Juan's review
Interface
by Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George
I'm going to read more Neal Stephenson just to give them negative reviews. I... have a lot of free time.
I defy you... DEFY YOU to come up with something negative to say about Cryptonomicon. Because good literature is all about subjective appreciation. So please feel free to conform to the cult of Neal Stephenson or die.
It's a stupid title.
I hate you Kenny.
I've tried to read at least two Neal Stephenson books and it's just been epic fail all over the place. I don't get it, at all.
It's for stoned people, aka Juan.
I am shocked, SHOCKED at these slanderous accusations and fear that my good friends have fallen in with the Oprah crowd for not seeing that Neal Stephenson is a double-plus super genius.
I was able to get through Cryptonomicon, and I liked it. It is a stupid title. I loved Snow Crash -- I think you have to be a little n3rdcor3, a little techie to really enjoy it.
BTW none of my local bookstores carry his recent books.
Can I have the names of these bookstores? I'd like to give them my business.
OMG - worlds collide! Two of my snarkiest friends - Bradlay and Berri - meet on teh Interwebs! In all seriousness what is the most accessible title by Mr. Stephenson, for someone with hair as excellent as mine is?
If you like tales that span WWII to the recently-present day which involve the nerdish travails of a hacker savant who works to build an Indonesian data haven (that every power-monger in the world wants a piece of) who is also the descendent of a Bletchley Park codebreaker secretly allied with a U.S. Navy hero (who could make Robert Mitchum fucking cry)-- who is himself being hung out to dry so his own descendent years later can lead an expedition to find sunken Nazi Gold that also happens to be the MOTHER FUCKING SOLOMONIC GOLD (spoiler)... then Cryptonomicon is a natural place to start.
Quicksilver might also be a good starter. Great characters. It's got pirates. And escaped harem girls who fuck up the world of men.
If it's any consolation, I have all the tech-savviness of driftwood, but still find the shit he writes about enthralling. Mathematics, language, currency, history, nanotechnology-- the man has done his damn research.
SOLOMONIC GOLD!!! Why didn't you say so earlier?! Wait! What's solomonic gold and why does it excite Juan so? Is that code for pot? Just call it doobage like all the cool kids.
Is that what cool kids call King Solomon's mines' gold? Enlighten ze anner?
The only thing I remember about King Solomon's Mines is thinking there was no way Sharon Stone would pork wrinkly-old Richard Chamberlain. Could be?
In Stephenson's nerdiverse, King Solomon was some kind of alchemist, and made a bunch of "heavy" gold that was imbued with the holy spirit or some shyte. This Solomonic gold shows up in Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle and is coveted by Nazis and Isaac Newton (respectively), who want it for its supposed ability to grant immortality or some business.
I don't know if it can be smoked, but if anyone finds some, I'll give it a shot.
DO NOT read Cryptonomicon first thing. Oh wait, you made it through the tragic "Johnathan Strange.." so maybe the Crypt will suit you just fine.
I honestly thought that Snow Crash was one of the fluffiest, or as you say, 'accessible to people with excellent hair'. Also Diamond Age is pretty good, if you like the steampunk-y thing.
I didn't read any of the baroques -- tried Quicksilver and was not really into it.
Had to look up the synopsis for Zodiac and I do not think I read it.
Best Stephenson book? The Big U. A brazen freshman effort about a college campus which, while derivative, is humorous in it's over-stating the obvious and ripe with hyperbole.
GODDAMN WAS THAT A PRETENTIOUS ENOUGH REVIEW!?
THERE IS MOTHER FUCKING SOLOMONIC GOLD IN THIS MOTHER FUCKING BOOK.
The only nerdiverse worth a damn is the buffyverse.
Bradlay P signing off and heading for the tub.
See, nerdiverse is pretty much a misnomer when using it to describe this author. He writes about some pretty bad ass shit most of the time.
Whereas the buffyverse is populated entirely by giant poufs.
JUST PRETENTIOUS ENOUGH! Actually, I enjoy the whole "steampunk" thing, so I will take your sage advice and attempt Diamond Age once I shake loose of this true crime/British novelists/heroin memoir thing that seems to have possessed me. FYI -the Stephenson I EPIC FAILED at was Quicksilver.
Juan's review
Interface by Neal Stephenson, J. Frederick George
Juan's review
rating:
recommended for: Not Bradlay
Started out great, with a fantastic premise and engaging characters. Went out on a bit of a whimper.
