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Oct. 4th, 2017 01:07 pmI really enjoy anathem. I enjoy the premise of organisations devoted to pure thinking. I enjoy a book which plays with practical implications of weird philosophy. I enjoy the general hopeful attitude. But every time I read it I also find MORE AND MORE which makes me incredibly cheesed off:
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Jan. 19th, 2009 05:34 pmOverview
OK, so now I've read Anathem. I enjoyed it very much. It was a lot easier to get into than the Baroque Cycle, I basically read lots and lots over the weekend, never feeling the need to put the book down for a few days to recover, though I feel a little exhausted now I've finished.
It is indeed very reminiscent of Name of the Rose, although Rose probably evokes the feel of its world a lot better. I love the academic mosastic style of every conversation, several of which were utterly hilarious. And I'm fond of the characters, although I suspect when I view the book with more distance, they may not actually be as unique as they could be. We'll have to wait and see to discover how much I love it in retrospect.
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OK, so now I've read Anathem. I enjoyed it very much. It was a lot easier to get into than the Baroque Cycle, I basically read lots and lots over the weekend, never feeling the need to put the book down for a few days to recover, though I feel a little exhausted now I've finished.
It is indeed very reminiscent of Name of the Rose, although Rose probably evokes the feel of its world a lot better. I love the academic mosastic style of every conversation, several of which were utterly hilarious. And I'm fond of the characters, although I suspect when I view the book with more distance, they may not actually be as unique as they could be. We'll have to wait and see to discover how much I love it in retrospect.
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Jan. 16th, 2009 11:46 amMy God! Neal Stephenson was bitten by a radioactive library, and turned into an unholy cross between Umberto Eco and <Reverb>Tolkien</Reverb>.