Just read Michio Kaku's "Physics of the Impossible", when compared to it's successor "Physics of the Future" it's much heavier on the actual physics talk, largely pertaining to technologies seen in pop culture that today we deem impossible or highly unlikely, but may not be as technology advances, and certain things that would only be feasible if our understanding of physics changes. Topics such as Time travel a la BttF, Star Trek's Phasers, force fields, invisibility, faster than light travel, etc are discussed. Quite accessible and a rather interesting read.


As far as comics go, I recently finished the Punisher MAX (The Punisher/The Punisher: Frank Castle, PunisherMAX) series, it had a bittersweet, but expected and fitting end. By far one of the better series I've read, granted Garth Ennis, the original writer for the MAX series, didn't write on the last few arcs, but it was still handled /pretty/ well. TBH the series could have ended with Ennis' last arc “Valley Forge, Valley Forge” it perfectly Bookends the very first arc before it became a full fledged series (titled “Born”). What I found amusing was how very different it was from the previous Marvel Knights Punisher series (some of the story was used for the 2nd Punisher movie), which was written by Garth Ennis as well, it's tone is much more serious, deals with grim, real world themes, no superhero cameos though some of the more realistic Marvel characters (Kingpin, Nick Fury, etc.) appear, set in current time (Castle is in his 50's and his body count is in the thousands), and has little in the way of overt humor. If you read this series, things like Punisher fighting daredevil and spidey are nonexistant as well as such ridiculous scenarios as Punisher, out of ammunition and being pursued runs into a zoo, uses the animals to dispatch the mobsters chasing him, most notably Punisher punching a Polar Bear in the face to rile it up to maul them, pure hilarity, but I digress...my point being Punisher Max does away with some of the silliness . The Punisher MAX series is probably the BEST representation of The Punisher thus far, it seems Ennis and Punisher were /made for each other/, and as such, I /highly/ recommend anyone into darker series to check it out.

E.T.A.: I just had to include this.