That said, I am still gorging my belly on the Neal Stephenson Kool-Aid and know the man can do no wrong. Except, apparently, when he collaborates with relatives.
San Dimas High School Football rules!
That said, I am still gorging my belly on the Neal Stephenson Kool-Aid and know the man can do no wrong. Except, apparently, when he collaborates with relatives.
San Dimas High School Football rules!
I'm going to read more Neal Stephenson just to give them negative reviews. I... have a lot of free time.
I defy you... DEFY YOU to come up with something negative to say about Cryptonomicon. Because good literature is all about subjective appreciation. So please feel free to conform to the cult of Neal Stephenson or die.
It's a stupid title.
I hate you Kenny.
I've tried to read at least two Neal Stephenson books and it's just been epic fail all over the place. I don't get it, at all.
It's for stoned people, aka Juan.
I am shocked, SHOCKED at these slanderous accusations and fear that my good friends have fallen in with the Oprah crowd for not seeing that Neal Stephenson is a double-plus super genius.
I was able to get through Cryptonomicon, and I liked it. It is a stupid title. I loved Snow Crash -- I think you have to be a little n3rdcor3, a little techie to really enjoy it.
BTW none of my local bookstores carry his recent books.
Can I have the names of these bookstores? I'd like to give them my business.
OMG - worlds collide! Two of my snarkiest friends - Bradlay and Berri - meet on teh Interwebs! In all seriousness what is the most accessible title by Mr. Stephenson, for someone with hair as excellent as mine is?
If you like tales that span WWII to the recently-present day which involve the nerdish travails of a hacker savant who works to build an Indonesian data haven (that every power-monger in the world wants a piece of) who is also the descendent of a Bletchley Park codebreaker secretly allied with a U.S. Navy hero (who could make Robert Mitchum fucking cry)-- who is himself being hung out to dry so his own descendent years later can lead an expedition to find sunken Nazi Gold that also happens to be the MOTHER FUCKING SOLOMONIC GOLD (spoiler)... then Cryptonomicon is a natural place to start.
Quicksilver might also be a good starter. Great characters. It's got pirates. And escaped harem girls who fuck up the world of men.
If it's any consolation, I have all the tech-savviness of driftwood, but still find the shit he writes about enthralling. Mathematics, language, currency, history, nanotechnology-- the man has done his damn research.
SOLOMONIC GOLD!!! Why didn't you say so earlier?! Wait! What's solomonic gold and why does it excite Juan so? Is that code for pot? Just call it doobage like all the cool kids.
Is that what cool kids call King Solomon's mines' gold? Enlighten ze anner?
The only thing I remember about King Solomon's Mines is thinking there was no way Sharon Stone would pork wrinkly-old Richard Chamberlain. Could be?
In Stephenson's nerdiverse, King Solomon was some kind of alchemist, and made a bunch of "heavy" gold that was imbued with the holy spirit or some shyte. This Solomonic gold shows up in Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle and is coveted by Nazis and Isaac Newton (respectively), who want it for its supposed ability to grant immortality or some business.
I don't know if it can be smoked, but if anyone finds some, I'll give it a shot.
DO NOT read Cryptonomicon first thing. Oh wait, you made it through the tragic "Johnathan Strange.." so maybe the Crypt will suit you just fine.I honestly thought that Snow Crash was one of the fluffiest, or as you say, 'accessible to people with excellent hair'. Also Diamond Age is pretty good, if you like the steampunk-y thing.
I didn't read any of the baroques -- tried Quicksilver and was not really into it.
Had to look up the synopsis for Zodiac and I do not think I read it.
Best Stephenson book? The Big U. A brazen freshman effort about a college campus which, while derivative, is humorous in it's over-stating the obvious and ripe with hyperbole.
GODDAMN WAS THAT A PRETENTIOUS ENOUGH REVIEW!?
THERE IS MOTHER FUCKING SOLOMONIC GOLD IN THIS MOTHER FUCKING BOOK.The only nerdiverse worth a damn is the buffyverse.
Bradlay P signing off and heading for the tub.
See, nerdiverse is pretty much a misnomer when using it to describe this author. He writes about some pretty bad ass shit most of the time.
Whereas the buffyverse is populated entirely by giant poufs.
JUST PRETENTIOUS ENOUGH! Actually, I enjoy the whole "steampunk" thing, so I will take your sage advice and attempt Diamond Age once I shake loose of this true crime/British novelists/heroin memoir thing that seems to have possessed me. FYI -the Stephenson I EPIC FAILED at was Quicksilver.