Book Review - The Dig by John Preston

I really am being shockingly un-read-y at the moment (well, for me I am!) and my penance is that I have to confess it here in the name of completism... *g*

So - The Dig! I bought this weekend before last, thinking it'd help me settle my archaeology head on... *g* It's set in the 1930s, just before war breaks out, and it's the story of the discovery of Sutton Hoo by Mrs Pretty and Basil Brown. It's had wonderful reviews in many places.

( And here's mine... )

Book Review - The Dig by John Preston

I really am being shockingly un-read-y at the moment (well, for me I am!) and my penance is that I have to confess it here in the name of completism... *g*

So - The Dig! I bought this weekend before last, thinking it'd help me settle my archaeology head on... *g* It's set in the 1930s, just before war breaks out, and it's the story of the discovery of Sutton Hoo by Mrs Pretty and Basil Brown. It's had wonderful reviews in many places.

( And here's mine... )

The Omega Factor... 1979...

D'you remember me banging on about The Omega Factor being out on dvd just when I couldn't afford it? Well, that was just before I remembered that I had Paypal funds, and that it just might be available on ebay, and... it was.

And I have just completely spooked myself by watching two eps in a row, even though it's all really obvious red-eyed out 1970s special effects and spookiness... Except that it's a very chilling kind of spookiness, and the one where they had voices on tape that weren't there in the building, which was the one that I remembered vividly from when it was on telly (I was 12 or so at the time - and it's okay, I don't mind if you count... *g*) has totally given me the creeps all over again tonight! So that even though I'm really really really sleepy now, and had planned on getting up really early after a really early night... I'm just gonne hang out here for a little bit, 'kay? *g*

It's good though - does anyone else remember it? James Hazeldene and Leela Louise Jamieson? And it's from 1979, so it's actually fic research! I'm working here! And spooked. In that way when you keep catching glimpses of shadows in the corners of your vision... usually just behind you... *g*

I think I might need to take Cornish Birdwatchers to bed with me tonight... The lads in Cornwall'll keep me safe!

The Omega Factor... 1979...

D'you remember me banging on about The Omega Factor being out on dvd just when I couldn't afford it? Well, that was just before I remembered that I had Paypal funds, and that it just might be available on ebay, and... it was.

And I have just completely spooked myself by watching two eps in a row, even though it's all really obvious red-eyed out 1970s special effects and spookiness... Except that it's a very chilling kind of spookiness, and the one where they had voices on tape that weren't there in the building, which was the one that I remembered vividly from when it was on telly (I was 12 or so at the time - and it's okay, I don't mind if you count... *g*) has totally given me the creeps all over again tonight! So that even though I'm really really really sleepy now, and had planned on getting up really early after a really early night... I'm just gonne hang out here for a little bit, 'kay? *g*

It's good though - does anyone else remember it? James Hazeldene and Leela Louise Jamieson? And it's from 1979, so it's actually fic research! I'm working here! And spooked. In that way when you keep catching glimpses of shadows in the corners of your vision... usually just behind you... *g*

I think I might need to take Cornish Birdwatchers to bed with me tonight... The lads in Cornwall'll keep me safe!