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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 1 by Alan Moore (114)
Iron Council by China Mieville (105)
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson (101)
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt (85)
Steampunk by Ann VanderMeer (81) The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson - read in 2007 ... to Anathem, but didn't get more than one CD in before realizing that another reviewer had it. I liked Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, but haven't read any more Stephenson than that. ... Robinson – Blue Mars (hardcover)
Michael Moorcock – Corum
Karen Traviss – City of Pearl
Neal Stephenson – The Diamond Age
Isaac Asimov – Oceans of Venus
Tony Attwood – Blakes 7 Program Guide
Robert Silverberg – Legends
Robert Silverberg – Far Horizons
Robert ... I'm getting ready to plunge back into Novel Country, after a longish stint of reading short fiction, with The Diamond Age. ... (Richard Harland)
I still count myself as a novice fan. I haven't yet read The Difference Engine, Anathem, The Diamond Age or any of the 70s classics. They're all on my TBR, but half of them I have to get second hand or order off the net.
You can probably tell by my list ... I've recently read Affinity Bridge and The Diamond Age both steampunk.
Dusty Shelves
1. The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H. P. Lovecraft
2. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
3. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
4. Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead
5. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Cl ... a small haul....from PBS:
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson...i finally own a copy
Ether Day:The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted men Who Made It by J M Fenster..........now, give me a hit.....
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks....very ... ... of Neal Stephenson's work in the Hard SF (by my criteria) category. Certainly not the Baroque Cycle but Snow Crash and The Diamond Age would qualify by my standards. Only one tiny thread of Cryptonomicon takes it out of the truly-Hard SF category. And I would make up a new "Quantum-Hard ... ... Ray: The Martian Chronicles (1/11/09)
3. Campbell, Jack: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (1/11/09)
4. Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age (1/30/09
5. Le Guin, Ursula: The Left Hand of Darkness (6/28/09)
6. Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog (8/02/09)
7. Herbert, Frank: Dune (8 ... ... both Snow Crash and Crypto, you'd like the ingenious (and relatively concise) world building and interesting characters in Diamond Age. I'd certainly go with that before Anathem. Which i continue to read in 30-40 page chunks before i end up asleep. But which still intrigues me. go figure. ... but fast-paced throughout. I'll strongly third Snow Crash, which I consider a classic of sorts. I'm not familiar with Diamond Age. I think I'll let Quicksilver linger on the book shelf a bit longer. Definitely interested in your take on Anathem. ... - which includes Quicksilver. And it does seem to get better as it goes along. But it is awfully wordy. Seems like after Diamond Age Stephenson was successful enough that no editor was allowed to touch his words. (I also liked Cryptonomicon good deal but the numerous puzzles were worked ... I still haven't decided whether to give Anthem a try or not. I really liked Diamond Age and snow crash was quite fun, but I just hated every single word of quicksilver than I'm reluctent to spend even just a few minutes on Stephenson again. Which of his previous books is Anthem most like? I've been on a Neal Stephenson binge for the past month or so. I started with The Diamond Age audiobook, followed by Anathem and then I backtracked to his "breakout hit" Snow Crash. Then I got The Diamond Age in paperback, and listened to it again while reading along with some parts ... I haven't been able to finish any of Neal Stephenson's output since The Diamond Age. Latest attempt was Anathem. Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age has a variation on this idea. The average Joe (or Jane!)could have an individually-tailored paper, but the higher up you moved in society's hierarchy, the less choice you were allowed. The idea was that key decision-makers had to have the "right" info, or ... Finished The Diamond Age and Galapagos recently, actually not sure what to read next, any suggestions?
And uhh, hi. For a slightly more offbeat suggestion there is always diamond age which explores the cultural values of the Middle Kingdom, admittedly set in a slightly more modern world.
Shogun might also be of interest. Clavell wrote several others, that aren't quite a series but look at other viewpoints ... ... h
revelation space by Reynolds
sam gunn by Bova
red dwarf Grant
hammers slammers drake
snow crash stephenson
diamond age stephenson
only forward by smith
earth by brin
riddley walker by hoban
1984 orwell
journey to the centre verne
babel 17 by delany
2001 Clark ... ... Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Light by M. John Harrison
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
The Demolished Man by Alf ... ... heard Stasia's comments on trying Neuromancer and I watched some of her difficulties with other cyberpunk like The Diamond Age, so I'm guessing it won't click with her.
