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Originally Posted by Redcard
Goodness, is Ananthem that good?
I've got it on the Reader, but wanted to bust out Eragon and Eldest so that some friends who seem high on Paolini can get me Brisingr for my birthday. I love reading, so it's no big deal, but Anathem is seemingly like a plague around here, and it sounds so engrossing.
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I'm not sure if engrossing is the right word. It depends on what you like. I'm a big Stephenson fan and the Baroque Cycle and Cryptonomicon are probably both in my top ten. Anathem isn't, but I still liked it a hell of a lot.
I guess for me part of it is when I'm reading a book by certain authors I enjoy them so much that they feel like they've been written for me personally. It can be difficult to go from a book you feel like has been tailor made for you to get maximum pleasure from to a "regular" book.
Anyway I still haven't decided what to read next. A couple of books I want to reread (Iain Bank's Crow Road and Pynchon's Mason & Dixon) aren't available in electronic format (boo) and as I've just got my reader I want to stick with it for a while longer. I'm thinking of reading something really light-weight and fun, maybe a thriller or something.
Edit: And I've just got to say GAH! the gaps in availability for ebooks annoys me no end. I hope some more publishers start getting their act together (or is it the author's fault?)