October 3, 2001 (12:00 AM) ( link )

I've decided to give Master and Commander only a few more days, at which point I'm just going to give up on it and try it again some other time. At this point A Fire Upon the Deep is looking more and more interesting. Sigh. I sincerely hope, though, that I'm still able to enjoy non-sci-fi or fantasy literature; it would be a shame to be stuck in only two genres.