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> A great deal of content about whatever Neal Stephenson is nerding out about at the time This was so true in SEVENEVES. There's a whole section about debris a
by jgrahamc 3y ago
> A great deal of content about whatever Neal Stephenson is nerding out about at the time
This was so true in SEVENEVES. There's a whole section about debris avoidance by a constellation of orbiting spacecraft and it was so tedious. I felt like I was reading someone describing an academic paper they'd recently read.
- throw1234651234 3y agoIt's a progression. Story, style, characterization, and science in equal measure at first. Then more and more of the latter and less of the first three. Perhaps he did peak in Diamond Age, then it's basically Asimov after - pretty hard sci-fi with no story / characters (or at least no characters / story anyone cares about). Snow Crash - most story / style / MEMORABLE characters Diamond Age - same but with a very dramatic evolution from traditional Cyberpunk Anathem / Seven Eves - virtually no memorable characters, interesting concepts and science though Cryptonomicon - I couldn't.
- jgrahamc 3y agoI think I've read every one of his books. My favourite is The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O..
- themadturk 3y agoAnd D.O.D.O was one of only three Stephenson books I started and could not finish.