Ser Scot A Ellison Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 It appears to be a sequel to “Reamde”. https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062458711/fall-or-dodge-in-hell/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I often wonder what Neal thinks of JBF losing the election. The only other halfass credible libertarian weirdos I know all wish they could have her back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 You lost me, JBF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Darth Richard II said: You lost me, JBF? Julia Bliss Flaherty. Do you even read bruh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard II Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Apparently not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 7 hours ago, Darth Richard II said: You lost me, JBF? The President from Seveneves. I really don’t think she was based on Sec. Clinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 17 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: It appears to be a sequel to “Reamde”. https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062458711/fall-or-dodge-in-hell/ That's disappointing but I think have to just accept that Neal and I have grown apart in our interests. 'Readme' was like a Robert Ludlum book written by a guy who didn't have an editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Vaughn said: That's disappointing but I think have to just accept that Neal and I have grown apart in our interests. 'Readme' was like a Robert Ludlum book written by a guy who didn't have an editor. Well, I’m hoping this will be of a more philosophical bent than Reamde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unJon Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 13 hours ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: Well, I’m hoping this will be of a more philosophical bent than Reamde Same here. I’m optimistic since it’s about the main Readme character dying and going to “hell”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I’m on the fence. Reamde and Seven Eves were both pretty bad. I want to be optimistic about this but I’ll be reading plenty of reviews before I make a decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 I have just finished The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O., and I must say I still love anything the man writes. I also thoroughly enjoyed Reamde. So I'm pretty sure this one won't be an exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecan Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 I'm reading The Baroque Cycle right now and thoroughly enjoying it. Cryptonomicon and Anathem are my two favorites though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3CityApache Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 That's great to hear, Cryptonomicon is the last Neal Stephenson book I haven't read yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durckad Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 On 12/28/2018 at 9:40 PM, Ser Scot A Ellison said: It appears to be a sequel to “Reamde”. https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062458711/fall-or-dodge-in-hell/ What an odd choice for a sequel. But that's only because I thought it was easily one of his worst, most unfocused books (and that's really saying something considering most of his books are in desperate need of some good editing). Maybe it sold really, really well and I just wasn't aware? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 28 minutes ago, Durckad said: What an odd choice for a sequel. But that's only because I thought it was easily one of his worst, most unfocused books (and that's really saying something considering most of his books are in desperate need of some good editing). Maybe it sold really, really well and I just wasn't aware? To be frank, I agree. However, maybe it was a set up for this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Durckad said: What an odd choice for a sequel. But that's only because I thought it was easily one of his worst, most unfocused books (and that's really saying something considering most of his books are in desperate need of some good editing). Maybe it sold really, really well and I just wasn't aware? In his defence, this particular one supposedly wasn't his fault: he had two seperate ideas for novels- the gamer thing and the islamic thing I believe were the two halves- and his publisher demanded that he smoosh them together because Neal Stephenson books are expected to be LONG. This really just sounds like it takes the central character from Reamde and puts it in a whole new thing just jumping off from the electronic world background of that book, so I shouldn't think any faults in the first will manifest here. Especially since Richard was a pretty solid character I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 2 hours ago, polishgenius said: In his defence, this particular one supposedly wasn't his fault: he had two seperate ideas for novels- the gamer thing and the islamic thing I believe were the two halves- and his publisher demanded that he smoosh them together because Neal Stephenson books are expected to be LONG. This really just sounds like it takes the central character from Reamde and puts it in a whole new thing just jumping off from the electronic world background of that book, so I shouldn't think any faults in the first will manifest here. Especially since Richard was a pretty solid character I thought. The gameworld story was better than the generic terrorism plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 22 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: The gameworld story was better than the generic terrorism plot. Absolutely and I was annoyed that he never properly resolved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 12 hours ago, Pecan said: I'm reading The Baroque Cycle right now and thoroughly enjoying it. Cryptonomicon and Anathem are my two favorites though. Same for me. I mostly enjoyed his others but those five were clearly the best, and the two stand-alones were better than the Cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 Is The Rise and Fall of DODO a back handed sequel to Anathem? They deal with similar themes about the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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