I think it says something about me that the only book I've ever put down before I'd finished it is Lord of the Rings, which it took me four goes before I managed to read completely. Although I did recently put down a Douglas Reeman after reading only the first chapter, but that was mainly because I knew what was going to happen, more or less exactly - he writes exactly the same story in almost every single book he's written. After you've read ten or so it just gets repetitive.
You should, at any rate, try and read The Years of Rice and Salt. It's a totally different book than any other he's written.
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Mason: Luckily we at the Agency use use a high-tech piece of software that will let us spot him instantly via high-res satellite images.
Sergeant: You can? That's amazing!
Mason: Yes. We call it 'Google Earth'.
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