Just my two cents. I probably sound preachy...sorry. ... (1/21/09) 5 Stars
8. McGregor, Robert Kuhn: Conundrums for the Long Weekend (1/25/09) 5 Stars
9. Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age (1/30/09) 3 ½ Stars
Best in January:
Doomsday Book (fiction)
Conundrums for the Long Weekend (nonfiction)
February:
10. Hilton, James: W ... #5: Einstein's Clocks looks interesting, so I will look for it.
I read Stephenson's The Diamond Age earlier this year, I have Quicksilver home from the library now to read, and Cryptonomicon is on my 'must read' list for this year, so it looks like I am going to have to add Snow Crash ... ... and updated version (1/13/09)
4. Cook, Glen: Sweet Silver Blues (1/17/09) (could also be Mystery)
5. Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age (1/30/09)
6. Connolly, John: The Book of Lost Things (2/6/09)
7. Dahl, Roald: The Witches (2/28/09) (I will probably move this one if I need room ... Top of my head.
The Steampunk Trilogy the first two parts of this are OK
Another Stephenson: The Diamond Age; people are tagging his The Baroque Cycle as steampunk but I tend to disagree.
Jeff VanderMeer's Ambergris stories have a kinda-sorta steampunk feel for me. Check out City ... ... Certainly, I think Cryptonomicon is what he has received the most recognition for. I had heard of that one and not The Diamond Age when I took that on.
Too true, never enough reading hours. I fondly remember my youth: no real responsibilities and I'd go through a book a day. Now it' ... ... Card - Ender's Game, Homecoming Series (I re-read the others too but not as often)
3.) Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon
4.) Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars
5.) Isaac Asimov - Foundation Series (and others but not all)
I re-rea ... The Diamond Age was amazing. Remember that I was reading all of these Hugo award winners after going on hiatus a few years after Neuromancer burst onto the scene. So then jumping into the deep end and grappling with all of these great concepts just made my head whirl. I talked about Neal Step ... I read The Diamond Age recently. Perhaps I will try the Vinge books as well. Thanks for the recommendation! ... biology. Instead, it is a near-future novel that isn't quite cyberpunk and isn't quite as radical as Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, another spectacular Hugo award winner.
Vinge continues to explore ideas about the future of humanity. Rather than following the cyborg trajectory of ... ... count in the first category)
the Silmarillion- do you see where I'm going with this?
Tigana...
and Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age.
Catcher in the Rye left me very empty but reminded me of nothing so much as A Separate Peace. ... at the head of the cyberpunk tradition and is worth reading for that alone.
Like avaland #93, I read and enjoyed The Diamond Age and In the Beginning ... was the Command Line. I also liked Cryptonomicon, though the ratio of infodump to story was beginning to increase to dangerous ... Chris, your Stephenson comments intrigue me. The only Stephenson I've read is The Diamond Age and his small nonfiction book, In the Beginning was the Command Line (it's probably the last book anyone would imagine I would read, but I did love his comparing operating systems to cars). The Diamond Age is good. I found the ending a bit over-the-top. I did like the Judge Dee-like character and the parts riffing on the ancient Chinese legal system. >90: Have you tried his The Diamond Age? I found it a little easier to get into than Cryptonomicon—part of it was that I liked the "past" portions of the latter, but the "present/future" parts of the story lines were a bit flat for me. ... fire by RM Meluch
Ringworld by L niven
Revelation space by A reynolds (1 of 6?)
Only forward by MM smith
Diamond age
Snow crash both by N stephenson
Pixel juice by J noon
Contact by C Sagan
I'm sure there are more too.
... Heart is not something I would normally read, but you made it sound VERY interesting. And enjoyed the discussion on The Diamond Age that you initiated - 2 more for the pile! ... Purchases Read
Cook, Glen: Sweet Silver Blues
Campbell, Jack: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless
Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age
Other PL Books Read
Willis, Connie: The Doomsday Book
Rich, Adrienne: An Atlas of the Difficult World
Bradbury, Ray: The Martian Chronicl ... Book 9:
Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age
999 SciFi/Fantasy category
PL 499 pages (1/30/09)
I think this book would be classified Science Fiction with elements of Fantasy. There are a lot of technical devices which are designed to protect the individual societies, manufacture ... ... come to expect a lot of simple fun from Mayle, but that book disappointed.
