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I 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 fav
by lindseymysse 5y ago
I 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.