I have been reading the book Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard. He is the same guy who started the Scientology Religion. Some of you may have tried to watch the movie with John Travolta in it, based on this book. I tried watching it, and it was not a movie that I would ever recommend.
Well, a couple of years ago I saw the book in the bookstore and bought it, thinking that nothing could be as bad as the movie. Of course, the cover said it was one of the most influential scifi books to be written. DON’T BELIEVE THEM!! I ran across the book when going through a box about 6 months ago. I thought maybe I should sit down and read the book. The book is as bad or worse than the movie.
What makes this worse is the fact that I read about half of the book, couldn’t handle much more and put it down for a while. I then picked it up again about a month ago and have been reading it since then. Oh boy, it has got more ridiculous as time has gone on. I now am trapped in a typical Mike behavior, that is, I have read 900 pages of the 1000 in the book, and now, just out of sheer pride and stubborness, I am going to finish that book. Wish me well.
On a lighter note, those of you who have been waiting with excitement, wondering how our vacation went, well, you are going to be in luck. Those observations are coming soon.