Heather Madrone wrote:
> At 6:46 PM +0530 6/15/10, Sruthi Krishnan wrote:
>
>> In particular, there's this
>>
>>> passage of ~15 pages in _Cryptonomicon_ that has to do with the Right
>>> Way of eating chocolate cereal.
>>>
>>>
>> First reaction: Shudder.
>> Followed by: Tiny voice inside urges, maybe if it is well written....
>>
>
> Most people can't get through Stephenson, but I'd recommend starting with
> _Snow Crash_, _The Diamond Age_, or _Anathem_. _Cryptonomicon_
> is like candy if you happen to be up on Alan Turing and Enigma, however.
> I love everything Stephenson's written except _The Year of Rice and Salt_.
>
> I love Kim Stanley Robinson as well, and sitting next to him on the shelf,
> Robin McKinley. Very different, but another author people seem to love or
> hate.
>
Small wires crossed here, Heather: _The Year of Rice and Salt_ is
Robinson's, not Stephenson's.
Also, Sruthi et al.: to read the passage about cereal in
_Cryptonomicon_, this link may suffice:
http://kuhu.org/p-hl (Google Books)
I read the first two books of Robinson's Mars series, then completely
lost interest about two chapters into the third book. I've read
everything of Stephenson's at least twice.
Jeremy
