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Hey! I found this site linked from the Wikipedia article about AS. Thought I'd pop by and say hello. I'm 28 and I was tentatively diagnosed with AS yesterday afternoon! Reading about it today, it would seem to explain a lot of things I've experienced over the last 20-odd years.

Reading the Wikipedia page was almost like reading a biography...it was kinda scary how accurately some of the problems I face were described. Now that I have a 'target' to aim at (Depression is a such a vague term) I'm hoping to make some progress and hopefully find some support, maybe even here on this very site!

<Dave in 60 Seconds>
Name - Dave
Height - 6'5" (195cm)
Weight - 18 stone 12 pounds (120kgs)
Hair - Blone (and thinning!)
Location - Bradford, England
Occupation - IT Consultant
Hobbies - Playing Guitar, Working Out, PC Games, Reading, Snooker, Golf, Soccer
Favourite Authors - George RR Martin, Robert Jordan, Iain Banks, Robert Ludlum
Favourite Bands - Nirvana, Marcy Playground, RHCP, Black Label Society, Fear Factory, Dire Straits

(In case you're wondering I no longer have the beard!! !)

All reet Dave? Welcome to WP. Hope you like it here.

Welcome! I am pretty new myself. I hope you find out helpful information for yourself.

Welcome. Now you can start working on coping strategies.

We learn a lot here!
Welcome!! !

Welcome. You can get alot of support here and lots of info.

Oooooh ... You're cute! Pity I'm already happily married.

Welcome to WP.

Smelena

Welcome Dave.

You're a bit of a disappointment. For a moment I thought you read Iain M Banks, then I saw he was M-less.

Not sure if you're being funny or not, but it's the same guy! I like his "M" stuff (the space-opera ones..Excession is my favourite) and I also like his "M-less" ones, especially Whit and The Wasp Factory. The guy's just a genius!

Yes. The smiley was intentional. And you're quite correct in checking for unintentional sarcasm/wit/irony/ all that jazz. I know they're the same guy, with M standing for SF. An interesting way of doing things. I've not seen if he gives a reason why he started doing that.

I've read The Wasp Factory, but it didn't leave much of an impression. Watched the TV series they made of Crow Road, which I enjoyed, but mainly for one or two of the "good bits" (E.g. the pacemaker in the crematorium).

I'm an almost exclusive SF reader. I.M.B is one of my favourite authors - it's just a pity he doesn't write many books.

A more prolific author that I regard highly is Piers Anthony. One of the few writers I know who, if you read a book and didn't know who the author was, you wouldn't be able to tell it was him. Does that make sense? (I've said a similar thing about Dustin Hoffman, as an actor. Five minutes into watching a film with him in it, you've utterly forgotten who the actor is.)

Anyway, Piers writes various series (the largest being the Xanth fantasy stuff - there's now over thirty of them on their own). Within a series, he maintains quite a strict style, but pick up another series, or an isolated book, and the style is unrecognisable (but excellent, again). One of the weirdest might be "Memoires of a Space Tyrant". Lame title? Yes. First chapter of first book - instant captivation of the mind (and/or horror).

Never read any Piers Anthony, I'll have to check it out...have you looked at Peter F. Hamilton's "Nights Dawn" trilogy. My favourite Sci-Fi books ever!

Welcome to WP!

Tim

I thought I've read something by him... but I couldn't recall what.
I had trouble finding him on Wikipedia. For some reason he's not on the disambiguation page for Hamilton, and I wasn't sure how much of the "Peter F" I'd need to use. Eventually, I found him on Wikipedia, via Google. I suppose I should edit him onto the disambiguation page, but I've not done one of those before.
My local library has "Pandora's Star", part 1 of "The Commonwealth Saga" (but no other parts), amongst others - I'll give it a whirr.
Coincidentally, I got "Neutronium Alchemist" out not long ago, but didn't get around to starting it until it needed to be returned, then noticed if was "part 2" anyway. I hate starting series not at the start!

Hi, Dave!