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I would suggest 'The Kraken Wakes', by John Wyndham (of 'Day of the Triffids' fame). Ships are sunk, atomic bombs are dropped into the deep places of the oceans, and eventually the aliens at the bottom of the sea warm the Greenland and Antarctic ice-caps and flood the world (and he wrote this...

I've just finished 'The Looking-Glass War', and I thought it a good book, although I didn't understand why so many people seem to esteem him so highly. Perhaps other spy thrillers are really poor? A good book, but it didn't float my boat.

There's a University of St. Andrews-backed group who have developed an underwater radar system that creates a 3-D image of shipwrecks. They did one of the Royal Oak. It was awesome. I know, I know: this isn't a book and this is a book forum.:D

I'll look out for this. The SMS Emden's voyage is pretty gripping, and I suspect this will prove even more so.

'Mud, Blood, and Poppycock', by Gordon Corrigan (retired major in the Gurkhas) is a re-examination of the First World War, with particular attention paid to the 'myths' of that war: hell in the trenches; cowards shot at dawn; the needless slaughter on the Somme and the 3rd Ypres; etc. I...

I remember this book. I'm astonished the British Royal Family haven't sued him for defamation. It would be easy to prove. Having said that, it might give him too much publicity.

Thou art wise.

The Harry Potter books are very derivative - even the 'wizard/witch at school for wizards/witches' theme was done before in a British children's television series called 'The Worst Witch' (or a name similiar). That other authors have seen similarities between their own work and Rowling's...

That's very true (sigh). Unfortunately, there can be no denying that his works are popular. I suppose it must be agreed that his books encourages people to read. But will we still be reading him a century from now, like we do Kafka?

Stephen King is massively over-rated. He always starts with a really interesting premise, and then just has to spoil it all with good vs. evil pseudo-religious nonsense. It's best to reader the first third and the last page and leave the rest.

I liked 'The Mauritius Command', but 'The Wine-Dark Sea' and 'Desolution Island' are my favourites, especially the former.