Methods of divination..

Ahahaha, am easily distracted and reap the rewards.

I shall try one per day, am particularly taken with Batraquomancy, Tyromancy, Pegomancy, Omphilomancy, Geloscopy and Coscinomancy.

( Alphabetical listing scabbed from a variety of sources )

Aussie book prices suck

Those of you who have had the great good fortune to avoid seeing me in the last week will have missed a lot of ranting on the subject of international book prices. Have been reading, grumbling and comparing.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report. The surveys confirm that in many instances Australian consumers are paying too much for their best-selling books and software compared with their counterparts in the USA, UK and New Zealand.

( Top 100 Science Fiction / Fantasy list - price comparison )