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I just wish he would go back to writing hard sci fi books like Snowcrash. IMHO after/during Cryptonomicon he started writing books only very serious people wou

by tpmx 6y ago

I just wish he would go back to writing hard sci fi books like Snowcrash. IMHO after/during Cryptonomicon he started writing books only very serious people would enjoy. I admit I haven't tried to read anything after his baroque cycle. (Which I couldn't finish. I got so bored.) Did he ever recover from that desire to write those overly complicated books?

ISL 6y ago
I didn't follow up with the entire novel, but the opening chapter to Seveneves had some of the energy of Snowcrash.
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- tpmx 6y ago
  Um, now when you say so, I think I actually bought the ebook on some platform and started reading it. Then I was distracted. It's so hard to read books ~20 years later. So many other things pulling for your attention. Like HN.
pklausler 6y ago
Anathem is really good, and possibly his best. Several big ideas that will make you close the book and go for a long walk to think about, and it also has a real ending. Deserves and rewards multiple readings. Reamde is a lightweight page-turner, but fun. Seveneves and Fall: meh. D.O.D.O.: can't say anything good about it. Only Stephenson book I've donated to a drop-box.
- tpmx 6y ago
  > Reamde is a lightweight page-turner, but fun. Read it a couple of times. Totally agree. This, but at a larger scale (like Snow crash) is the kind of Stephenson I love! Thanks for your thoughts. I think I'll try reading Anathem.