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Did you finish Anathem? It was a brutal start for me, I didn't get into it until after the first 300 pages. Then it was fantastic. (I basically hate the over
by fouc 9y ago
Did you finish Anathem?
It was a brutal start for me, I didn't get into it until after the first 300 pages. Then it was fantastic. (I basically hate the overly descriptive setup because I don't really like wasting my time trying to visualize what the author is describing).
- aaachilless 9y agoI didn't and for essentially the reason you described. The minutiae of the setting kept getting in the way of enjoying the story and the characters. Maybe I'll give it another go. Still, 300 pages is quite the hurdle.
- noufalibrahim 9y agoI loved Anathem. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I heard about the Long Now foundation and their work at roughly the same time. Stephenson's wanderings into tangential topics is annoying at times but I stopped judging and just read it like a stream of consciousness kind of thing and it worked out quite well. Everyone I've recommended the book to has either been overwhelmed because of the size or bored because of the length.