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Neal Stephenson – Announcing Polostan

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Re: Neal Stephenson – Announcing Polostan

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Post by rcarmo »

Hmmm. Interesting, but I prefer his sci-fi stuff. The Baroque Cycle was… weird. Full of intricate detail, but I derived relatively little satisfaction from reading it, and I’ll wait for proper reviews before reading this one.

Re: Neal Stephenson – Announcing Polostan

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Post by woleium »

huhtenberg wrote: post #3

No offense to Neal, but I'd love to read more of Snow Crash and Diamond Age style books.

Me too, but i assume this will not happen for a while as this is the first in a series.

I also imagine that his more recent non scifi stuff also appeals to a broader audience

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Post by frfl »

huhtenberg wrote: post #3

No offense to Neal, but I'd love to read more of Snow Crash and Diamond Age style books.

Have you looked at Seveneves? I really enjoyed the first half, never finished the second half. Never really liked Diamond Age, but really liked Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon. I have Termination Shock queued up, will see how that goes. The description of this one didn't sound interesting to me.

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Post by mandibles »

huhtenberg wrote: post #3

No offense to Neal, but I'd love to read more of Snow Crash and Diamond Age style books.

I'll take another book like Anathem any day.

Stephenson's latest book, Termination Shock seemed tired. It didn't have the sarcasm and vigor that sprinkled his earlier work.

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