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I had a similar experience with the interminably dull Neal Stephenson slog-a-thon "Fall" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell https://en.wikip
by aaronbrethorst 3y ago
I had a similar experience with the interminably dull Neal Stephenson slog-a-thon "Fall" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell)
I only made it through the book because I ended up skipping the 75%(?) of the book that took place in the cloud, or whatever.
- TylerE 3y agoIf ever there was an author who did one or two good things early on and has been coasting oon reputation ever since... What the man needs is a damn editor.
- digbybk 3y agoI really enjoyed Seveneves.
- TylerE 3y agoFair. Easily the best of the second tier.
- TylerE 3y ago(along with Anathem, although that's another one that could have used a bit of editing).
- simonbarker87 3y agoAnathem is my second favourite NS book but boy was it hard work getting through the first 200 pages of describing the buildings, the wall and the town.
- aaronbrethorst 3y agoI really enjoyed the first two thirds of Seveneves. Wish I’d quit then.
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