> I've ... never felt _satisfied_ by any of the endings It seems to me that that sort of satisfaction isn't what Stephenson is going for, but rather if his wor

> I've ... never felt _satisfied_ by any of the endings It seems to me that that sort of satisfaction isn't what Stephenson is going for, but rather if his works can be said to have any consistent theme it is that narrative threads (plot, history, etc.) overlap but aren't aligned, so no matter when you start or stop at least some of those threads are going to be in the middle.