Hey I can read too :)

Yes on occasion I actually do other things besides play FFXI and surf the web. Shocking I know. Its actually been quite a while since I did any real reading (besides baby books lol) but I just picked up this book I've had for a long time and started to read it.

Its called Starfarers and its a Science Fiction book about Space. I know, you'd never guess that from the title lol. Being the closet Astronomy freak that I am, I love books like these and try and read them whenever possible.


Well anyway its set in the future, and mankind has figured out how to travel deep into Space. The catch is that time moves much faster on Earth than it does on the ships, so a 2 month trip into deep space equates to 25 years on Earth. The big deal though is that we made contact with aliens thousands of light years away and they are sending an expedition to go meet with them. This expedition however is due to last over 10 thousand Earth years so who knows what they'll come back to. This book follows the journey of the crew selected to go on this voyage.


So far I'm only up to page 105, and it has admittedly moved very slowly, but I have hope that it will turn out to be a good book. Right now they are between interstellar "jumps" and stopped near a 40 star cluster. While preparing for the next jump they discover the use of nuclear reactors near one of the stars and are going to investigate it. It seems like its gonna get interesting starting right about now.


Other than that not much new. My Flyers won again last night and lead the Canadiens 3-1 in their best of 7 series and will hopefully wrap it up this Saturday in game 5. I have a lot of confidence that they can run the table and win the Stanley Cup, but there is still a long way to go before that happens. Well I can always dream big can't I.