And add these to the list: Anything by George McDonald Fraser, particularly the Flashman books (very guilty) Most of the Creighton stuff Charles De Lint and his urban Fantasy Dark Knight Returns by Stan lee - frequent revisits Perdido Street Station had some truly excellent monsters Smart alecky detective stuff, one of the many reasons I like Brust so much (inc Crais' Elvis Cole series, Stuart kaminsky, David Handler) Carl Hiiassen Iain Banks - SF and mysteries Blokey stuff like Christopher Brookmyre (angriest and funniest man in Scotland, loves his online gaming), Nick Hornby Julian May - Many Coloured Land - first in series brilliant Cheers Alan ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please delete the e-mail & notify the system manager. We reserve the right to scan all e-mail traffic for restricted content and to monitor all e-mail traffic in general. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organisation by whom they are employed, except where the sender expressly and with authority states them to be so. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been checked for the presence of computer viruses and script. We believe but do not warrant that this e-mail is free from viruses. Responsibility for virus checking rests entirely with the recipient. 5 at 356 **********************************************************************