What are you reading? Life on board HMCS Saskatoon during Operation CARIBBE
(WorldNews Canada)

By Sub-Lieutenant Susannah Anderson The tropical heat has settled like a wet wool blanket over the ship and the Weapons Engineering Technician is wedged into a small sliver of shade on the sweep deck, avidly reading a paperback on his break. `Have you read Ready Player One? One of the boatswains gave it to me; I just can`t put it down.` On Her Majesty`s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Saskatoon, 47 days into a deployment in the eastern Pacific on Operation CARIBBE, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is being passed from hand to hand throughout the ship. In a world of instant connectivity, sharing a beat-up paperback with friends seems old fashioned. The loss of instant connectivity can come as a shock to...