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Started reading Snow Crash for the first time. Am I supposed to think some of this is ridiculous? The Deliverator? Really?
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Dear RMS posted:Started reading Snow Crash for the first time. Am I supposed to think some of this is ridiculous? Do you really have to ask?
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Dec 16, 2011 02:27
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hiro protagonist please tell me that's a wiki joke edit
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Dec 16, 2011 02:40
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Wilhelm_Scream.wav posted:hiro protagonist nope you just don't get it maaaaaaaaaaan
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Dec 16, 2011 02:59
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it sorta starts out as an amusing parody and then slowly over the course of about 100 pages stephenson forgets its a parody
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Dec 16, 2011 03:07
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rotor posted:it sorta starts out as an amusing parody and then slowly over the course of about 100 pages stephenson forgets its a parody this, also, Ready Player One is basically the sequel to Snowcrash but written for juniors
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Dec 16, 2011 03:13
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at least he writes really good endings ... neal stephenson is enjoyable, but he's not nearly clever enough to pull off the kinds of books he tries to write
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Dec 16, 2011 03:15
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TOOT BOOT posted:at least he writes really good endings ready player one finished equally as abruptly, I even read the acknowledgements just to see if Stephensen helped write it. basically if your 18 and liked snowcrash but thought it was too deep and lacked 80s references out the rear end then Ready Player One is for you
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Dec 16, 2011 03:37
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TOOT BOOT posted:at least he writes really good endings I gave up after the Turing one I like an ending that doesn't make it clear that he either got bored or had no clue where the book was supposed to go before he started it
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Dec 16, 2011 03:46
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rotor posted:it sorta starts out as an amusing parody and then slowly over the course of about 100 pages stephenson forgets its a parody Hrm
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Dec 16, 2011 03:46
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rotor posted:it sorta starts out as an amusing parody and then slowly over the course of about 100 pages stephenson forgets its a parody yeah, but i still like it. gently caress the baroque cycle though.
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Dec 16, 2011 04:48
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mr_jim posted:yeah, but i still like it. Cryptonomicon, Snowcrash then stop reading (starting Reamde after I read Master of Doom, is it any good?)
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Dec 16, 2011 04:58
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mr_jim posted:yeah, but i still like it. really? i just orderd that poo poo on the amazon
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Dec 16, 2011 05:00
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Coffee Quack posted:if you can't make 2l of beer vanish in at least a weekend you probably aren't even buying stuff you like to be clear, i'm a total loving lightweight.
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Dec 16, 2011 05:08
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:Cryptonomicon, Snowcrash then stop reading well goons love cryptonomicon and snowcrash and hate reamde and zodiac draw your own conclusions
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Dec 16, 2011 05:21
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i thought diamond age was pretty neat
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Dec 16, 2011 05:26
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BUSINESS CATTE 2.0 posted:well honestly I hated Anathem (got maybe 1/4 through) and his silver age books where god awful. I heard that he use to write his books in pen first so that it would stop him from rambling on, it didn't work quote:
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Dec 16, 2011 05:26
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atomicthumbs posted:i thought diamond age was pretty neat diamond age was my favorite by a mile snow crash was pretty decent cryptonomicon was ridiculous but it was written well enough for the first half then i had that sunk cost fallacy goin and motored on through to what is literally the worst ending to a book i've ever read i didnt read any more after that
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Dec 16, 2011 05:49
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Dear RMS posted:Started reading Snow Crash for the first time. Am I supposed to think some of this is ridiculous? The protagonist is called Hiro Protagonist. I'm pretty sure you're meant to take it 100% seriously
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Dec 16, 2011 05:58
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dont forget snow crash is why the guy behind realplayer created second life. yep
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Dec 16, 2011 06:19
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don't forget the early vrml browser/platform Blaxxun
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Dec 16, 2011 06:33
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i finished reamde recently it was... very much him. super long winded bullshit, characters that are all amazing geniuses and all speak in exactly the same completely ridiculous, extremely expository way except for the moments here and there when he remembers that one of them is supposed to have an accent or whatever a story line that revolves heavily around a fictional MMORPG yeah
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Dec 16, 2011 06:54
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That section in snowcrash about sumerian brain viruses was so far out and long winded I nearly skipped it. I enjoyed the rest, though.
