Hahahahahahah I read some of that.
Cocking awful, it was. It's very much a charity-shop-only series.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 12:58, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I can't believe he was allowed near Dune at all
Dune is a complex, intelligent and elaborately textured world. He got a mallet at it and just wrecked the lot. :(
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:00, Reply)

I hope he's on fire right now.
It's the least he deserves.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:04, Reply)

it is
what made anyone think that someone who had written some of the post-film Star Wars books would be any good at tackling Dune.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:05, Reply)

Because any decent author would have said no.
On a related note, anyone read the new HHGTTG?
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:07, Reply)

The one of the film?
I was bought it but never read it for some reason
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:07, Reply)

I can't bring myself to
I may make my dad read it and see how angry he gets
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:07, Reply)

good point
I have not. This may be sacrilegious, but I'm in two minds about Douglas Adams, on one hand he is brilliant, and on the other he is guilty of what cougar-related incident said about sci-fi/fantasy authors. He got to the point of seeming to write weirdness for its own sake.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:11, Reply)

Mostly Harmless?
Which is my least favourite book
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:14, Reply)

Nah, some kids author called Eoin Colfer had a crack at a sequel.
I have the fear.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:23, Reply)

yeah, s/he wrote the Artemis Fowl stuff
my ex used to read them. Pretty guff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:26, Reply)

I'll get the pitchforks
you guys get the burning torches

WHO'S WITH ME?!
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:07, Reply)

Would you like to borrow my gravel?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 Jul 2010, 13:07, Reply)