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Ah right then so just a little light reading then, only a mere 1731 pages to read before I can attempt the latest. (with the reading pile i have will probably take a few months before I can even attempt it. lol)
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Posted 23 July 2004 - 12:39 PM
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Posted 28 March 2004 - 01:58 AM
The Confusion is out! Just picked up a trade paperback copy yesterday.
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 08:15 PM
The Confusion has now been available in Canada for a full 15 minutes 
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Posted 10 October 2004 - 06:05 AM
Picked up a copy last weekend in Chicago and while I find the cover artwork somewhat garish I am thoroughly enjoying it - probably because Daniel Waterhouse is a key player and it is back in London
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 11:28 AM
Neil - I have the UK published TPBs of the first two so this stands out somewhat - but as I was not going to be in UK for publishing of this - I did not want to wait for it to arrive
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Posted 22 October 2004 - 12:12 PM
witty bloke, ive got one of his books(cant think which) but havent ever got round to reading it, yet, might have to, i liked the response to 'who would win in a fight between you and william gibson' question, very good 
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Posted 26 May 2004 - 02:57 PM
Anyone ever read Thomas Pynchon? Stephenson is compared to him all the time so I decided to check into it but when I saw Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow in my local Waterstones I was a bit daunted by it's size, tiny lettertype and somewhat hazy description on the back cover. Any thoughts on Pynchon?
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Posted 28 November 2004 - 09:21 AM
Phew - what a monster series - he is a master - I am so glad that I took the time. I enjoyed the ending of the book - and nice interesting link back to Cryptonomicon
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Posted 24 September 2004 - 07:22 AM
I have just bought a copy of System of the World. Oh joy!
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Posted 12 April 2004 - 04:12 PM
No kidding. I was afraid to fall asleep while reading Quicksilver, for fear it would fall on me in my sleep! 
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Posted 23 July 2004 - 07:16 AM
Just wanted to know if I have to read the others in the Baroque series as Ive had The System of the World, land (or perhaps better described as nearly crashing through my floor) on my doorstep this morning. Which ones are in the Baroque series? Just that if I have to buy them I would rather just pick up the ones pertaining to this rather than getting sidetracked
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Posted 03 November 2004 - 02:27 AM
Snow Crash was enjoyable but hardly excellent. I am however impressed in the way that he an actually come up with the plot of the book. It was crazy wild and yet based on truth. Not the best book I ever read but as I said enjoyable.
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Posted 04 May 2004 - 03:28 AM
That's good to hear, though I still haven't picked a copy up yet...
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Posted 24 September 2004 - 04:44 PM
Our shipment showed up last week, but despite that I'm still only 150 pages in. Very good so far.
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Posted 23 June 2004 - 10:27 AM
Finished Confusion last night and have to say that it is superb - and now we have to wait to find out the outcome for Elisa and Jack - it is a very good read I cannot recommend the series highly enough.
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Posted 31 March 2003 - 04:46 PM
I'm not sure why Cryptonomicon is filed in the sci-fi category, it's mostly just fiction, not a lot of sci (at least not in the classic sci-fi sense). Global Crossing and layman's cryptography is not so futuristic.
That being said, I would highly highly recommend it, but it's a different sort of read. Stephenson tries really hard to come off uber-smart, like Thomas Pynchon or David Foster Wallace, with some success. Stephenson has a great sense of humor, his characters are just wonderful, and there's a lot going on, both in the plot and the metajunk (moral, theme, character, message, etc).
I read Snow Crash after, and was disappointed. It had it's moments, but I thought Cryptonomicon was a much more mature, epic and yet subtle masterwork.
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That being said, I would highly highly recommend it, but it's a different sort of read. Stephenson tries really hard to come off uber-smart, like Thomas Pynchon or David Foster Wallace, with some success. Stephenson has a great sense of humor, his characters are just wonderful, and there's a lot going on, both in the plot and the metajunk (moral, theme, character, message, etc).
I read Snow Crash after, and was disappointed. It had it's moments, but I thought Cryptonomicon was a much more mature, epic and yet subtle masterwork.
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Posted 07 October 2003 - 08:55 AM
Finished up a few days ago. I really enjoyed it, and will buy the next one when it comes out. I only hope I can remember everything that happened.
As for sales, this week it's #6 on NYT list, and today is #38 on amazon. Better than I thought.
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As for sales, this week it's #6 on NYT list, and today is #38 on amazon. Better than I thought.
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Posted 03 September 2003 - 11:02 PM
Currently re-reading the Diamond Age.
Very Cooll Ideas, but the book is somewhat challenging. There seems to be almost a divergent story line (Hackworth and his daughter) that I can remember getting frustrated over the first time I read it.
I really like the scope and characterisation used, but other elements of the style leave me cold for some reason... Oh well, still really enjoying the read - will move on to Crypto soon (again)
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'Nuff said!
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Very Cooll Ideas, but the book is somewhat challenging. There seems to be almost a divergent story line (Hackworth and his daughter) that I can remember getting frustrated over the first time I read it.
I really like the scope and characterisation used, but other elements of the style leave me cold for some reason... Oh well, still really enjoying the read - will move on to Crypto soon (again)
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'Nuff said!
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Posted 01 March 2003 - 04:07 AM
@All.Thanks everyone."Snow Crash" is now on my list....a very long list at the moment.
I also here, Stephenson is planning a sequel to "Crypto-"
The Green Man has returned as the living face of the whole earth .
I also here, Stephenson is planning a sequel to "Crypto-"
The Green Man has returned as the living face of the whole earth .
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Posted 12 May 2003 - 07:15 AM
«I don`t know why Crypto would be put in Sci-Fi. It`s not»
It is. Just consider the character of Enoch Root.
1. Enoch Root looks for about 35 years during WWII
2. Enoch Root is still fit and in the full health sixty years later - incredibly fit for a man close to one hundred.
3. We hear that Enoch Root has been killed but he is still very much alive later on.
4. Enoch Root alawys has with him a mysterious box.
5. When asked if he knows Latin, he answers that he speaks Latin like seventeenth century alchemist.
6. Enoch Root seems to know a lot about secret societies, mysterious plots etc.
Conclusion: Enoch Root is the seventeenth century alchemist who knows tje mystery of philosopher's stone.
It is. Just consider the character of Enoch Root.
1. Enoch Root looks for about 35 years during WWII
2. Enoch Root is still fit and in the full health sixty years later - incredibly fit for a man close to one hundred.
3. We hear that Enoch Root has been killed but he is still very much alive later on.
4. Enoch Root alawys has with him a mysterious box.
5. When asked if he knows Latin, he answers that he speaks Latin like seventeenth century alchemist.
6. Enoch Root seems to know a lot about secret societies, mysterious plots etc.
Conclusion: Enoch Root is the seventeenth century alchemist who knows tje mystery of philosopher's stone.
