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Re:Larry King has died by jacquesm on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:55AM (#25883112)
That's a good book, actually.

From another one, different author, same theme:

"Case, promise me one thing: when this gig is over, erase me, ok?"

https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Dixie_Flatline

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Re:Larry King has died by wrinkl3 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:53AM (#25883801)
I'm a fan of Stephenson's work but I couldn't finish Fall. Such a waste of paper.
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Re:Larry King has died by jacquesm on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:36PM (#25884330)
I agree it's not his best work but it actually has some pretty good stuff. It's just not as tight as his other books.
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Re:Larry King has died by microtherion on Saturday January 23, 2021 @03:28PM (#25885737)
It seems that like with Stephen King that the more famous the author gets, the less power the editors get to push back.

In the case of Stephenson, this is counteracted a bit by Stephenson improving his craft somewhat over the years. His earlier novels all had very weak endings in my opinion, and that improved somewhat. But his never novels could use tightening.

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