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Perfect, I can finally ask him what _really_ happens at the end of his books! /s But really, I did wish Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash had a bit more of an epilog

by robswc 4y ago

Perfect, I can finally ask him what _really_ happens at the end of his books! /s But really, I did wish Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash had a bit more of an epilogue. I know it may not be needed but it would be more satisfying.

enneff 4y ago
REAMDE had a neat and clean concluding chapter and imo it actually made the book worse for it. So be careful what you wish for.
- robswc 4y ago
  I could see that. I wouldn't think of it being his strongest suit lol
- muro 4y ago
  I found the ending ok, but the journey there felt too long. I did like the story, just too much detail sometimes.
celestialcheese 4y ago
Most of the critique I hear Stephenson get is that he writes an incredible 400 page book in 800 pages. I agree with you, though. His world building and stories pull me in unlike almost any other author - the more the better IMO.
- robswc 4y ago
  >Most of the critique I hear Stephenson get is that he writes an incredible 400 page book in 800 pages. LOL, if that's not the truth! I'm a sucker for expansive world building, lore and details, so it actually works for me but I can 100% agree with the critique.
- lostmsu 4y ago
  ChatGPT-based tool to make books shorter.
MrVandemar 4y ago
I recently re-read Cryptonomicon and I understood, finally, why the ending was so abrupt. The scene was not a scene from a book, but a scene from a movie. The whole river-of-gold thing is a striking visual, and doesn't work that well as the end of a book because in a book we just don't care about visuals, we care about characters. In a film, it's where the titles should start scrolling up and followed by a slow fade to black. Finishing a film on a striking image, that works. A book: not so much. I still deeply love that book, and remember fondly buying it at a train-station at about 5.30pm and then suddenly it was 5AM I was at home, and I finished the book.
- robswc 4y ago
  Oh, really nice takeaway! That does make a lot of sense, I'll have to re-read it. I just remember getting very close to the end and thinking I had some copy with tons of missing pages or something because there was no way to have some conclusion with the remaining pages haha. With this in mind, it will probably make much more sense.

by robswc 4y ago

enneff 4y ago

REAMDE had a neat and clean concluding chapter and imo it actually made the book worse for it. So be careful what you wish for.

robswc 4y ago
I could see that. I wouldn't think of it being his strongest suit lol
muro 4y ago
I found the ending ok, but the journey there felt too long. I did like the story, just too much detail sometimes.

celestialcheese 4y ago

Most of the critique I hear Stephenson get is that he writes an incredible 400 page book in 800 pages. I agree with you, though. His world building and stories pull me in unlike almost any other author - the more the better IMO.

robswc 4y ago
>Most of the critique I hear Stephenson get is that he writes an incredible 400 page book in 800 pages. LOL, if that's not the truth! I'm a sucker for expansive world building, lore and details, so it actually works for me but I can 100% agree with the critique.
lostmsu 4y ago
ChatGPT-based tool to make books shorter.

MrVandemar 4y ago

I recently re-read Cryptonomicon and I understood, finally, why the ending was so abrupt. The scene was not a scene from a book, but a scene from a movie. The whole river-of-gold thing is a striking visual, and doesn't work that well as the end of a book because in a book we just don't care about visuals, we care about characters. In a film, it's where the titles should start scrolling up and followed by a slow fade to black. Finishing a film on a striking image, that works. A book: not so much. I still deeply love that book, and remember fondly buying it at a train-station at about 5.30pm and then suddenly it was 5AM I was at home, and I finished the book.

robswc 4y ago
Oh, really nice takeaway! That does make a lot of sense, I'll have to re-read it. I just remember getting very close to the end and thinking I had some copy with tons of missing pages or something because there was no way to have some conclusion with the remaining pages haha. With this in mind, it will probably make much more sense.