I have never liked the film - I don't know why, I have seen it on TV, or rather parts of it, I find it tedious.

I was a precocious reader and went through the local library and then the main town library whilst still at school and have been waiting for more books to be written in order to have something to read.

I was very disappointed that, having found Asimov and Anderson, then Clarke at the beginning of the shelves, further down the alphabet the science fiction and fantasy tapered off considerably.

I have always found that my mental images when reading tend to be far more interesting than the ones on a cinema screen created for the film of the book.

Anne the Pleater