New Blood to spill interesting... En garde! :wink: I'm reading book one of the Gap Series now. I have so much fantasy scifi in my book shelves I forgot about these books from my brothers donated collection until recently, as I tended to think of Donaldson as pure fantasy. I'm enjoying reading it al...

Wow! I didn't realise the forum would be this active. I don’t get much time to surf the net as I work long hours so I can only contribute to chats once every 2/3 days. But its good to see lots of interesting replies. :) To put myself in context, my families ancestral seat is in the north-western hig...

Hello, What do you guys think of the Scottish Independence debate? I realise most of you aren't British, but the result of the September 2014 vote will have far reaching consequences elsewhere in the world where there are other growing independence movements. Both sides are putting forth very extrem...

"The wisest man admits he knows nothing". That pretty much sums up the state of our world-is-flat style knowledge about ice ages. But the general theory is this: They are the natural result of a mass extinction event that tilts out of balance the ratio between plants and animals, and an ic...

Hmmm... quite apt, I’m currently listening to The Doors Riders on the Storm and have come across this discussion :) I feel sorry for the Americans, in the UK we only get wet and the odd flood now and again and we moan and complain about that as if it were the end of the world, while you guys have to...

Thanks for the warm welcome. :) The name Chun does indeed come from the Jack Vance character 'Chun the Unavoidable' who is a lonely beast haunting the outskirts of a ruined city 50 million+ years in the future, under the red light of the dying sun in the last days of earth. He is cursed to steal the...

Heyho, I was searching the net for new fantasy books to add to my collection - (and trying to avoid watching tv dramas my wife’s into) - and I came across this site which appears to have like-minded people. I'm 30, I live in the North East of England and I have been reading fantasy/sci fi/horror sin...