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This book is very entertaining, despite some very disturbing parts. This b...more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 2 0 false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 12:32:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 12:32:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 5 1 false Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Mar 15 15:24:25 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 15:27:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 5 1 false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 01:01:38 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 12:19:51 -0700 2008
This BOOK.

Holy shit.

It's complete and utter crack of the absolute best kind. It is fantastic and ridiculous and terrifying and beautiful and WHAT THE HELL, THIS BOOK.

I love it. I love it so much. Holy god.

SUCH CRACK.]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 3 0 false Sun Nov 15 21:39:45 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 21:44:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 3 0 false Sat Sep 13 11:39:37 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 11:40:14 -0700 2008
The street outside my restaurant pulsates with life. Fad-adorned hipsters walk up and down the main drag likes it’s a track ducking into local bakeries, cafes, music stores, bars, and eateries. The sidewalks narrow as random guys hold sign...more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 3 0 true Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:11:34 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 16:22:09 -0800 2008 1 SpoilerYou can get a sense from the book of Stephenson yen for complexity. He just loves fucking with you, forcing you to recall the little things, making you fall for the unlikeable, then just basically blowing everything up. Seriously why do you end up admiring the giant sewer rats, or the stalk...more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 4 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Nov 17 07:59:24 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 25 01:53:40 -0800 2009 Snow Crash, which I also really enjoyed... I told my boss the theme of the book, and how I loved that the main characters name was "Hiro Protaganist", and he laughed and said he's n...more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 5 0 false Wed Feb 11 18:45:50 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:49:02 -0800 2009 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 4 0 false Wed Dec 17 14:46:02 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 17:11:42 -0800 2008 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 0 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Apr 14 10:52:54 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 06 18:33:23 -0800 2008 saving grace for me is that I believe it was modeled after my college (Boston University), and his satire of BU's BUreaucracy is fairly accurate. In my time BU was nowhere near as big as a party school as it was when the author went there, so...more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 1 0 false Sun Apr 12 15:30:11 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 15:31:08 -0700 2009 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 1 0 false Tue Mar 24 23:15:31 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 23:16:59 -0700 2009 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 1 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Feb 23 14:14:48 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 14:16:31 -0800 2009 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 03 08:13:12 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 08:15:25 -0800 2009 2
Dystopian university full of smarter-than-necessary students incite then weather a minor apocalypse.]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 3 0 false Wed Jul 29 06:50:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 06:52:37 -0700 2009 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 2 0 false Sun Dec 28 22:23:13 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 22:25:45 -0800 2008 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 3 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 05:22:13 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 14:49:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 5 0 false Thu Sep 17 10:59:24 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 17:18:44 -0700 2009 826 0380816032 9780380816033 1002 61 The Big U 3.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396686m/826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/826.The_Big_U 3 0 false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Jan 07 16:50:48 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:50:48 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2204615