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My hobbies largely involve the web and other media, from playing video games to reading science fiction and watching films. When the opportunity arises, I enjoy travelling, largely within the UK. Cities and countryside both will tend to impress and excite this townie's imagination!

Above all else I enjoy writing, designing, and absorbing visual media. I tend to collect concept art and screenshots from productions which have arrested my imagination and feed me new ambitions.]]> 22 Basingstoke, F8, The United Kingdom 05/2009 12/2009 52112 Jeremy Clarkson 4866 Masamune Shirow 52980 Rick Remender 7628 Iain M. Banks 1654 Terry Pratchett 30973 Jennifer Finney Boylan 4 245 166 true 5672153 read 4 true 5058399 currently-reading 75 true 5058398 to-read 138 false 5063210 own 69 false 5063141 wishlist 29 false 5061118 comics-manga 23 false 5063242 borrowed 11 false 5061131 games-gamedesign 7 false 5063201 curious 5 false 5063243 online 4 false 5063252 art 2 false 7128843 academic 1 false 5230454 signed 1 false 6795570 favourites 1 false 5381336 gifts The Jennifer Morgue (The Laundry, Book 2) by Charles Stross]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81505648 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166580316s/14150.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:45:53 -0800 Wintersmith (Discworld, #35) by Terry Pratchett]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56562423 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178757062s/833438.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:29 -0800 Excession (Paperback) by Iain M. Banks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78385131 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175612801s/535060.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:54:28 -0800 more...]]> For Crying Out Loud: The World According to Clarkson v. 3 (World According to Clarkson 3) by Jeremy Clarkson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56564242 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BP3Y5tyzL._SL75_.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:31:39 -0800 The Inca Trail (Modesty Blaise Graphic Novel Titan #11) by Peter O'Donnell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75472567 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180991562s/1101253.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:51:25 -0800 Modesty Blaise's timeline. While other novels may have wandered too far into fantasy or been brought down by unappealing characters, these four strips felt nearly flawless. There are thrills, laughs, some pretty nifty a...more...]]> THE ULTIMATE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION (Hardcover) by David Pringle]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73859042 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31E6RJ9RZ2L._SL75_.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:44:11 -0800 Ethel and Ernest (Paperback) by Raymond Briggs]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78653566 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187189500s/1706497.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:43:01 -0800 The Algebraist (Paperback) by Iain M. Banks]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70722819 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175871827s/567798.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:22:19 -0800 more...]]> Ghost In The Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (Ghost in the Shell) by Masamune Shirow]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56560453 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168649320s/35873.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:19:07 -0800 Ghost in the Shell. But that's fine - we know The Major disseminated and spread across the 'net at the end of...more...]]> Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot (Hardcover) by Julian Dibbell]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77584694 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172443491s/176694.jpg 2331913 Murray Thomson http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245084874p2/2331913.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2331913-murray-thomson Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:09:10 -0800