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[OT]I think three successful and well-reviewed books puts you well beyond the "relatively rookie writer" category. Just sayin'. [/OT]
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Passdagas the Brown wrote:I'm a little surpised that there's not more science fiction surrounding the concept of a multiverse. Very rich story-telling possibilities there.
Neal Stephenson took a crack at it with Anathem. Fun story, though I had a tough time at first.
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I always have to sidle up on Neal Stephenson, and consciously give him 100 pages to bring me into the story. I've never been sorry I did it, though.
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Primula Baggins wrote:I always have to sidle up on Neal Stephenson, and consciously give him 100 pages to bring me into the story. I've never been sorry I did it, though.
That's a great way of describing it. He's one of the few writers I don't mind dawdling a bit with at the opening of a book.
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Somehow, he makes it entertaining. Anathem was a bit rough on me, though. It probably didn't help that I bought it as a present for myself after defending. Trying to get into a book about parallel universes that is actually set in a parallel universe when you're running at less than 50% just doesn't work. I had to put it aside for a few weeks until I'd mentally recovered a bit.
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I've got Cryptonomicon lurking on my Kindle.

To match the cinder-block edition on my To Be Read bookshelf (now double-shelved).

Sometimes at night I think I hear them whispering. . . .
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