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It is not just about football!

Advantages: It's very funny, and oh so true!
Disadvantages: None

The Disc, for those who don't know, continues to float in space, supported by the elephants who ride the back of the great swimming turtle A'tuin. The Hub about which the planet spins is a centre of great magic, and best avoided if you want to live a hap ...

hiker 07.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett

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You need balls*to play this game.

Advantages: A very amusing read.
Disadvantages: Unfortunately this will not appeal to everybody.

All is not well in the Unseen University. The Dean has left to take up a post in another city much to the disgust of Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully and Ponder Stibbons, the new Traditions Master, has found that the University has to play a football match ...

Coloneljohn 20.06.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett

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Another great Terry Pratchett book

Advantages: funny, witty, intelligent and thought provoking.
Disadvantages: none as yet

...This is another Discworld book - the series in which Terry Pratchett parodies just about every aspect of life here on earth. This time its the turn of football and fashion. I think this is actually one of his most accessible books. You don't really need t ...

maddimoo 01.01.2010 · Read full review
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Beware of the giant plants

Advantages: Chilling story, more than just the sci-fi tale which it is often referred to as
Disadvantages: None, really

The story Imagine giant stinging plants which walk or rather move around on their roots, gather in groups, emit a lethal sting and feed on the bodies if their victims, threaten to take over the world and ultimately bring about the destruction of th ...

JOHNV 22.01.2013 · Read full review
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Review of The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham

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Triffids - Plants care for the adventurous

Advantages: Thought provoking -entertaining-dammed good read
Disadvantages: none

The day off the Triffids is probably one of the author John Wyndham's best known books and a personal favorite of mine. Possibly because I first discovered it when I was about 12, devouring the horror of it over a weekend, or maybe that I then later studi ...

kent-ledger28 21.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham

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