Good book though: the usual shenanigans. Ending was a little anticlimactic: could have done with a lot more on What Happened Next; especially what's going to happen to those treacherous Yanks and whether the war really is over. Tempting to mess up my chronology even more and go for the next one in the series.

Interesting to see that the book has several female characters, including a rescue by an implausible Polynesian catamaran with an all-female crew in appropriate dress. Dunno how Peter Weir got away with omitting that bit: lucky for him studio execs don't read.

What I'm Watching
Obtained a few episodes of this Aqua Teen Hunger Force thing everyone's going on about. Wasn't that impressed by the first one. First episodes / pilots are usually pretty crappy though Should I watch some more and hope it gets better?

I might have just lost my sense of humour though. I still like the Simpsons, but gave up on South Park after sitting through a couple of recent-ish ones without a single chuckle.

I think I'll have to download some Futurama series 2 or 3: only saw a couple of episodes but liked them. That ought to tell me whether I should just give up on comedy.