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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: seveneves |
| Date | 2015-08-26 02:09 -0400 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1508260207520.20182@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | <slrnmtjtl1.73b.mausg@dmaus.org> <87a8thl2hh.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> <mrilvh$ifd$1@dont-email.me> |
On Tue, 25 Aug 2015, Charles Richmond wrote: > "Mike Spencer" <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote in message > news:87a8thl2hh.fsf@bogus.nodomain.nowhere... >> >> Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> writes: >> >>> Neal Stephenson's book "Seveneves" is serious stuff, best book I have >>> read for years. I find the logic a bit hard to follow sometimes >> >> I'm a *great* Stephenson fan. Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle >> (which I tend to think of as one stupendous opus) was/were, at time of >> publication, the best book(s) I'd read in 50 years. I've read the >> whole four volumes 8 times. It's/They're still in my top ten, maybe >> top five, of all time. All his other books rate from "pretty good >> yarn" to "really great book", have read them all more than once. >> > > I've read _Crytonomicon_ and I found Neal Stephenson's writing to be > pedestrian. > I read one of his more manageable books, maybe it was "Snow Crash", or maybe it was "DIamond Age". But some of his books seem daunting, so large that I've put off trying to read them. Michael
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Re: seveneves "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-08-25 16:18 -0500
Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-26 02:09 -0400
Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-27 08:42 +0100
Re: seveneves Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-08-27 09:18 +0000
Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-27 14:30 +0100
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Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-28 13:31 +0000
Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-28 11:45 -0400
Re: seveneves Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-08-28 12:15 -0400
Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-28 13:09 -0400
Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-27 20:20 +0000
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