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My favourite spare-time fillers
Night Watch: A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels)Night Watch: A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.11
One of Terry Pratchett's best Discworld novels.
Witches Abroad: A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels)Witches Abroad: A Discworld Novel (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £2.00
Just one of my many favourite 'Granny Weatherwax' stories ...
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [DVD] [2003]Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl [DVD] [2003]
Buy used from: £0.17
I kept on going to see this one until they stopped showing it in the cinema and then bought the DVD as soon as I could get my hands on it ... aren't addictions embarrassing?
Dragonflight (Corgi Science-Fiction)Dragonflight (Corgi Science-Fiction) by Anne McCaffrey
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £0.01
The original first book in the Pern series, which someone gave me about age six and hooked me ...
Shanghai Noon [DVD] [2000]Shanghai Noon [DVD] [2000]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.24
I love Jackie Chan, I haven't found a really lousy one yet: this is just one of my favourites!
Last Chance to See....Last Chance to See.... by Douglas Adams
Buy used from: £0.01
I'm not the greater Adams fan, but this book would be on my 'desert island' list anytime.
Kim (Penguin Popular Classics)Kim (Penguin Popular Classics) by Rudyard Kipling
Buy new: £2.00 / Used from: £0.01
My English teacher dismissed this, rather unfairly, as a 'Kid's book', but it is so much more than that.
Chronicles of MorgaineChronicles of Morgaine by C.J. Cherryh
Buy used from: £0.01
Loved it, to pieces in fact. I haven't yet found a Cherryh book I can't read.
The Game of Kings: The Lymond ChroniclesThe Game of Kings: The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
Buy used from: £7.48
The first book of the Lymond series. Great books, really stylish writer. Don't bother with the Niccolo series though.
ScruffyScruffy by Paul Gallico
Buy used from: £0.01
I was born in Gibraltar - this is a great book about a great country - if you don't know where it is, buy this book! Ace intro.
Mémoires du largeMémoires du large by Éric Tabarly
Buy new: £4.29
This one's in French, but if you possibly can, read it: Eric Tabarly was a really amazing man, I wish I'd been able to meet him.
Cool Runnings [DVD] [1994]Cool Runnings [DVD] [1994]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.09
Great soundtrack to this one, and very, very funny. You don't even have to watch it drunk to get a laugh, but try and watch it in the English for the really great Jamaican accents.
Dark Lord of DerkholmDark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £0.34
A children's book, but I had to read it in one sitting ... right through until 4 am.
The Eagle Has Landed (Classic Jack Higgins Collection)The Eagle Has Landed (Classic Jack Higgins Collection) by Jack Higgins
Buy used from: £0.01
Jack Higgins is great: I like nearly all of his books, and he has a really distinctive writing style.
The Matrix [1999] [DVD]The Matrix [1999] [DVD]
Buy used from: £0.98
Of course. This one is one of the best films I've ever seen ... what a shame about the other two.
The Moon is a Harsh MistressThe Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Buy new: £17.99 / Used from: £3.50
I'm not a rabid Heinlein fan either, but this one travels with me.
Running blindRunning blind by Desmond Bagley
Buy used from: £0.01
I can read all the Bagley books I've found, but this is my undisputed favourite.
Pharaoh (Sold Out Range)(PC)Pharaoh (Sold Out Range)(PC)
Buy used from: £0.85
Great way to completely waste far more time than I have spare. Set an alarm if you don't want to lose endless hours is my advice.
The Last Continent (A Discworld Novel)The Last Continent (A Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01
Another of the best Rincewind novels ... with beer, talking kangaroos and ballad singers.
The Eagle of the Ninth (Puffin Books)The Eagle of the Ninth (Puffin Books) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Buy used from: £0.01
In my opinion, this is the best book Sutcliff ever wrote: great characters, great story, not depressing at all.
To Ride PegasusTo Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey
Buy used from: £0.25
The other original 'first' - the humble start of the Talent series. Chance to see Anne McCaffrey's earlier writing.
The PyratesThe Pyrates by George MacDonald Fraser
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01
This book makes me laugh out loud after endless re-readings: don't like all his books, but this one's excellent.
10 Things I Hate About You [DVD] [1999]10 Things I Hate About You [DVD] [1999]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.98
A really excellent film - with a very cool and kinky soundtrack. That's worth buying, too, but I'm out of space.
Catseye (Puffin Books)Catseye (Puffin Books) by Andre Norton
Buy used from: £0.01
Very unusual and imaginative storyline, with amazing characters and a well-written plot to make sci-fi addicts really sit up. Why can't I write like this???
Missee Lee (Puffin Books)Missee Lee (Puffin Books) by Arthur Ransome
Buy used from: £0.01
More kid's books, but I reckon that just means I've liked it for longer: I'm not mad on the whole series, but some of them deserve an Olympic Gold.