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Re:Interviewing Tim Sweeney and Neal Stephenson by mvonballmo on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:03AM (#41443461)
For me it was Termination Shock that finally convinced me to stop reading his books. He just likes to write really long, repetitive and wildly overly detailed books. I was entertained by SevenEves and Reamde but I'm open to the possibility that I might very well react as I did to Termination Shock if I tried rereading them.

Edit: I've read and very much enjoyed a ton of Stephenson (Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle, Anathem) but his recent stuff is tailing off for me. I don't know if it's me or him.

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Re:Interviewing Tim Sweeney and Neal Stephenson by mrmlz on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @08:05AM (#41444681)
I really liked Seveneves - i.e. the first part of it - the secondary add-on story fell a bit flat to me.
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Re:Interviewing Tim Sweeney and Neal Stephenson by lynx23 on Wednesday September 04, 2024 @05:20AM (#41443561)
Ahh, I dont feel alone, thats nice. I didn't even know Termination Schock. But glancing over the wikipedia page for it, I immediately know this is definitely not my genre. Climate fiction, no thanks.
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