on 11/12/00 10:35 pm, dendriite at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> From: "Gord Sellar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 8:27 PM
> Subject: Re: A Deepness in the Sky
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>> Gord
>> PS: I also just finished _The Diamond Age_ and would be pleased if people
>> were interested in discussing it. :)
>>
> Stephenson is awesome. I wish I could find a copy of "The Big U".
>
> I'd need to refresh myself with Diamond Age if there is to be some
> discussion.
I enjoyed _The Diamond Age_ but felt it did a better job of world-building
in the first half than it did of using the world in the second half.
_Cryptonomicon_ (which I am reading now) appears to be his best yet
(although it could have been edited better - there are a few mistakes which
could have been corrected.)
--
William T Goodall
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http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
