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- Read Seven Eves, we dont want a crumbling moon raining down on the earth.
- I'm not sure how to drop a no-spoilers Seven Eves reference in here, but suffice it to say, I thought it was a pretty good Stephenson sci-fi book & x37b showed up in spectacular fashion.
- This is funny, both Fall and Diamond Age are Stephenson novels I haven't managed to get through, but of the ones I've read (and enjoyed!), the endings have been as follows:
Remade - massively stretched my suspension of disbelief.
Cryptonomicon - pretty bad.
Snow Crash - No memory, I might have blocked it out?
Anthem - maybe ok? There are two though so that's cheating.
Seven Eves - That one might have been ok, but it's possible I also blocked it out. The second half was a bit strange tbh.
To be clear, I'd still recommend all of these books. Cryptonomicon is one of my favorite pieces of fiction of all time (up there with LOTR and Three Body Problem), and Anthem is in the mix. Stephenson just sucks at endings I guess.
- The same with Seven Eves. Absolutely amazing book, but you better enjoy it while you're reading, the end feels like your book has missed the last pages.
- Neal Stephenson has a lot to offer in the Seven Eves
- Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull It's the story of Pixar and there's so many things I enjoyed about this book. It helped validate for me many of my instincts in running a creative business.
The Martian by Andy Weir I very much enjoyed the story and how it was all approached.
Seven Eves by Neil Stephenson Similar to his other books (Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon) I've gifted these a few times. I really enjoy his method of storytelling and his stories appeal to the geek in me as well.
