See, not being able to persevere shows you're NOT WORTHY. I haven't got page 150 yet, so there's plenty of time for it to still hit the wall. I think I like the religion stuff a bit better this time round, which helps.
As for your pot-smoking skiier, yeah, I don't get that either. One of the NZ cricket teams touring South Africa had about 6 of their players sprung for smoking pot a few years back. No-one got arrested, but they had to do major penance for a while. In the meantime, the rest of the NZ population who weren't on the ICB or over 60 yawned and went WTF?
Getting back to reading, YOU HAVEN'T READ BUJOLD??? OMG!!! *ahem* Really, I do recommend her thoroughly. Both her SF and fantasy feature excellent world-building and convincing characters who grow. I never thought I'd like space opera, but I got sucked in. Some of her earlier books are a bit "eh", but her version of "eh" is about 5000 lightyears past that guy who writes the Honor Harrington stuff. IMO. Of course.
Also, while the SF books are interlinked and sequential, they stand happily by themselves. But here's a taster - one of her short stories (http://www.baen.com/library/1011250002/1011250002.htm) featuring the main SF protagonist, Miles (there are plenty of ships and battles in the books if you like that too). < /pimping>
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As for your pot-smoking skiier, yeah, I don't get that either. One of the NZ cricket teams touring South Africa had about 6 of their players sprung for smoking pot a few years back. No-one got arrested, but they had to do major penance for a while. In the meantime, the rest of the NZ population who weren't on the ICB or over 60 yawned and went WTF?
Getting back to reading, YOU HAVEN'T READ BUJOLD??? OMG!!! *ahem* Really, I do recommend her thoroughly. Both her SF and fantasy feature excellent world-building and convincing characters who grow. I never thought I'd like space opera, but I got sucked in. Some of her earlier books are a bit "eh", but her version of "eh" is about 5000 lightyears past that guy who writes the Honor Harrington stuff. IMO. Of course.
Also, while the SF books are interlinked and sequential, they stand happily by themselves. But here's a taster - one of her short stories (http://www.baen.com/library/1011250002/1011250002.htm) featuring the main SF protagonist, Miles (there are plenty of ships and battles in the books if you like that too). < /pimping>