Read any good books lately?
I picked up Mars by Ben Bova. I wanted Red Planet by Heinlen but I couldn't find it at the store. I'm disappointed. I find it hard to believe NASA would send a bunch of dysfunctional, immature and sexually deviant men and women on the first expedition to Mars. I find it equally hard to believe that the female scientists look like buxom models.
Even with a few such beautiful women aboard, how the hell do the men tear themselves away from the greatest adventure of all time just to roll around with some floozy with a Ph.D in biochem? Furthermore, how can you possibly get BORED while making the most insanely perilous trip imaginable en route to a planet never before tred by man?
I'm tempted to put the book down and pick something else up. I feel like it's a story about a bunch of 90210 rejects ****ing their way through space.
Oh, and I got an early Christmas present in the mail. A four volume collection of Three Kingdoms. One of the four most seminal books in Chinese literature. Looking forward to tackling it. I'm going to be quite busy this holiday season.