[CT] Re: [CT]Cryptonomicon

Tue, 04 Jun 2002 13:31:15 -0700

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At 03:35 PM 6/4/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Exactly!  I never did get through it.  I liked the characters and 
>settings, but it was so SLOW!
>
>PM
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: <mailto:robert.delizzio@homecomings.com>Delizzio, Robert
>>To: <mailto:'continuing-time@ralf.org'>'continuing-time@ralf.org'
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:09 AM
>>Subject: RE: [CT] Book Suggestions
>>
>>By the Gods, not Cryptinomicon !! I have been trying to plow my way 
>>through that book for the past 6 months. It is hard to believe that the 
>>same author wrote Snow Crash !
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick 
>>[<mailto:rafial@well.com>mailto:rafial@well.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:54 PM
>>To: <mailto:continuing-time@ralf.org>continuing-time@ralf.org
>>Subject: Re: [CT] Book Suggestions
>>
>> >(open heart) surgery.  He's doing fine, but will be off work and unable 
>> to do
>> >much of anything for the next 6+ weeks.  So he will probably be doing 
>> quite a
>> >bit of reading during that time.
>> >
>> >His usual fare is Tom Clancy and John Grisham type novels (but I don't 
>> think
>> >he's read that many authors outside of those two).  I'm looking for
>> >suggestions
>> >of other good authors/books in the same genre 
>> (political/thriller/military).
>>
>>Well then he's perfect fodder for Cryptonomicon, and 6 weeks might
>>just be enough time to finish it ;)  It's contemporary/historical so
>>it'll ease him in...
>>
>>I'd also suggest "A Deepness in the Sky" by Vernor Vinge, which is
>>more explicitly SF (starships) but is also very much a
>>political/military thriller and is overall just a massively excellent
>>and thought provoking book.
>>
>>Since WJW has already come up on this thread, let me recommend
>>"Metropolitan" and "City of Fire", which are both amazingly excellent
>>books, but perhaps a little less challenging than "Aristoi" to a
>>non-SFnal type.  They live the techomagic urban fantasy corner of the
>>genre.
>>
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At 03:35 PM 6/4/2002 -0700, you wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Exactly!&nbsp;
I never did get through it.&nbsp; I liked the characters and settings,
but it was so SLOW! 
&nbsp; 
PM 
&nbsp; 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>----- Original Message ----- 
From: <a href="mailto:robert.delizzio@homecomings.com">Delizzio,
Robert</a> 
To:
<a href="mailto:'continuing-time@ralf.org'">'continuing-time@ralf.org'</a> 
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:09 AM 
Subject: RE: [CT] Book Suggestions 
By the Gods, not Cryptinomicon !! I have been trying to plow my way through that book for the past 6 months. It is hard to believe that the same author wrote Snow Crash ! 
 
-----Original Message----- 
From: Wilhelm *Rafial* Fitzpatrick [<a href="mailto:rafial@well.com">mailto:rafial@well.com</a>] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:54 PM 
To: <a href="mailto:continuing-time@ralf.org">continuing-time@ralf.org</a> 
Subject: Re: [CT] Book Suggestions 
&gt;(open heart) surgery.&nbsp; He's doing fine, but will be off work and unable to do 
&gt;much of anything for the next 6+ weeks.&nbsp; So he will probably be doing quite a 
&gt;bit of reading during that time. 
&gt; 
&gt;His usual fare is Tom Clancy and John Grisham type novels (but I don't think 
&gt;he's read that many authors outside of those two).&nbsp; I'm looking for 
&gt;suggestions 
&gt;of other good authors/books in the same genre (political/thriller/military). 
Well then he's perfect fodder for Cryptonomicon, and 6 weeks might 
just be enough time to finish it ;)&nbsp; It's contemporary/historical so 
it'll ease him in... 
I'd also suggest &quot;A Deepness in the Sky&quot; by Vernor Vinge, which is 
more explicitly SF (starships) but is also very much a 
political/military thriller and is overall just a massively excellent 
and thought provoking book. 
Since WJW has already come up on this thread, let me recommend 
&quot;Metropolitan&quot; and &quot;City of Fire&quot;, which are both amazingly excellent 
books, but perhaps a little less challenging than &quot;Aristoi&quot; to a 
non-SFnal type.&nbsp; They live the techomagic urban fantasy corner of the 
genre. 
-- 
______________________________________________________________________ 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wilhelm Fitzpatrick&nbsp; |&nbsp; When we speak of free 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.3roses.com/">http://www.3roses.com/</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; software we are referring 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rafial@well.com&nbsp; |&nbsp; to freedom not price. 
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