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re: Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
Posted on 11/11/23 at 9:40 am to vistajay
Posted on 11/11/23 at 9:40 am to vistajay
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Sent me on a Stephenson binge
I loved Seveneves, so I started reading my way through his earlier works. I absolutely hated Snow crash, The Diamond Age, and Cryptonomicon.
All have really cool ideas, but his style in the earlier years is basically '90s Computer Douche. I understand that goes away, but I haven't been able to muster the energy to started anathem or Reamde yet.
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Posted on 11/13/23 at 11:30 am to Jay Are
I really liked Reamde. Didn't like Anathem. I love the System of the World books, though, and I think they might be his best in many ways.
Weird that you don't like Snow Crash or Cryptonomicon. Snow Crash, at least, is almost universally beloved as a cyberpunk classic.
Weird that you don't like Snow Crash or Cryptonomicon. Snow Crash, at least, is almost universally beloved as a cyberpunk classic.
Posted on 11/21/23 at 10:40 pm to Jay Are
Most of Stephenson's work boils down to really smart and funny protagonists doing really hard things. It's usually a blast. The business plan and dwarf/hobbit dinner party analogy in Cryptonomicon are among my favorite passages of his. Reamde is my favorite because it's closest to an airport novel. "American Taliban" in Idaho is hilarious. Anathem is Stephenson's most organized and interesting novel IMO. It's also hilarious. Seveneves is great, but the glider exposition went on way too long.
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