And hoodies, I'm personally distressed by the amount of ruined hoodies.

He takes writing to the dark place.

Star Stuck: Deep Space Nine

I'm from the UK originally, and living through a US election up close is terrifying on a lot of new levels to me.

I've been listening to Cave since Henry's Dream came out, and his decision to make a documentary rather than promote the record makes sense to me. Having said that, I'm a little anxious about listening to this one, it sounds terrifying.

And now I can't unsee that, nice.

Captain Aubrey?

I look forward to seeing who the Lady of the lake will be, regardless of how Dennis feels about weaponry distributing bints in ponds and their effects on good governance.

You are avaloning a laugh.

'Kay, this is a new low.

I'm binge reading these after seeing a reminder on Facebook, and surprised to see a total lack of Nick Cave.

Yeah, I appreciate that you're trying to have a civil discussion here, no worries. I only finished it last night, do I'm not sure how much of it is going to stick with me. I think one of the main things I like about it is the characters feel like more than one note tropes. I grew up in the 80s though, so some of that…

True, and I agree that there were plenty of literal references but I think this was way better than just a collection of 80s tropes.

How far back does something need to be set before it stops being a pastiche, and becomes a period piece?

Personally, I really want to see Mr Goldblum as a Jedi. Sith or not, I really don't mind.

Billy Connolly. His voice never fails to make me feel happy.

I'm basing my review on the fact that I read it twice, a couple of years apart. I recall being interested enough while I was actually reading it, but can't remember anything else, really.

My review of The Historian would be a resounding 'Meh'

It's been a while since I saw the movie, but iirc the movie only really took one or two ideas and the title. Enjoy! It's not even his best book.

He's a wonderful writer, and wrote the book Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was very, very loosely based on.