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Need to brush up on my HTML so I am reading Osbourne's "HTML: The Complete Reference" by Thomas A. Powell

Under The Volcano by Malcolm Lowry who was from New Brighton.

(Penguin Classics ISBN13:978-0-14-118225-4), It's set in Mexico, and is deemed 'A Faustian Masterpiece' by Anthony Burgess.

I think Lowry is a genius but I must admit I am finding it a struggle.
The descriptive passages are wonderful.

Wells, new world order, scary how relevant it is even today

have just re read the devils double from years back..
by Latif Yahia

"Make room, make room" by Harry Harrison which was made into the film "Soylent Green" years ago about a future world of starving billions living on lentils,soya beans and - if they're lucky, the odd starving rat.
I like sci-fi and often read of things that eventually come true

Derek sounds like your on my wavelength there mate, strange how the have a knack of making uncanny predictions

Reading 'Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem' at the mo.
However, I have reserved Roots by Alex Haley at the library. Currently watching the DVDs-half way through at the moment. So moving, I reckon the book will be fantastic. Anybody read it? Is it hard going?

I remember when it was shown on telly. Caused quite a rumpus at the time and interestingly its never been repeated as far as I'm aware.
I'm not sure I could cope with the book, as you say - heavy going

I was going to buy the book from Amazon but would rather 'risk' the price of library reservation -80p. The reviews on Amazon seem ok. I'll certainly try to 'stick it out'!

Finished the above and nearly finished 'The Dead Yard' by Ian Thomson-A Story of Modern Jamaica.ISBN 978-0-571-22762-4
'A facinating account of a beautiful treacherous country' according to Amanda Smyth of Irish Times.

It's brilliant and you don't want to put the book down-paxvobiscum

good reads those , try 2 the autobiography of a liverpool irish slummy " by pat o mara ( can lend out as long as i get it back ) .
others i recomend
stonehenge by bernard cornwall
rama series by arthur c clarke .
the kontiki expedition by thor hyerdahl

MixEnginer's hand book

Now reading 'Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Author Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Penguin. ISBN 978-0-141-03372-3

It's interesting. Have not seen the Film. Has anyone seen it and will post what they thought of it? Thanks.

The Meg series by Steve Alten, no thinking necessary, Giant sharks eating lots of people, nothing more.
Predictable, shallow, comic book characters and ridiculous situations, kind of like a Hollywood action flick, enjoyable enough if your into 'big terrorizing monster' books and you dont take it too seriously.

Finally picked up 'Roots' the other day. (Somebody hired it the day I reserved it).
Anyway, it is easy to read. Very powerful but fully recommended to anybody who may have seen the series/ boxset.