detective/mystery element to it which has my attention, so there's little chance of me not finishing it.

I once sold a box of books to a used-book store. I got so little for them in relation to their worth I resolved never to do it again. Now any books I no longer want I 'Bookcross'. For those of you unfamiliar with the movement, go to www.bookcrossing.com

Sorry for not replying earlier, but I've been offshore for a couple of weeks again. The book was in fact The Roaring Trumpet by L Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, the first of the Harold Shea stories. I am now curious about The Magician's Nephew. I'll keep an eye open for it, I would...

I think so. There were also Guernsey cattle, as well as imported Ayrshire, Short-horn, Holstein and Friesians, but the general overall name for the Jersey/Guernsey breed would have been Alderney. Eventually the names would have become interchangeable.

It's probably an unfair comparison to make, as HP and Tellytubbies are likely aimed at different age groups. As for La-La et al, the main thing I hold against them is the language they use. If the programme is aiming to be educational, talking in barely understandable child-pidgin is not the...

Sorry about the delay. No, it isn't Timeline. A further clue. In his journey he finds science no longer works, but magic does. The story is first of five.

Alderney is an old term for Jersey. Jerseys were commonly called Alderney cattle before the late 18th century.