Re: I don't understand Neal Stephenson's books

ravenlynne wrote:
> hamilton wrote:
> 
>>
>> The title of this thread is misleading; I loved Snowcrash and found
>> its mix of ancient religion and modern computers and tech fantastic.
>> The copy I read was a loaner from a friend and I will probably buy a
>> copy for myself.  A better title would be, "I don't understand one
>> little part of Stephenson's books, but I bought more anyway".
> 
> 
> Funny you should bring this up...I'm about 5 minutes from starting 
> Snowcrash (literally starting it after I finish up reading usenet posts)

> and was thinking of asking opinions.
> 

Well, I really did like Cryptonomicon. A lot. Snowcrash I didn't like at 
all, gave up after 20 pages or so. I liked the first part of the Baroque 
Cycle, but don't have the patience to read pages and pages of minutiae 
for one plot point.  It's just too detailed, but often I wish I had 
continued.