An admission

I really don't like war in books. I find it dry. You tend to need an a1 pad of paper and 4 different colours of marker to keep up with what is going on. Its full of characters who are bland and unlikeable, the ones who were likeable have usually been missing for so many pages of tactical description that you've forgotten who they are. There is desperate attempts at larger than life herocs to remind you that you are meant to care for these people. But above all, I always come away with a feeling akin to having accidently wandered into the authors living room to find him furiously masterbating over a picture of Winston Churchill.

Why littlefeltfangs, you must really hate theinsectman's latest book then? Its full of war, barely a chapter goes by without some troop movement, and some chapters are devoted entirely to how the war effort is going.

( Cut for spoilers up to the first engagement of Sarn and the Empire )

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Saturday Febuary 28th 2009.

Me n Kath will be getting into Manchester about 12ish, and will head down to some eatery between the city center and picadilly, where we will eat while waiting for everyone else to turn up.

Soon after that, we plan to go have a wander round some shops, specifically Afflecks, but also anything else that catches our fancy.

After this, we will head to a pub. There will likely be more food, definately some drink.

People will probably start heading off about 7, I suspect me n Kath will head of at 8 or 9.

Suggestions as to the locations of eateries #1 and #2 are welcome, as I don't know the place that well. I have a vague memory of a wetherspoons halfway between Piccadily and Afflecks, which will suffice if nothing better is suggested.