Comments on: About to start Snow Crash http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/about-to-start-snow-crash/ Connected Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: My Neal Stephenson Tour « Connected http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/about-to-start-snow-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-91 My Neal Stephenson Tour « Connected Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:46:44 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/about-to-start-snow-crash/#comment-91 [...] I read Cryptonomicon in 2006. That was my introduction to Mr. Stphenson’s brain. I then tried to read Quicksilver, no go. Just finished Snow Crash (loved it), and I’m in the middle of The Diamond Age, [...] [...] I read Cryptonomicon in 2006. That was my introduction to Mr. Stphenson’s brain. I then tried to read Quicksilver, no go. Just finished Snow Crash (loved it), and I’m in the middle of The Diamond Age, [...]

]]> By: Gia Lyons http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/about-to-start-snow-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Gia Lyons Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:17:07 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/about-to-start-snow-crash/#comment-93 Whoa, hadn't see he was coming out with a new book! Thanks for posting that. Actually, I've never read Snow Crash, and my hubs just finished it, so it's on deck. Re-reading Quicksilver (and then finishing the rest of the Baroque Cycle) might be a summer project for me, taking your approach. I did something similar with The Hobbit many moons ago - slogging through the bits where Frodo acquires Sting can wear a person down - so maybe it's time! Oh Newton, you tortured soul... Whoa, hadn’t see he was coming out with a new book! Thanks for posting that. Actually, I’ve never read Snow Crash, and my hubs just finished it, so it’s on deck.

Re-reading Quicksilver (and then finishing the rest of the Baroque Cycle) might be a summer project for me, taking your approach. I did something similar with The Hobbit many moons ago – slogging through the bits where Frodo acquires Sting can wear a person down – so maybe it’s time!

Oh Newton, you tortured soul…

]]> By: Julian Robichaux http://www.giatalks.com/2008/04/about-to-start-snow-crash/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Julian Robichaux Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:46:08 +0000 http://gialyons.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/about-to-start-snow-crash/#comment-92 Is that in honor of the new Neal Stephenson book coming out later this year? http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2008/03/the_return_of_neal_stephenson.html Oddly enough, I'm re-reading the whole Quicksilver trilogy right now. It was a somewhat painful read the first time around (back when it originally came out), but I'm really enjoying it much more now. I think I'm more mentally prepared for how long the narrative is, so I can enjoy the characters without being distracted every few pages with thoughts like: "Damn, look how many words he just wrote." Is that in honor of the new Neal Stephenson book coming out later this year?

http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2008/03/the_return_of_neal_stephenson.html

Oddly enough, I’m re-reading the whole Quicksilver trilogy right now. It was a somewhat painful read the first time around (back when it originally came out), but I’m really enjoying it much more now. I think I’m more mentally prepared for how long the narrative is, so I can enjoy the characters without being distracted every few pages with thoughts like: “Damn, look how many words he just wrote.”

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