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Armada by Ernest Cline
DID NOT FINISH

Yeah, I can't do this. I was letting Wil Wheaton's lovely voice trick me into thinking I was enjoying this, but really, I don't think I retained even 1/4 of the small bit I did listen to.

I don't know that it's Ernest Cline's fault. I don't feel comfortable saying this isn't a good book. But this isn't my wheelhouse. There was so much in RPO that wasn't my wheelhouse, but it was so deeply entrenched in the things I did understand that it flowed. This just doesn't flow for me, and I can't continue with it.

Props for Firefly reference. Also the use of the word 'phlebotinum', invented by David Greenwalt, of Buffy. I'm actually giving the book two stars because of the word phlebotinum. Why? Because I can.