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Reamde: A Novel (Slipcased Edition) - Community Reviews back

by Neal Stephenson
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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 8 years ago
Gold farming in MMPORG, and game building, veterans and draft-dodgers, a British writer of fantasy with exquisitely hand-crafted languages and cultures and also an American fantasist of the most prolific stripe, Seattle hipsters and Iowan wind farmers, private jets and slow boats from China: everyth...
Brainycat's Occaisonal Reviews
Brainycat's Occaisonal Reviews rated it 10 years ago
Brainycat's 5 "B"s:blood: 3boobs: 1bombs: 4bondage: 1blasphemy: 1Stars: 3Bechdel Test: PASSDeggan's Rule: PASSGay Bechdel Test: FAIL Please note: I don't review to provide synopses, I review to share a purely visceral reaction to books and perhaps answer some of the questions I ask when I'm contempl...
Bücher, Bücher, 100000 Bücher
Bücher, Bücher, 100000 Bücher rated it 11 years ago
After over 200 pages I was still not into it. He's trying to make what is happening much more interesting than it is and it's not working. Doesn't matter how you try to pimp it out to the reader the fact remains that there's someone holding data hostage for $73 and I could not care less.
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it 11 years ago
"Reamde" is more than 34 hours long and I still regretted reaching the end. Malcolm Hillgartner delivers a masterful performance that kept me engaged thro ughout. The opening chapter of REAMDE reads like something from John Irving or Richard Russo. It establishes Richard Forthrast, online war game...
TCWriter
TCWriter rated it 11 years ago
This was a thriller with almost no real sci-fi component (not that there's anything wrong with that). That said, I didn't love this book; the narrative was epic in scope, but not quite coherent enough to get me to believe it. Still, it's a fun read -- if you're a fan of Stephenson's writing style, w...
Viking2917's books
Viking2917's books rated it 11 years ago
Enjoyable. Long. Somewhat derivative of some other works that explore the relationship between the real world and a game / virtual world, e.g. Lev Grossman's Codex. If you liked Cryptonomicon, I think you'll enjoy this, although to my mind Cryptonomicon is better. I found this much more accessible t...
Pustu aprende a leer
Pustu aprende a leer rated it 12 years ago
Pues completamente en el estilo de Stephenson. Es muy largo y me parece que tiene cosas que son un poco de relleno y no tan importantes eso si, la acción en este libro es muy buena y abundante. Desde como por un cuarto del libro comienza y no para hasta el epílogo. Me gusto pero el final me pareció ...
Mike Finn
Mike Finn rated it 12 years ago
"Long, enjoyable read. "Snow Crash" all grown up.""Reamde" is more than 34 hours long and I still regretted reaching the end.Malcolm Hillgartner delivers a masterful performance that kept me engaged throughout.The opening chapter of REAMDE reads like something from John Irving or Richard Russo. It e...
Valz
Valz rated it 12 years ago
Because I thought this was going to be a science fiction novel like Snow Crash (which I loved) I was all set to enter the virtual world of video games. Surprise Valz -- it's an action adventure with a whole slew of delightful protagonists. And to all those characters I say, the more the merrier! And...
halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it 12 years ago
Excellent book. Has it all. Terrorists, gamers and spies. Massive book as well at just over 1000 pages.
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