Back to seriousness again for a moment (kind of)
has anyone read anything by Matthew Reilly?

young Australian author who, in his own words, writes books as if they going to be made into hollywood blockbusters with people like Tom Cruise in the lead.

Sounds like utter tosh, but some of the books are quite entertaining.

If you like mindless action, reasonably well described, with limited vocabulary then it's worth checking out Ice Station.

Temple or Contest actually have some merit.

He has got one book called Hovercar Racer, which follows a young boy who somehow becomes the futuristic equivalent of a Formula 1 driver.

The book ends with the priceless line: "He was Jason Chaser, Hovercar Racer"
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 May 2008, 11:07, 3 replies)

I
have read one of his books, the one concernign the golden temple?

It put me off a bit to be honest, it's slightly too mindless and improbable...

ALthough I did liek transofrmers the Movie and other such bloockbusters, and even the X-wing stuff so hmmm...
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 22 May 2008, 11:11, closed)

that could have been Temple
or Seven Ancient Wonders...

If it wasn't Temple then try reading it, it's still a silly action book, but worth a read.

Ice Station is quite enjoyable too, in a completely improbable way
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 May 2008, 11:13, closed)

That;s it!
7 Wonders! I did like the fact that it was an Aussie tho, with a bionic arm! How cool is that to be fair (and improbable)

I may give ice station a go tho, heard of it a few times, but also mentioned by Charlie Brooker
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 22 May 2008, 11:15, closed)