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HappyMartin · 01-02-2009, 07:58 AM

Felt the same way after reading Anathem but fortunately I have not read Snow Crash so I am about to begin. Lucky me I think

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-02-2009, 08:04 AM

I like Snow Crash, all the more so given it was written before things like Second Life were around (which will make more sense when you start to read it).

Libby Cone · 01-02-2009, 07:47 PM

I read Bliss Broyard's "One Drop" and Sarah Waters' "Tipping the Velvet" during the holidays. Both were good, though I wasn't drained after either. I think I was after reading "Cryptonomicon," but that was a while ago.
Now back to scribbling!

nekokami · 01-03-2009, 10:27 PM

I liked Snow Crash, but not as much as I liked The Diamond Age. I read part of the Cryptonomicon once... online, for some reason. I don't remember why it was available that way. Must have been a long excerpt available as an intro or something. It was interesting, and I might dig up a copy to finish it, but I've got other things I'll probably read first.

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01-02-2009, 07:58 AM	#16
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	Felt the same way after reading Anathem but fortunately I have not read Snow Crash so I am about to begin. Lucky me I think

01-02-2009, 08:04 AM	#17
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	I like Snow Crash, all the more so given it was written before things like Second Life were around (which will make more sense when you start to read it).

01-02-2009, 07:47 PM	#18
Libby Cone scribbler Posts: 117 Karma: 246 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle	I read Bliss Broyard's "One Drop" and Sarah Waters' "Tipping the Velvet" during the holidays. Both were good, though I wasn't drained after either. I think I was after reading "Cryptonomicon," but that was a while ago. Now back to scribbling!

01-03-2009, 10:27 PM	#19
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I liked Snow Crash, but not as much as I liked The Diamond Age. I read part of the Cryptonomicon once... online, for some reason. I don't remember why it was available that way. Must have been a long excerpt available as an intro or something. It was interesting, and I might dig up a copy to finish it, but I've got other things I'll probably read first.

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