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Tag: Neal Stephenson

A shotgun blast of flawed brilliance

Seveneves is Neal Stephenson in his pomp. This book combines all his most splendid qualities as a writer: his febrile … More

Neal Stephenson, Seveneves

Deniable plausibility

I’ve been on a mission recently to catch up with the output of two of my favourite writers, Kim Stanley … More

Neal Stephenson, Termination Shock

An orrery of thought

Having finished reading Neal Stephenson’s epic historical trilogy The Baroque Cycle it’s quite hard, on reflection, to recall everything that’s … More

Neal Stephenson, The Baroque Cycle, The System Of The World

Central admixture

Having recently read and written about Quicksilver, the book which precedes The Confusion in Neal Stephenson’s Baroque Cycle trilogy, there’s … More

Neal Stephenson, The Baroque Cycle, The Confusion

A work of play

This Neal Stephenson dude likes to go large. Enormous books, with vast casts of characters, containing epic and sprawling storylines … More

Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver

Complicated fun

In my current mission to read Neal Stephenson’s entire oeuvre, I’ve been zigzagging between his earlier and later publications. If … More

Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland, The Rise And Fall Of D.O.D.O.

No hubris

Having loved Snow Crash a long time ago, and having decided after reading Anathem in 2012 that Neal Stephenson is … More

Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson

Entertaining contrivance

What little I’ve read of Neal Stephenson’s work has made me want to read more of it, but I don’t … More

Neal Stephenson, REAMDE
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