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Dec 16, 2011 07:38
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I wish there was more epic sci-fi. I could really for like a 5000 page history of war with an alien species right now.
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Dec 16, 2011 07:40
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TOOT BOOT posted:I wish there was more epic sci-fi. I could really for like a 5000 page history of war with an alien species right now. it's not exactly what you're looking for but may I recommend Battlefield Earth by Ron L. L. Hubbard?
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Dec 16, 2011 08:46
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TOOT BOOT posted:I wish there was more epic sci-fi. I could really for like a 5000 page history of war with an alien species right now. i've heard the Lensman series is good, you should give it a try and let us know how it goes i recently started a collection of four Frank Herbert books in one volume. it's a loving massive tome, starts with Whipping Star. it's okay so far.
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Dec 16, 2011 09:01
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I just finished The City & The City and it's a pretty cool book, not really scifi/fantasy but definitely  speculative fiction
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Dec 16, 2011 09:38
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sticky wizard posted:really? i just orderd that poo poo on the amazon good luck. i've started reading them twice and stopped about halfway through the second one because reading it started to feel like a chore. Optimus_Rhyme posted:honestly I hated Anathem (got maybe 1/4 through) and his silver age books where god awful. i liked anathem, but it starts off rough because you have to keep flipping to the glossary for all the made-up words.
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Dec 16, 2011 13:13
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Luigi Thirty posted:it's not exactly what you're looking for but may I recommend Battlefield Earth by Ron L. L. Hubbard? Apparently I need to stop sleeping so I don't get beaten to jokes.
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Dec 16, 2011 15:37
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hes not realy totally sci fi but can anyone recommend a don delilo book other than white noise? thats one of my favorite books ever and im in a reading mood
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Dec 16, 2011 16:29
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when i was 12 i did a back to the future 3 book report but i know the teacher thought i just watched the movie instead. but i really read the book cover to cover. the next sci-fi book i read was star trek tng book about the planet killer from TOS. finally i read snow crash a few years ago. I rate them in that order from best to worst. i'll never read sci-fi again because of my last experience.
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Dec 16, 2011 16:48
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Boner Buffet posted:star trek tng book about the planet killer from TOS. finally i read snow crash a few years ago
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Dec 16, 2011 18:03
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ChiralCondensate posted:this was a Q book but I don't remember anything else about it, scared to look on memory gamma I think you mean memory beta, because I just visited memory gamma and found Olivia Benson  .
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Dec 16, 2011 18:24
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Optimus_Rhyme posted:Cryptonomicon, Snowcrash then stop reading i liked anathem better than either of those
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Dec 16, 2011 18:32
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zodiac was pretty cool when I was a teenager he wasn't a total technofetishist yet
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Dec 16, 2011 18:33
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sci fi status: i'm mostly enjoying surface detail
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Dec 16, 2011 18:35
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LP97S posted:I think you mean memory beta, because I just visited memory gamma and found Olivia Benson why the gently caress does she have a sword
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Dec 16, 2011 18:38
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NINbuntu 64 posted:why the gently caress does she have a sword cuz quote:The great blades Diamondite edged tip can easily pierce or slice through a minimum of 3 feet of Duranium hull in seconds and can sever unprotected flesh in nano-seconds.
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Dec 16, 2011 18:40
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BUSINESS CATTE 2.0 posted:cuz Why is there a wiki dedicated to putting anime in Star Trek fanfic?
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just finished Ringworld and uhhhhhh...it wasn't really all that good i've pretty much spoiled myself by reading a bunch of culture books, haven't i?
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