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Termination Shock
I have started the new Stephenson, and as could be expected it is wonderfully good. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Excellent timing! I had just heard about this one yesterday, and intended to ask if anyone here had read it yet. 
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Just read the NYT review, which made it sound like a terrific book….if you have the spare time of one who rocks her chair on the porch all day with the cat by her side. It made me think “one day”
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That’s me, Star! But I am not rushing through it because books of this quality are far too rare. I want it to last.
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Interesting. I’ve never been a Stevenson fan, but might give this one a try.
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Aja Jin, I am a huge Stephenson fan, so keep that in mind when weighing this decision
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Kokipy wrote:
Aja Jin, I am a huge Stephenson fan, so keep that in mind when weighing this decision
I really liked Anathem a lot, and Cryptonomicon was good. Diamond Age, couldn't get into it. I probably read Snow Crash when it came out, but don't remember it.
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I seem to have an on again off again relationship with Stephenson's work. I really liked both Diamond Age and Reamde, had a 'meh' reaction to Snow Crash and took a long time to eventually warm to Anathem. I'm pretty sure I also went on record on a previous incarnation of this board to recount how I only ever managed to finish Cryptonomicon because it was the only book I had with me on a long trans-Pacific flight in the days before Kindles and such-like.
I look forward to hearing Kokipy's opinion of the new title.
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I have that same reaction to Stevenson in general and the same reactions to those particular titles.
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I love Stephenson’s work, and consider Cryptonomicon to be a work of brilliance. I tend to buy all his books, but do I read them? Well most of them, but as one always struggling for reading time, often I am daunted by their sheer size. So while I loved, Reamde, Anathem, Snow Crash, Seveneves, I didn’t even attempt the massive doorstop Fall. So I’m confident I’ll like this, but also that it won’t happen soon. Sadly.
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