Glad you enjoyed Spoken Here and sorry A Diamond Age wasn't more to your (immediate) liking. I enjoy cyberpunk—it sits on the border of that genre—so I felt at home in it. Since you're not sure, I ... ... and I preferred this one to the first, perhaps just because of the familiarity with the characters; recommended
51. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson - I still do not know whether I like this book or not, there was just so much to absorb; I did not love it, I did not hate it, but I ... Even Neal Stephenson whose books have sorely needed editing post the diamond age started out w/ books of manageable length.
it's too easy: fe fi foe blows ellipses, ellipses ellipses.
#257alynnk
"Tie together" sounds good. Right now in Diamond Age I'm trying to keep track of so many threads that my head starts to spin! If they are weaving a "beautiful tapestry" so far I'm only seeing the underside! I'm already thinking that I will need to reread this one in the not too ... ... tive!)
2. The Sparrow by Maria Russell (this is remarkable and, truly, unusual amid the fray of the "same old thing")
3. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (who doesn't love nano with a dash of steampunk?)
4. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin (whoever said this was one of the best ... TadAD
Thanks for the overview. I'm now finding Diamond Age a gem (pun intended); I hope the ending is as good as the middle!
Maybe I'll see how Stasia likes Cryptonomicon--I'm interested in cryptography so that my be another one to try, after all. >246: MM. There's nothing exactly in the same slot as The Diamond Age. If you're not liking the technology/cyberpunk, Stephenson might not be for you. Snow Crash is heavier in that aspect than The Diamond Age. (By the way, ignore the recommendations of Gibson's Neuromancer if you're not ... ... This book was recommended to me by my Scifi son and I was considering it.
I'm about a third of the way through The Diamond Age. I found the beginning tough going because of all the techno stuff (and Bud was not my favorite character!) but now I am enjoying the story and although ... No, I am not sleeping - I currently have my eyes in 2 different books - The Diamond Age and Queste, and one eye on LT. Yes, I am watching you Joyce. ... from a trolling non snob
Best Lit:The Odyssey
Best SF: The Gate to Women's Country or The Stand or Diamond Age (loved them all)
Best Love Story: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Best Western: Lonesome Dove
Best YA: Book Theif
Best Nonfiction: ... I'm starting The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson today--I think that one is scifi because I got it off TadAd's scifi list of "Best."
With any luck by the end of 2009 I will have read enough scifi and fantasy to make a list of my top ten favorites. I probably won't be far enough along yet to ... I am currently reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman and will be beginning The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson tomorrow. The Diamond Age has that retro, "Neo-Victorian" theme; IIRC there's no description of the retro design element, but there's room for the reader to imagine the look of the technology in that way if she chooses. ... than what occurred to me:
1) Dune by Frank Herbert - Arguably the best single science fiction book written.
2) The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson - I like several of his books very much, but this one is the most accessible, I think.
3) Science Fiction Hall of Fame edited by Rob ... ... I, too, got bogged down in The Baroque Cycle Trilogy (only read the first two) after having LOVED Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, and Snow Crash. (In case anyone cares I was also not a fan of Zodiac although my spouse - who agrees with me on the others - thought "It was all ... Neal Stephenson remarked en passant in The Diamond Age,
“Folklore consists of certain universal ideas that have been mapped onto local cultures.”
There, now you don’t have to bother reading The Hero with a Thousand Faces! Would one say The Diamond Age has steampunk elements, at leats inverse--set in the future, with future technology, in which one prominent high-tech group clings to Victorian syles and mores? ... (1/11/09)
3. Bradbury, Ray: The Martian Chronicles, the 1997 revised and updated version (1/13/09)
4. Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age (1/30/09)
5. Le Guin, Ursula: The Left Hand of Darkness (6/28/09)
6. Willis, Connie: To Say Nothing of the Dog (8/02/09)
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Category 5 ... ... sia,
You know I'm a Gaiman fan, so I'm glad to see American Gods on your list, plus the Stephenson—I think it and The Diamond Age are well worth reading by him.
