Books by Neal Stephenson
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review 1: I will say up front this book is a very difficult read especially at the beginning. Many authors -- even the best among fine wordsmiths -- will compress time within a book the further along it goes to get it to move faster. They take their time creating the world their characters...
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review 1: I really liked everything else I've read by this author particularly the baroque cycle, anathem, cryptonomicon. I'm sure it's partly because of my political biases but this one annoyed me. However, more than that, it failed to deliver a plot that was as interesting and original ...
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review 1: Having read a number of Neil's books, its fun to hear his voice come out in this collection. I learned about Leibniz and Ames Iowa, both of which I knew a little bit about. There is a particularly long section in the middle about the laying of new transcontinental data cables - f...
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review 1: As bad as the first two. Poor writing. Ill defined characters. Poor plot.
review 2: Best so far in the series. One major problem - book four has not been published yet!
review 2: Best so far in the series. One major problem - book four has not been published yet!
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review 1: I blame Cormack McCarthy for not finishing his novels as a sign that they are part of life. Now, this incredibly long trilogy that is team written ends with a whimper not a bang. Yes, we come to the end of some strands but we are left with few of the romantic strands connected o...
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review 1: I grew weary of reading the word, "intently". It felt like a blow to my head with a wooden sword every time I read it. Once it appeared three times on the same page. Other instances of adverb overuse appear throughout the text. I'm curiously dissatisfied after completing this ...