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Given that a three hour film can't possibly cover every nuance of the book, nor can they portray every bit which appears important to millions of readers (each of whom will have a different impression of something somewhere along the line) I reckon the films do a pretty good job. 8....or even...

Admirably and succinctly put.

Absolutely no, no, no.......and no! If you've read the books, you will very probably like the films. Seeing the characters brought to life on the big screen (or on DVD) is great. I can also guarantee that you will foam in the mouth in sheer fury when some parts of the plot which you...

I didn't like the sound of the Northern Lights much either, but my daughter persuaded me to give it a try. Enjoyed it, and the second book in the trilogy, The Subtle Knife. Kind of lost it half way through The Amber Spyglass (the third book) though.

To be fair, not just you - but you are definitely in a minority, I think. I'm pretty sure if you did a poll (not just on NSC, but anywhere) for world's best book/favourite book/greatest novel of all time etc, nine times out of ten I guess you'd find Lord of the Rings pretty near the top.

Of course it's made up names and places - it's a novel, and a fantasy novel at that. It's not meant to be about real people and places. Would it have been any better for you if Frodo had been called George, and had to make the perilous journey from Luton to Brighton, all the time watching out...

Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are brilliant books, but the Silmarillion is just plain heavy going. Being a prequel never helps either.

The Plague Dogs; Nicholas Nickleby; The Silmarillion; Artemis Fowle; and good shouts earlier for Tristram Shandy and Catch 22 (although I think I managed to force myself to get to the end of Catch 22, but it was so dreadful I managed to expunge most if not all of it from my memory).