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I just finished the months-long project of reading this series on my Kindle, earlier tonight. I'm tempted to dive right into audio, but it's pretty weak that they're using the "serial" rather than "trilogy" chronology. It's not just a matter of having to spend $90-100 to get the series. Stephenson also recut the books for the trilogy release, shuffling the chapters of the books together to maintain chronology and make the whole thing flow as a single 3000 page novel.
I did love the series, and didn't find it nearly as challenging as reviews lead me to expect. It was more compelling and less esoteric than Cryptonomicon, I thought, despite being much longer and similarly complex.
I don't have too many Stephenson novels left to read, and mostly early stuff of which I'm a bit leery. Snow Crash was a big let down when I read it as a teenager, and put me off Stephenson for over a decade. I am looking forward to Seveneves. It's probably accurate to say he's my favorite author at the moment. Anathem is probably my favorite science fiction book of all time.
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