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Having seen the build-up I wasn't impressed, and I doubt I will be delving into the vaults of the interweb to find it. Is it just me, or is the current crop of CGI used in television dramas in the UK absolutely appalling? (Beware, minor rant ahead). Its come to a head with Doctor Who, and the...

Re: Tron 2.0 I think we may all resemble that remark :p

Re: Tron 2.0 I concur, with up-to-date effects and a well-written plot, it will do really well. There are so many people who remember the first one who will go just to see what its like, as well as the legions of unwashed masses who are attracted to shiny special effects and groin-grabbing...

Interesting review Werthead, cheers. When I initally read the premise for the book I was a little bit uncertain, but your review makes it clear that Birmingham has thought through all the implications of time travel on the period.

I like the idea of jumpgates which are so popular in computer games (and probably quite a few novels) for regular-use travel between stars (or within - this is how the great game Freelancer handled FTL travel within solar systems), and have some kind of very expensive, complicated, and arduous...

Just a small point, but who is Buntle? He covers his face with his hands, but is otherwise not mentioned. It probably doesn't matter, as I imagine you set him up etc before the beginning of this story. I like this - the situation you place Merkit in is a rich one; lots of fun stuff can be...

Happy to oblige :) The 40k universe is based on the existence of the Warp, a dimension which is parasitically (in a way) attached to ours. Within it dwell daemons, beings of the purest malevolence which exist only to devour and destroy the inhabitants of this universe. These parastical...

I used to play Eve Online, a great MMO which is very different from the WoW-clones out there. Sci-fi fans should check it out :) I'm not a fan of most JRPGs, I dislike the Final Fantasy style of battle, and while storytelling can be better than Western techniques, the writing and voice-acting...

Note: Thread necromncy; I hope no-one minds. Brian, I think you managed to capture precisely why, for me, Dune stood out so much. I have just finished reading it, and I think you are exactly right in saying that the reason for its greatness is its focus on the internal, as opposed to the...

I've just finished reading the original Dune book (a version from '87 which I picked up at a market for £2 - go second-hand book stalls!) in the bath - got all pruney as I read pretty much 200 pages to the end in the tub. Anyway... I was astonished. I don't know what I expected, having seen...

That's a bit of a shame, a port could have ironed out the flaws which kept the game from being a proper classic instead of being a good game with large annoyances. I've completed the game once through on my housemates PS3 and its very fun (with degrees of huge frustration at times - the heyday...

Your form of FTL seems pretty similar to that alluded to in Battlestar Galactica's; their FTL drives are fuelled by tylium, although beyond that the concept is pretty much left undiscussed (as far as I'm aware; I think the writers assumed that they didn't need to do much beyond outline it -...

I would give my artery-blood to see Serenity 2 realised. Seriously, if some Paramount execs stood over me, knife in hand, I would let them flay me to ribbons if they promised to catch the blood in a fountain pen which they then used to sign the contract funding the film. It would be good to...

Anyone else think that the wording of the questions is pretty poor, or is it just me? I realise that they are based on quotes, but still. You Scored as Rhuarc, leader of the Aiel on this side of the Dragonwall; you are firm yet fair, dangerous yet cautious and will do as asked, though not...

At the moment, I'm playing nowt but Flash games - this borrowed laptop is less than useless. However, when I get back to my proper PC, I imagine that Team Fortress 2 will take up some free time because it's such fun. I'm going to resist the urge to start a new Civ 4 game as it will swallow up...

Physics hurts my brain. Still, if its possible, its pretty cool, and would be a fairly impressive milestone on the path of scientific development. I'm wondering exactly what the social, economic, and political ramifications of this would be. It would be nice to think that the world will...

It's a dicey question. I am generally in two minds when it comes to reading a foreign language in books (in academic texts, for instance, I hate it when people throw in phrases in French or Latin without a translation to show that they are cleverer than I - I still want to know what their point...

Cheers Teresa, you make a good point. I'm writing this story precisely for the experience of writing in first-person (most of my other stuff has been limited 3rd person) to see how well I can do it, and if it sits right with the characters. I want to start writing my first novel in June based...

I actually like the couple of scheming scenes between the admirals who are on Honor's side, and I got the feeling that Weber could have a lot of fun with that in later books - clearly he does :p It was one of the things which gave me the feeling, as I mentioned in my review, that there is a lot...

Thats a much better way of wording it, cheers HareBrain :D I liked the phrase because it gets across quite a bit of the wonderful arrogance of the character, but in a cheerful (I hope) way to show that it is a "good" kind of arrogance. Duely altered, cheers for the suggestion :)