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Reamde by Neal Stephenson

  • 14-03-2012 10:41AM
    #1
    Evac101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 689 ✭✭✭


    Reading this at the moment, already an avid fan of his earlier work from SnowCrash to The Diamond Age. Have to say that I'm a quarter through and feeling very let down. The plot and characters seem simplistic compared to previous efforts and the influence of Kismet/Chance/Serendipity seems exaggerated, even when compared to previous work.

    Anyone else reading/read this and am I being too negative regarding it in comparison to his previous writing?


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  • #2
    zumbar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24 ✭zumbar


    I'm sad to hear that. Reading Anatheam at the moment which is good but heavy going. Was hoping README would be a throw back to Cryptonomicon ...

    - which is one of my favorite books of all time ........


  • #3
    giftgrub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    zumbar wrote: »
    I'm sad to hear that. Reading Anatheam at the moment which is good but heavy going. Was hoping README would be a throw back to Cryptonomicon ...

    - which is one of my favorite books of all time ........

    I know this thread has been qiuet for a while but I've just started REAMDE

    About 200 pages in.

    I have to say its been a long time since i read stephenson, I think i read Snow Crash in the 90s

    But i'm liking it, the idea to use MMORPG as a base for the story really works...so far anyway...700 more pages to go!


  • #4
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    giftgrub wrote: »
    But i'm liking it, the idea to use MMORPG as a base for the story really works...so far anyway...700 more pages to go!
    And if he kept it with that, I'd have enjoyed it more. You'll understand what I mean in a bit.


  • #5
    giftgrub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    ixoy wrote: »
    And if he kept it with that, I'd have enjoyed it more. You'll understand what I mean in a bit.

    I'll get back to you on that:)


  • #6
    giftgrub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    And its starting to slow up.....

    Just finished what seemed like 50 pages background on a female spy....

    That copy of Dance with Dragons waiting for me on the shelf is looking more appealling.


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  • #7
    pH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,188 ✭✭✭pH


    Hated it - loved his earlier stuff but didn't like this at all.

    The first part reads like a boring lecture on how clever he thinks he'd be at designing an MMORPG and from there descends into a badly written thriller.


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