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     Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
It's that time of year again when we all write our letters to Santa (you guys do still believe in Santa Claus, don't you?  ). So, I was wondering what would be on your Christmas wish list this year? Mine would be as follows: 1. To find copies of the Reggie Oliver collections I don't yet own at affordable prices. 2. Following the showing of Aickman's "The Hospice" film at the recent Halifax Ghost Story Festival, I'd like that and the rest of the "Night Voices" series to be released on DVD so that I can buy a copy. 3. Being selfish, I'd like better health for myself so that I can get all the way down to Brighton for next year's FantasyCon (not to mention several other places I'd like to go next year). 4. A night out with Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull .. no, make that TWO nights out!  5. The usual wish of peace on Earth and goodwill to all men (and women), an end to wars, hunger and greed throughout the world (a pipedream, I know  ). So, what's on your Christmas wish list this year? (by the way, I'd just decided to post this before seeing Gary's post about his new novel - a strange coincidence, not plagiarism) | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.0.77 |
1. My hangover to be bearable. | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 92.8.16.184 |
The Codex Seraphinianus. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
1. To sell a !#$#! script. 2. For Gary's hangover to be bearable. 3. Peace, love, you know... stuff. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Ramsey's Christmas wish sent me scurrying to do a search to find out what it is! Here we are: http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/RareBooks/serafini-fantasy-art-weird/Codex-Serap hinianus.shtml Yes, I think I'll add that to my Christmas wish list too! Gary - the only way your wish can come true is for you to stop drinking alcohol.  | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.0.77 |
Oh, don't be so silly.  | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
I wish for a world without plagiarism or copying, where everone is truly original. You may say that i'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
Oh, and the very very limited flameproof copy of Fahrenheit 451. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
and a car that works. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.254.46 |
I wish for a world without plagiarism or copying, where everone is truly original. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
Imagine... | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 178.116.56.97 |
A computer that doesn't crash. They're better than the rubbish we had to put up with in the mid-nineties, but we're not out of the wood yet. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 82.29.252.215 |
The 4CD edition of 'The MOFO Project/Object' along with 'Greasy Love Songs' would be nice. One can but dream... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.254.46 |
I've got the re-issue (and remaster) of Can's Tago Mago on mine, man of taste that I am! | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Stevie, Mick - are you two speaking in tongues? I haven't a clue what you're talking about! Hubert - yes, I'll have one of those computers that don't crash too. And super-fast broadband to go with it. I'm fed up of my ruddy computer slowing me down all the time. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.151.145.222 |
don't carry it while you're running then... | ||
| Skip (Wolfnoma) Username: Wolfnoma Registered: 07-2010 Posted From: 216.54.20.98 |
A check for the remainder of my mortgage, a pay raise of 100% of my annual salary, a 1969 Shelby Ford Cobra GT 500, and peace on earth. So not too much. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.0.77 |
Listed in order of importance, Skip?  | ||
| John Forth (John) Username: John Registered: 05-2008 Posted From: 82.24.1.217 |
A quiet life. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 121.90.69.56 |
Same as John. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.0.77 |
You're in the right place, Ally. | ||
| Skip (Wolfnoma) Username: Wolfnoma Registered: 07-2010 Posted From: 216.54.20.98 |
@Gary, of course!  | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 178.116.63.10 |
. . . we're not out of the woodS yet. | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 86.24.166.73 |
Same as Skip I think, but I don't drive, so I'll replace the car with John's wish for a quiet life! The times are somewhat too interesting for comfort, on the whole... | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 49.226.159.77 |
Ideed, Gary....It doesn't get much quieter than NZ. Almost off the map. | ||
| Stephen Theaker (Stephen_theaker) Username: Stephen_theaker Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 77.98.13.43 |
Sorry to be a downer, but we had a friend who spent every Christmas with us till he did something rather silly with a looped belt a few years ago. I'd love to get through Christmas without noticing his absence. Apart from that, would love to get a new cooker sorted out in time for Christmas dinner. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.51.191 |
My wish for this Christmas is that my brother will survive his fourth round of chemo (he's got acute leukaemia) and be able to leave hospital and spend the holidays with us. I'm not around here quite as often as I used to be due to health problems (my own and family members'), but I try to check in whenever possible. Merry Christmas to you all! | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Huw - I really hope your wish for your brother comes true. Sorry to hear you (and your family) are still suffering badly with health problems. Nice to see you around here again. I wondered if you were OK as we don't see much of you nowadays. Here's hoping everything's great for you and your family at Christmas. Stephen - I think remembering those we've loved who are no longer with us is an important part of Christmas. Here's hoping you do remember your friend ... but by remembering all the good times with him instead. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 220.138.160.73 |
Thank you very much, Caroline. I hope you have a great (and as pain-free as possible) Christmas too! | ||
| Stephen Theaker (Stephen_theaker) Username: Stephen_theaker Registered: 12-2009 Posted From: 77.98.13.43 |
Huw - best wishes to your brother and your family. Caroline - there's wisdom in what you say. I may schedule a reminder for a day or two before Christmas so I can deal with it then, rather than getting blindsided on Christmas Day... It's funny to hear the kids talking about it. Our four-year-old gets really quite mad, because he was an excellent gift-giver (as she can tell from the quirky, cool stuff he gave our oldest) and he died before she was born... | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.46.219 |
Thanks, Stephen. I hope your late friend's absence doesn't weigh too heavily on you this Christmas. And I hope you're able to get that cooker ready for Christmas dinner. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.122.107.193 |
Some blu rays and Dr Who figures. Sad, I know. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.253.77 |
The onl thing I've hinted that I'd like is the three Uzumaki comicbooks. Oh, and marzipan. Lots of marzipan. | ||
| Protodroid (Protodroid) Username: Protodroid Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.79.31.24 |
Best of luck to you and yours, Huw. Stephen, so sorry to hear of your sad story. I don't have a lot of experience of grief. When people are down about their birthdays, I always encourage them to think of it as a celebration that they were born, that they existed. If you can't avoid thinking the thoughts, maybe you can chose what tone the thoughts take..? | ||
| Lincoln (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 202.124.88.170 |
The Delirium Books ultra edition of 'The Parasite'. My mum to get through the day ok, this will be her second christmas without dad. And, like Zed, lots of marzipan! | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 220.138.167.72 |
Thanks, Proto. |