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I’ve read the book but not seen the series, so I’m not sure how they differ, though IIRC Adam Kay (the author) was an executive...

It’s worse being somewhere like NZ or Canada which uses British words for several things but then calls crisps chips. (NZ and Australia...

The counties of Devon and Cornwall organised a huge music festival with tribute bands of both The Jam and Cream. The festival was called...

When was the last day it didn’t rain? I feel like it’s been raining forever.

The character types (the lady, the maid, the dwarf), the trickery by women (even for reasons Walter finds pardonable, which honestly...

William Morris is acknowledged to have been inspirational to the Inklings in general. The Lady in TWBtW, with her dwarf servant, bears a...

I can imagine Lewis reading that bit out down the pub and all the other Inklings groaning at the really obvious reference. Rather like...

Very explicit influence, yes.

Wow, I bounced off The Light Brigade and returned it to the library, I should see if I can find it again and give it another go. Also...

Burning Chrome by William Gibson. A collection mostly of pre-Neuromancer short stories, including several that built out the Sprawl...

The Wood Beyond the World is a fantastic title and also reminds me of Narnia, specifically the Wood Between the Worlds in The Magician’s...

I've been continuing to read the fantasy novels of William Morris and, so far this year, have finished The Wood Beyond the World and...

Eurgh. Spider-Man clone saga. So many changes introduced over a long run of stories, only for each and every one of them to be...

Some more from the MLU: Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Witch’s Letter Leonard Tolstoy: War Machine and Peace Miguel Cervantes: Doom...

Something popped into my head: The Marvel Literary Universe. Imagine classic literary fiction, but with supers. Emily Brontë...