Secret Secrets are no Fun

Some say that secret secrets are no fun (unless you share with everyone). And in Leviathan, everyone has a secret, at least when it comes to the main characters. The best part is that only you know the secrets of the main characters, aside from themselves. This drives the plot forward, and makes this book a great read.

But now: a blast from the past...

Last post, I was just starting the book, and did not have much information on the plot. So this will just be a quick update on where I am in the book. If you don't want to know, or are reading this book now, please skip to the:       Let the Secrets Begin.

At this point in the book, I have found out that the leviathan is

                               and not

This however is pitted against to the stormwalkers, and other machine dreadnoughts that the Germans, and Austro-Hungarians have come up with to counter the Darwinist's living creations which will be pictured later when I talk about Alek's secret








Some of the dreadnoughts look like this:

The S.M.S. befulf

These super dreadnoughts have been passed, and all of the main characters are now in Switzerland, where the secrets I predict, will begin to spill.










Let the Secrets Begin.

I will give the secrets that have been spilled already first. (Evil Laugh)
The first one is that of Count Volger (Alek's fencing tutor). He told Alek that his dad had already been planning this escape from Austria for some time now, (since his father had married a commoner) and that he didn't expect to make it to Switzerland.
Now for Dr. Barlow's Secret. She is housing some sort of egg, that will help in the war, but we don't know what kind of fabricated and bizarre beast will hatch. She always replies to the effect of, "that is classified information." I am really itching to figure out what these eggs are...
Now for the secret secrets.
Deryn Sharp, (whom is going by "Dylan" for the service) is a girl in disguise as a boy in the military. If this follows the pattern that many books do, I believe that she will be discovered, and thrown out of the airship, and even killed because of this. (note to self, this is a world war 1 book).
Alek's secret is case sensitive, because it is only relevant around the British. He is actually the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. This will probably be revealed in a few chapters.

Periodic Post of Scary Newness

I am now reading the book: Leviathan

by Scott Westerfield

I have high hopes for this book. Very high. So high in fact, that I decided to do extra research on the leviathan.

A leviathan was originally defined as a giant sea monster, in which was probaby very scary, and if you encountered one, you would most certainly die. Judging by the cover of the book , and the front inside cover (I have nothing else to call whatever it is), this is probably not so.

Here is a picture of the mythical leviathan. As you can see: it is a giant dragon, which lives in the sea (or ocean, or water if you will). If this creature doesn't scare you, it should. I mean it from the deepest darkest, and most utterly black parts of my heart. If it does scare you, you are probably a mortal human being. If you want to meet this sea monster in real life, then I pray that you change your mind before it is too late (though it might already be too late...).

According to the front inside cover (i still don't have a name for it), the darwinists created a giant whale airship in which they lovingly call leviathan (giving you our book title). The two main characters are the prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and a woman disguised as a man, whom is a brilliant airman.
Once again, I have quite high hopes for this book. Until then, keep reading.

P.S. I don't want those who have read to spoil the book for me. If you do I will find you...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (yes, it does exist)

I haven't posted anything in a while, so I hope that this nice post warms you up a little bit this cold day.  My first words to you are:


Figure 1: Marvin the Parinoid Andriod (maybe I'll tell you more later...)

The story is on where "don't panic" comes from, and what it has to do with anything. Over the break, I got the book: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, which is a collection of 5 books + 1 bonus story. The collection of books are all part of the 'Hitchhiker Series' as I'll call it. Right now, I am on book three, Life, the Universe, and Everything, meaning that I have finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. There are still three more books to read, housing the titles: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, Mostly Harmless, and the bonus story: Young Zaphod Plays it Safe. If the titles lose you, then please stop reading before I bore you to death. If you have already read the series, and I say something wrong, please feel free to correct.

The first book in which i have already given the title for introduces you to Arthur Dent, and his companion, Ford Prefect, who works a a researcher for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The first words one would see when they look at the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are "Don't Panic". Also, according to the guide to the guide at the beginning of the book, Ford's name was meant to be a joke, but flew over most of the audience's heads. Ford saves Arthur when Earth is destroyed by Vogons to make a hyperspace bypass. They end up trapped on one of the Vogon ships, and the captain comes, and reads them poetry. During the book there are many points at which the main story-line is interrupted by a bit of text from The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, which is always represented in italics. These bits of text often seem unneeded, but they help you understand what is going on, so, read them. It states that the Vogons' poetry is the third worst in the galaxy, and gives info on the second worst, and the worst poet in the galaxy. The book continues, and is quite funny. As Dent. and Ford are about to die after being tossed into space, they are picked up by the Heart Of Gold, which is a star-ship powered by the infinite improbability drive, which is described later by the guide. Here, the other characters are introduced. They are: Zaphod Breeblebrox, the cousin of Ford, another Human from Earth, and Marvin, the depressed robot pictured in figure 1 for a movie. 

The next part of the book is very interesting. It tells about the answer to life the universe and everything. Since it is hard to describe, I will tell the summery via story. the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy discloses that Humans are only the third most intelligent beings on Earth. They are second to dolphins, who managed to leave Earth right before it was destroyed, and some small white creature that we all know... Our characters land on the legendary planet of Magrathea. The people here custom built planets for those who could afford. One man tells of a computer called Deep Thought, which gave hyper-intellegent para dimentional beings (mice) the answer to life the universe, and everything,

and the design for the computer which will give the question to the answer. (Earth). This is only a fraction of what the book can tell however, and I will gladly tell more if asked, but for now, I am done.