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Old 11-24-2013, 07:04 PM   #334
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So after enjoying Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon as much as I did, I tried listening to a couple of his other books. Reamde was pretty good, if a bit more far fetched in areas than others, and Anathem was awful. Couldn't get into that book on a dare. Might be one of those that is better to actually read than listen to.
I love all of Stephenson, but some of his stuff is more Thomas Pynchon than regular scifi. Reamde was really good and pretty accessible. Anathem is very challenging but the back half payoff of it is well worth the slog of the front part. The Baroque Cycle is amazing and more like Cryptonomicon, except historical.

I'm sure you've read Snow Crash, but you'll likely love it if you haven't.
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