Neal Stephenson: Orbital Mechanics 101 and Tekla Porn

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > Neal Stephenson: Orbital Mechanics 101 and Tekla Porn

Fellwenner: Oct 21, 2005; Don't make me kill you.

Jazerus posted:

I see a lot of discussion about Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon whenever a Stephenson discussion pops up on SA for whatever reason, but very little about the Baroque Cycle. Personally I don't really enjoy any of his books other than the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver in particular) - do most people not care for them?

I love the Baroque Cycle. It took a bit of time to get into, the first third of Quicksilver was a bit of a slog as things got set up and underway, but then things take off and are non-stop wonderful until the end. Have read Snow Crash (silly fun), Cryptonomicon (good, but different in tone to the BS; maybe it's just that it didn't have Jack in it), and Reamde (bland).

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Fellwenner: Oct 21, 2005; Don't make me kill you.

Snak posted:

I stopped reading Quicksilver because I found everything about Eliza and Jack's story to be terrible, cliche, and boring.

At what point did you stop?

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