Elements of cyberpunk, but set in the modern day, this big story has a *lot* of characters and plots to go with - even if the bow at the end is a little too neat. I enjoyed this book, and Stephenson as an author.
With Reamde (which I pronounce in my head 'Read me'), Neal Stephenson demonstrates yet again that it is possible to write erudite, informative, and page-burning fiction that also passes tthe Bechdel Test. This is my first Neal Stephenson novel since I finished The System of the World, and isn't...
Loving this so far! Although there are always those moments where I wonder how much distance Stephenson has from his creepy male characters... Still, so fun!UPDATE: For me, this fell apart towards the middle/end, becoming boringly actiony and improbable, but not in a fun way. Maybe because I loved T...
I took the week off between Christmas and New Years and decided the perfect book to end the year with was the new woolly MAMMOTH sized Neal Stephenson book. Because we were traveling down to the in-laws house, a 12 hour trip to the ship channel in Texas, I checked out a library copy. With this siz...
I feel awful.I've given three stars to something written by Neal Stephenson.I may not be the biggest Stephenson fan out there, but I can guarantee that I'm close-- I've read Anathem three times, and I have pets-- well, fish-- named after all the main characters from The Baroque Cycle. It almost hurt...
This is a big book filled with plenty of adventure and thrills. The story line utilizes every current communication/electronic device available today, only more so. What I mean by that is that the story describes a world with technology much the same as we now have except that the computing power ...
Oh, I sure do love Neal Stephenson. Here's my new and revised list of his books, in order of how much I like them:Snow Crash (1992)The Diamond Age (1995)Anathem (2008)Cryptonomicon (1999)Reamde (2011)Zodiac (1988)Interface (1994) & The Cobweb (1996)The Big U (1984)The Baroque Cycle (2003-2004)I cons...
Reamde is your typical Hacker, MMPORPG, Russian Mafiya, Chinese gold farmer, Eritrean refugee, Islamic Terrorist sect, British espionage agency, American anti-government survivalist, corporate politics, Canadian border crossing, techno-thriller featuring Fantasy authors. While this might seem...
I enjoyed reading Reamde, but don't feel like it scratched my Stephenson itch. The story was good, and exciting, I liked the characters, for the most part, and even thought the ending was a bit more solid than Stephenson sometimes pulls off. But...I miss the info dumps. I love the fact that, when I ...
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