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Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle has about 35 enjoyable pages on this process, if anyone's interested.
by rmbryan 7y ago
Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle has about 35 enjoyable pages on this process, if anyone's interested.
- arethuza 7y agoAs an aside: I really wish someone would produce The Baroque Cycle as a GoT scale epic.
- sorokod 7y agoCryptonomicon, should be easier.
- rtkwe 7y agoCan't wait for the whole episode dedicated to Lawrence's musings on the importance of reliable access to prostitutes for cracking ciphers and the international female conspiracy to control ejaculation and thus the mood of the world.
- sorokod 7y agoSociety will benefit more from the cereal eating discussion.
- rmbryan 7y agoOh, yeah. As amazing as the Baroque Cycle Movie or series could be, or Cryptonomicon, or Diamond Age, etc... I'd vote for Seveneves over everything else.
- arethuza 7y agoThere was supposed to be a Ron Howard directed version of Seveneves but I think it's been on hold for a few years.
- jtms 7y agoSeveneves has been in my reading queue for quite awhile... I think I might go ahead and move it to the top of the stack. Thanks for posting this!
- moultano 7y agoOne of the best books I've read in years. If you have any space-geek in you, you won't regret it.
- avian 7y agoTo be honest, I found it long and depressing. It must be something about this theme of the demise of society and space exploration that gets me. Same with Baxter's NASA trilogy. His early novels, like Snowcrash and Diamond age, are amazing, but Seveneves is really quite a different kind of a story.
- jtms 7y agoOh I’m full on space geek! I’ll start ASAP
- Herrin 7y agoI would love to see Anathem as a 3 season animated series.
- PhasmaFelis 7y agoStephenson's books are funny. They're totally gripping while I'm reading them, but afterwards I'm never sure if I liked them or not. I plowed through Quicksilver when it came out and loved it. Some time later I picked up The Confusion and was very excited to get on with the story, until I read the first couple of pages and realized I'd forgotten most of the plot and relationships and would have to reread the first...and the thought of that filled me with dread. I put the whole thing aside and have never regretted it.
- arethuza 7y agoI tried to read Quicksilver but couldn't really get into it. However, I then tried the Audible audiobooks and became completely hooked by the whole saga to the point where I think Jack Shaftoe is probably my favourite fictional character. Edit: On the other hand I've read Anathem so many times that my hardback copy fell apart!
- rmbryan 7y agoHow strange we are. I've read every other Stephenson book more than 3 times and loved every minute of all of them. Never could get into Anathem.