FR is great but it's important to keep reading literature as well. Life is short and there are so many books worth reading out there I agree :)
Sorry PJ, but I wasn't able to get through this book either (I gave up on Electric Koolaide too). It was rather tedious and all the acronyms confused me.
The good news is that I've already read the Invisible Man and enjoyed it! I'll re-read it and be all ready next time.
You must have gotten stuck at Chapter 5. I ended up skimming through that chapter the first time around and then I re-read it later when it made a lot more sense to me. Other than that one tough chapter, the book was a good read.