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Having neglected Stephen King for several years because I didn't appreciate him as a kid, I finally read The Stand, and I enjoyed it very much. Can you guys here recommend other works by King? He is quite a productive author so pointers to his best works would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

So over christmas I finally got the time to read Dune. It's, of course, an epic masterpiece, and I fully enjoyed reading every single page of it. I wonder if you think the sequels in the original Frank Herbert series are worth reading? The second book is, apperantly, "Dune Messiah". Cheers,

Tagline: Oscar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire. IMDB: link -> Låt den rätte komma in (2008) Imagine my surprise a month ago or so when I noticed a swedish vampire movie in the IMDB top 250 list. I...

I'm speechless. Wow. Jaw-dropping. http://youtube.com/watch?v=6mSJP18SMXw That's a high-level bard, Rick Wakeman! :) Okay, just sharing a video doesn't make a good discussion. So here's an idea: If you know of any videos with other talented, skillful individuals performing impressive feats...

I'm playing Baldur's Gate 2 again, great game. In fact, Baldur's Gate 2 is so great lots of people have worked on unofficial patches for the game, in their free time. So, if you feel like playing BG2 again, when you have installed the game and the latest official patch from bioware.com, I...

This is simply too good to miss: http://seikku.iki.fi/seikku/EnglishPaper.html

So, for kicks I bought a Yamaha 61-key keyboard today. I have never played a musical instrument in my entire life but somehow I've managed to learn how to play the left and right hand of a simplified version of Canon. The problem is of course using both hands simultaneously, and while I was...

Is it just me who have this feeling TV executives and owners of all the different channels (be it fox, abc, cbs etc) deliberetaly destroy TV-shows by forcing the producers to make them longer, just so they have a safe income from those who buy advertisement? Think about it: When it comes to TV...

This is simply too cool to miss: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1491516901670441597&q=japanese+canon+guitar

I'm pretty sure most members here have interests and hobbies they feel passionate about, be it Dungeons & Dragons, painting, photography or something else. I am reasonably certain most members for short periods of time grow completely tired of their hobby, just to regain the interest days...

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. > x mailbox The small mailbox is closed. > open mailbox Opening the small mailbox reveals a leaflet. > get leaflet Taken. >_ Remember Zork, the old comuter game text...

Most of you have probably seen the creepy guy in tight clothes who pretend he is Peter Pan. For extra creepiness, here is his new fashion page! Don't forget to wear your your goggles! http://www.pixyland.org/peterpan/petersFashionPage.html

There are many threads where members can write about themselves. This is one of them, with a twist. Your job is to describe yourself in as few words as possible. Your job is also to sound as pathetic, boring and uninteresting as you possible can, without lying. Think about is as the worst...

http://telperion.cult.bg/ying/blog/impossible/ :)

Why would I be interested in a not-hyped romantic hollywood-comedy? Because Uma Thurman is in it, that's why. :o If you have seen this, what do you think? IMDB. http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0387514/

http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/01/hollywood_after_the_.html http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004106.php

Most of you have probably heard about the copy protection mechanism music labels put on CD:s to protect them from piracy. Many of you probably don't care too much about it. However, I think you should. The famous Windows experts from SysInternals.com have discovered a new dangerous copy...

The tv/movie industry are trying to introduce the broadcast flag _again_, this time in a completely unrelated law. http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/27/181214&tid=129&tid=188&tid=219 In short the broadcast flag is a technology so you cannot record some contents on your TV (that...

There's an ongoing discussion about the tv-serie The 4400 in the movie/tv/book forum with speculations about the next season. There are lots of religious references in this show, both very obvious references and more subtle ones. Is it okay to mention them? Cheers,

"The summer I was eight years old, five hours disappeared from my life. Five hours, lost, gone without a trace..." Wow. If you like thought-provoking, emotional, disturbing movies that doesn't imposes any message on the viewer, and does not come to any easy conclusions, I can highly recommend...