[CT] Re: [CT]Cryptonomicon

[Daniel Moran]

The only cypberpunk book I've ever really enjoyed is Snow Crash. 
Cryptonomicon took everything I disliked about that book (the silliness of 
the "Snow Crash" itself, for one) and lost the witty dialog and fast pace 
that made the earlier book so wonderful.

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 at homecomings.com>Delizzio, Robert
>>To: <mailto:'continuing-time at ralf.org'>'continuing-time at 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 at well.com>mailto:rafial at well.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:54 PM
>>To: <mailto:continuing-time at ralf.org>continuing-time at 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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