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Re:Has Neal Stephenson become too accessible? by davidw on Monday September 19, 2011 @10:26AM (#3013652)
Cryptonomicon is a bit more down to earth. I liked Anathem, but there are certainly long bits of 'blah blah' that Cryptonimicon lacks, and seems no worse for it.
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Re:Has Neal Stephenson become too accessible? by arethuza on Monday September 19, 2011 @11:37AM (#3013932)
What were the "blah blah" bits for you?
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Re:Has Neal Stephenson become too accessible? by davidw on Monday September 19, 2011 @11:58AM (#3014020)
There's a lot of discussion while they're at the "big convention" (I forget the exact name for it), and at times it seemed to drag on a bit much for my tastes.
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