Re: [NTLK] Etymology of Mathematics. Can't let that slide.

From: Mark Smith (mark_at_bbprojects.net)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 22:20:33 PST


Nate Turnage1 wrote:

> Are there any More Neil Stephenson Newton books lingering
> anywhere? I recently finished "Diamond Age" and loved it. He
> has a great style, a bit like Gibson but more British

I like Stephenson very much myself, but having just finished
Qucksilver, I would say that he is very non-British. The
"American style" of Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Zodiac and
Cryptonomicon fitted well. In Quicksilver, he necessarily
attempts to adopt a much more British style and, though the book
remains fascinating and enjoyable, this style really doesn't work
well at all.

0.02

mark.

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