I've just finished reading "The Other Side of the Sky" being my first introduction to Sci Fi. I wish someone had told me that it was a collection of short stories, because no-one did until I read the 1 review of the book on Amazon just now. So I spent all of the book trying to work out the connection between each "Chapter" only to realise there isn't one. Der!
If the book makes me want to jump on a space ship and fly away then so does British culture at the moment. I think I'm beginning to dislike or at least disown my own nationality. It seems to me that the Brits are becoming increasingly obsessed with looks, youth, celebrity and I can't help but think the Lonely Planet Guide got it right when they said "genteel traditions are eroded by an obsession with TV talent shows, junk food, binge-drinking and porn". I mean what is the point of a programme called "10 years younger" what does it achieve other than to suggest that we should be even more ageist than we already are?
Each time I boot up the PC MSN default page prompts me to click on headline news that a Spice Girl is pregnant again or that Katie Price is in love with her latest man. The biggest news questions being asked right now is "is Parade the new Spice Girls?. What is worse is that I'm beginning to click on these links curious to find out if there is anything of more substance in the story than the headlines suggest and of course there never is. Der.
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