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I liked it. The humour, action and new characters carried me through the elements copied from ANH and the obvious geographical and political plot flaws. On Poe, my issue with him was that he was paper-thin, a hero-by-numbers without any depth who is presumably set to be the Han-type in the...

The list: Cat's Cradle Juliana JD Foster HazelRah DG Jones Mosaix Hex And the votegetters: Phyrebrat JayZee Venusian Broon Thanks to everybody who mentioned my story and huge thank-yous to Juliana and Hex for the votes!

I was back where I grew up at the weekend and heard the word uttered. Towards the raffle tickets which were not winning their owner anything.

And I thought this word was going to be WAS...

It's the top swear word, all right, but it is just a word. In real life it's used fairly frequently around here, sometimes as a term of endearment, towards men and women. In writing, there will be a time and a place where it will be appropriate to use. My thinking is slightly coloured by the...

http://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=7691&page=10 Just to clarify, it's open to anyone, not just Commonwealth residents (i.e. open to people outside of Massachusetts and countries formerly coloured pink on the map)

Are UNIT the most useless military force in the history of fiction?

Beneath The Stormgod's Eye The stranger lay naked, pale and motionless in the bone-dry waterhole we’d thought would save us. "A northman," Azir said, poking a wound. "We must leave him." Sholab glanced up at me from her grandfather's side, her sunken eyes pleading. "No, sweetness," I...

Congratulations! The only one I've read is The Stand, which I found good but not spectacular. I voted for Shogun. You could try something by Leon Uris either e.g. Trinity.

I'd love to watch them but there would be a couple of issues. It would take an absolute shed-load of money to do them right, and they might not have enough crashbangwallop to bring in a mainstream audience, à la Star Trek or Wars. It would also be difficult to convey the humour and world-building.

Have to say I'm underwhelmed by the trailer. Desert planet, youngsters destined to play a pivotal part in history, gravel-voiced baddie in a mask -- it's all very familiar and I didn't see anything new or interesting in it.

Dead Presidents Implant itches like crazy! "Do it," Lincoln says. Andrew Jackson glaring at me, all puffed-up white hair. "Make it right, son." Shut up, AJ! Kids everywhere strung out on implant infoload, zombified, psychotic. A digital plague. My fault, I know, I know – shoulda done...

As said, a torso wound could well be fatal unless it's pretty superficial. I vote for a good fleshy stab in the thigh -- if it avoid major arteries, they'll barely be able to stand but can crawl away and hide, and live with appropriate treatment at a later point.

When your muse speaks, listen to her and write. Don't go on asking silly questions about what route she took to your house or what she had for breakfast, or you'll look up from your laptop and find her chair empty and your front door open.

David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks - a new departure for me, after finishing a Sharpe novel and being disappointed.

My quote is there for all to see :p

4?!?! You mean it got 3 seasons?? I was actually surprised it got 2, and gave up before the end of the first.

Well, yes, you could do that... Or you could edit and post before the deadline on the 23rd... :D

Time to dust off my Compendium Of Madey-Uppy Japanese Names...

Battleship - Taylor Kitsch and some 80 year old WWII veterans save the world from aliens. Two hours of stupid. Don't do it.