Took me three tries and a whole lot of bookmark tabs to get through War and Peace. I lost track of who was marrying who and ended up keeping a little notebook with character names and their nicknames, because apparently Russians need four different names for everyone. The debate part is the best part though, you get to sound smart even if you barely remember the details.

...and that's exactly what happened to my buddy Mark during a star party. He had his Celestron AVX tracking the Veil Nebula for maybe 45 minutes and then the motor just made this grinding noise and stopped. Right in the middle of a 90 second exposure, the whole mount started shaking. He was so mad he almost threw it in the trash. He ended up taking it apart later and found a gear inside had stripped, so he had to order a whole new worm gear assembly from some site in Poland. The used HEQ5 is a solid choice if you can find one that's been well taken care of.