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Re:I am Neal Stephenson, sci-fi author, geek, and [now] swor... by erikw on Friday March 03, 2023 @07:38PM (#35016916)
Anathem and The Baroque Cycle both took me two tries as well. The second half of Anathem is an action-adventure book mix of Zodiac and Seveneves, so it gets really engaging. The Baroque Cycle eventually sucked me in because I felt like I really got to know the characters, but it never gets fast-paced.
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Re:I am Neal Stephenson, sci-fi author, geek, and [now] swor... by s1artibartfast on Friday March 03, 2023 @10:03PM (#35017730)
Interesting, I thought the second half of Anathem wend down hill. The first half reminded me of Hesse's The Glass Bead Game
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