I... what?

The Times is now reporting that Simon Pegg has been cast in the role of Scotty in the new Star Trek movie.

If true, my reaction is a heavy dose of "buh" with a raise of wtfery.

The BBC are reporting it as fact now too, which lends it credibility. Buh I'm still rather... buh about it.

Wot i ave bin reeding

Robert Harris's new read, The Ghost, is frankly a disappointment after his superb period novels Imperium and Pompeii and Fatherland, the thriller set in an alternative present where the NAZIs had won WWII and even such lesser reads as Archangel and Enigma. It's probably his most predictable thriller, lacking the fascinating historical punch of his other novels as he plunges, instead, into the world of modern day politics.

( Continued rantings about Robert Harris and Terry Pratchett's latest under the cut. )