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Stevenson's endings are "pregnant endings" as in the Aeneid: https://old.reddit.com/r/mythology/comments/196r7mn/i_just_finished_aeneid_and_why_ending_is_so_ab

by jordanb 4mo ago

Stevenson's endings are "pregnant endings" as in the Aeneid: https://old.reddit.com/r/mythology/comments/196r7mn/i_just_finished_aeneid_and_why_ending_is_so_abrupt/ https://old.reddit.com/r/mythology/comments/196r7mn/i_just_f... It's not a bad way to end a book in principle. I can't actually recall how snowcrash ends, I think I was losing interest by the end.

cwillu 4mo ago
Swordfight (which is very stephenson to have in the ending) and nuclear-powered robot dogs showing extreme loyalty to the person who saved one of them from overheating.