It's what Stannis would have wanted.

I know I couldn't produce one book a decade, much less one a year.

A Storm of Turds!

My money's on Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

Fewer.

Their Troy was shit.

Look over there! Whatever can that be?

I've read a lot of Turtledove, and of the Southern Victory series, the only one I'd see made into a TV series would be How Few Remain. The later episodes get a bit weird.

The Man in the High Castle would be more contentious if Nazis were shooting people in the streets… oh, wait…

Hey, I like a bit of alternative history as much as the next man, but this is a hare-brained idea in the present climate.

Damn, you beat me to it!
; )

That's pretty damned good. Eight years ago we holidayed in the UK and got the same deal in Brick Lane except with two rounds of lager each. So allowing for inflation and the current exchange rate, it's actually cheaper now in real terms.

A lunchtime vindaloo - one of the few remaining good things about living and working in Sydney.

"All a bit Dowager Empress Cixi, if you know what I mean, ladies and gentlemen, amirite?"

Not sure I'd want to test that.

Anyone else think Ed Sheeran's eyes look like they've been painted on?

He's cemented his place as the go-to Bill Hartnell. Niche market, admittedly.

"You want them stuffed and mounted?"

"…burning the slavers’ fleet to the ground…"

Subterranean Homesick Blues, anyone?