Thread: So what was the best thing you Read in 2009?
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Old 12-27-2009, 01:36 PM   #32
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The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Read Cryptonomicon a while back and this was just as good. For 2010 I'm going to read through his Baroque Cycle. Found some nice signed first editions.
That reminds me, I've been planning to buy Anathem for a while, maybe I should do it now that the price has gone under $10 The Baroque Cycle is my favorite work so far by Stephenson, but probably that has a lot to do with the subject matter. I am fascinated by this time period when the modern conceptions of science started to emerge. These books are one reason why I'm reading a biography of Louis XIV now.

Also, I wonder if I can change my vote? After all, 2009 isn't over yet. I just finished The Master and Margarita and was just a tiny bit disappointed by the end, so I'm wondering if I should vote for Amos Oz's Touch the Water, Touch the Wind instead. Oh well, both are beautiful books, so I guess I'll just vote for both.
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