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Cryptonomicon is one of my favorite books of all time, but as Stephenson's success has risen so has lack of editing. He's the one author that I think would rea
by michaelbuckbee 5y ago
Cryptonomicon is one of my favorite books of all time, but as Stephenson's success has risen so has lack of editing.
He's the one author that I think would really benefit from releasing both a "mainstream" copy of his works and then a "director's cut" of the same story.
- lindseymysse 5y agoI agree with this. Snow Crash and Zodiak were such taut novels, Diamond Age was a little lush, and Cryptonomicon was a slog for me and then I tuned out. My favorite remains Zodiak -- I read it over and over as a teenager and when I moved to Dorchester, MA years later had deja vu when I realized how well he captured the Boston area. I used to do stealth rides on my bicycle around Boston late at night because, yes, the cabbies will try to kill you. Fun times.
- tgv 5y agoAnd let's not mention Seveneves.
- pengaru 5y agoSeveneves was alright, but Anathem, fuck me do I have better things to do. Anathem was the first time I felt a complete disrespect for my time from Stephenson.
- unionpivo 5y agoFunny Anathem is still my favorite book from him. Read it 4 times by now, which is quite rare for me. Seveneves I didn't particular like and sometimes skipped pages at a time. Just goes to show how peoples taste is different.
- aaronbrethorst 5y agoAnathem is definitely my favorite novel of his, too. Seveneves: just stop after act 2. Pretend the last couple hundred pages of the book don’t exist. Fall: this is the first Stephenson book that I ended up skimming. I could not bring myself to care about the endless retelling of Paradise Lost. And yes, I’ve even read The Big U. It was better than Fall, imo.