I've read too little for my taste as of late. I decided to remedy that when I remebered that I hadn't read Neal Stephenson's Zodiac. I'm doing so this weekend as well as delving into The first Phobos collection. The first story was great, and prompted much lunch time discussion about invisibility. I had the upper hand as I had just read 'They Go Bump' and also seen LXG. People seem to have this notion that when you're invisible, you're not physically there. While this could be the case, it would make interacting with your environment near impossible.

I was amused by the notion of how difficult it would be to walk when you can't see your feet...

must get back to Zodiac and other important things.

addition (a few minutes later)

I was going to point out that the main character in Zodiac is not incredibly likeable. I was reminded of another reason not to like him as I entered chapter 16. Over dinner at a nice Vietnamese restaurant he begins explaining the chemistry of Agent Orange, and how it relates to PCB's...This is simultaneously why I love Stephenson, and hate Taylor (Zodiac's protagonist). Stephenson does a marvelous job protraying a knowledgeble character explaining an intricate scientific concept to an other character. In fact he does such a great job that I can't help seeing Taylor as my ex (currently a chemistry phd student), and this is frustrating. I don't normally have such emotional ties to characters, but Stephenson makes them so believable... I should probably get over my emotional hangups with Chemistry; it's odd.