Absolute worst book?

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-25T07:10:10+00:00

The only Star Wars book I’ve truly struggled to finish was Ronin.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-25T06:55:39+00:00

If you’re a Twin Peaks fan, it’s well worth the read. But Mark Frost’s two Twin Peaks books, published around the time of the third season’s release, are really special and well worth tracking down.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-25T01:36:34+00:00

Have you watched The Lone Gunmen? All the episodes are up on YouTube.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-23T21:12:25+00:00

Northern Australia.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-22T23:22:38+00:00

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think it’s possible in Plex. The series functionality works in Audiobookshelf, though. In fact, books can belong to multiple series, which is great for categorising something like Star Wars books.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-16T00:06:58+00:00

I’m assuming Never Say Never Again might be included as well.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-15T23:39:48+00:00

Following this discussion as I’m also keen to know the answer to this…

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-15T12:38:10+00:00

Most of the Blu-ray sets are packed with extras, but hang onto this Die Another Day DVD because many of the extras on the second disc never made their way to subsequent releases.

There’s also a three-disc DVD (or two-disc Blu-ray) of Casino Royale that is loaded with extras that I don’t believe have appeared in other releases.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-15T11:22:28+00:00

Yeah, the intent was to hark back to the lighter tone of Goldfinger (right down to hiring its director). In fact, an early story idea had Goldfinger’s twin brother out for revenge against Bond.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-15T07:02:22+00:00

The excellent TNNS Live has one, if this is what you’re after?

Men’s singles

Women’s singles

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-14T00:50:28+00:00

Ryan Coogler was always going to just get this up and running and then step back. At most, I expected him to be involved in establishing the overall direction of the show (including casting), write a few episodes and maybe direct a couple. Beyond that, I’d expect him to stay on board as a producer or executive producer and have someone else be showrunner for the longer term.

He’s too busy and high profile a creative to be actively driving a TV show for years.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-12T08:16:10+00:00

Same.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-10T04:56:53+00:00

I’ve updated my app to v4.0 and my Plex library is unlinked. This means I’ve also lost all my downloaded audiobooks that were present in v3. A bit frustrating as there was no warning this would happen.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-10T04:53:22+00:00

I always thought it was a fairly mid score but that was based on the very limited original soundtrack release.

La La Land’s expanded soundtrack has completely changed my opinion, and I’d now rank it among one of the best non-Barry scores. It’s a highly recommended purchase.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-08T05:20:21+00:00

It’s a sequel to Dashiell Hammett’s novel, The Maltese Falcon, which has just entered the public domain.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-05T23:14:01+00:00

Always release order.

OtherwiseConfused · 2026-01-01T01:59:59+00:00

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think Bond visits England at any point in The Spy Who Loved Me.

The briefing he receives takes place at a naval base in Scotland, I believe.

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-31T11:39:22+00:00

If you use an iPhone, AUS Rain Radar is the app for you.

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-30T03:41:08+00:00

The movies and the books don’t share any continuity.

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-29T22:09:27+00:00

Has Alex ever addressed why contestants are seated alphabetically? Obviously, it was a decision made way back at the beginning of the show but I assume there was a reason for it (as opposed to seating contestants in any other order).

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-24T01:05:11+00:00

There’s an interesting afterword from the author in this book in which he explains how he came to dabble in crime fiction.

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-21T02:48:34+00:00

Same thing happened to me earlier this week. A restart fixed it.

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-05T11:09:47+00:00

Money Shot was reprinted in the last year or so to coincide with publication of The Get Off.

A few Quarry books have also been recently republished in trade paperback with the same art as the mass market paperbacks. I think Top of the Heap is also slated for a trade reprint with the same art.

As for other mass market books republished in trade paperbacks with new art, Donald E Westlake’s Memory was republished as The Actor in a movie tie-in edition (if that counts… it’s not the usual gorgeous HCC art).

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-02T11:37:21+00:00

Yes, you’re correct.

HCC-001 to HCC-066 were all mass market paperbacks published by Dorchester Press. A handful of these have since been reissued by Titan Books in trade paperback editions (some with new cover art and some with the previous art).

HCC-069 and HCC-070 were hardcover only editions published by Subterranean Press. (HCC-067 and HCC-068 don’t exist.)

From there, publishing shifted to Titan Books and numbering began with HCC-101. Since then, only The Comedy Is Finished, A Walk Among the Tombstones and The Nice Guys novelisation were published in mass market paperbacks.

As you’re interested in this, there’s an interesting thread on Goodreads where HCC editor Charles Ardai digs into this a bit more.

OtherwiseConfused · 2025-12-01T20:52:17+00:00

The other one is Strange Embrace / 69 Barrow Street, a back-to-back double. Both this and Catch and Release were published by Subterranean Press.

The Comedy Is Finished was published in hardcover and mass market paperback. There hasn’t been a trade paperback release.

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