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lightreadsThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
DNF. Neal Stephenson does time travel. I like time travel, and I like Neal Stephenson (well, okay, it's more complicated than that – I appreciate Neal Stephenson's style and sense of humor, but he's clearly got a deep deep well of obnoxiousness down there).
But this was so dull. So so dull. I bailed at the 40% mark, which was probably a good hundred thousand words in, and the actual plot was still only peeking shyly from around a corner somewhere ahead. Also … I hate being that guy, but. If Stephenson had much to do with the actual writing of the actual prose of this, I would be very surprised. His co-author is competent, but you can't open a book expecting the usual Stephenson wit and wordplay and get … competent.
DNF. Neal Stephenson does time travel. I like time travel, and I like Neal Stephenson (well, okay, it's more complicated than that – I appreciate Neal Stephenson's style and sense of humor, but he's clearly got a deep deep well of obnoxiousness down there).
But this was so dull. So so dull. I bailed at the 40% mark, which was probably a good hundred thousand words in, and the actual plot was still only peeking shyly from around a corner somewhere ahead. Also … I hate being that guy, but. If Stephenson had much to do with the actual writing of the actual prose of this, I would be very surprised. His co-author is competent, but you can't open a book expecting the usual Stephenson wit and wordplay and get … competent.