I've read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and listened to it on audio book. Interestingly, I think the audio version is more ... ... everything in the field that was book length. I have three more on my shelves TBR, Cyteen, A Fire Upon the Deep, and The Diamond Age. Most of the ones I've read are still on my book shelves, although the The Gods Themselves and the Pohl seem to have wandered away. I haven't read Spin ... ... didn't have to, as I'll probably appreciate them more now.
>37 and 39
Avaland and urania1, thanks for the rec. I'll put The Diamond Age on my list.
Am reading Night Flight now.
avaland, I enjoyed The Diamond Age as well. I have tried a couple of Stephenson's other books, but I they've ended up going to recycling. I just bought my own copy of The Diamond Age, which I read on loan several years ago. I found myself thinking fondly of it the other day and deciding that ... >17 While I have not read Stephenson's Snow Crash, I did read The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer which is sort of a weird but enjoyable, neo-Victorian SF novel. I'm not a Stephenson fan generally, though. ... the anachronisms in the Baroque Cycle spoilt it for me. I also thought Snow Crash was over-rated - I much preferred his The Diamond Age. ... Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
7.To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
8.Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
9.The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Nebula Awards
1.Seeker by Jack McDevitt
2.Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
3.The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
4.Red Mars by Kim ... ... read of this. If you've read all these, I can easily recommend more! :-)
Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon (also The Diamond Age is good)
Connie Willis - Doomsday Book (also To Say Nothing of the Dog is very funny)
C. J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station (probably the best starting ... Hmmm, realized I responded with a list to MusicMom41, but this is blackdogbooks thread. :-)
Putting it over in her thread. ... (reread)
146. Fruits Basket 8, Natsuki Takaya (reread)
147. Breadfruit , Celestine Vaite
JULY
148. The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
149. Fruits Basket 9, Natsuki Takaya (reread)
150. An Unlikely Governess, Karen Ranney
151. My Friend Flicka, Mary O'Hara
152. Ma ... When I come across the term "Steampunk" I always think of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age before William Gibson's The Difference Engine (I think I read them at around the same time) and I haven't seen it mentioned yet. The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson Lewis Shiner - Glimpses
Neal Stephenson - The Diamond Age
Ian McDonald - Sacrifice of Fools
Alfred Bester - The Stars My Destination
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Robert Silverberg - Dying Inside
John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar
John Brunner - The Sheep Look ... ... Tan The Joy Luck Club or The Kitchen God's Wife.
Favorite books not by nor about women A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Diamond Age, and Stephen King's The Stand The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson ... I've also read Stephenson's In the Beginning... was the Command Line, which is just wrong. Having said that, I did enjoy The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon, but I gave up on the Baroque Cycle after ploughing through the first two books. In hardback. I have no intention of buying or reading ... ... Rosenblat is good. I also like Gabrielle de Cuir, Jennifer Wiltsie (she did a virtuoso job on a very difficult book—The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson), Katherin Borowitz, Rosalyn Landor, Wanda McCaddon ... -- flawless -- and though it's aged in the intervening... forty-odd years, still as relevant and readable as ever.
#33: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Another complex read (none of the works I read on vacation were simple or short), but one that rewarded with moments of sheer pleasure (l ... ... y
10. On Her Majesty's Occult Service, Charles Stross ("The Laundry" omnibus)
11. Learning the World, Ken MacLeod
12. The Diamond Age, Neal Stephenson
13. Ubik, Philip K. Dick
14. The Heritage of Hastur, Marion Zimmer Bradley
15. Ringworld, Larry Niven
16. Gateway, Frederik Pohl ... ... olland
Dog by Michelle Herman - Bought at a Borders in Boston. Just could not get past the puppy on the cover
The Diamond by Julie Baumgold - bought from a 3rd party on amazon back in January - don't remember why, but enjoyed it a lot.
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharto ... I don't typically re-read much. So, the only things I have or plan to re-read would have to be:
1. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
There have undoubtedly been many nano-tech books written by other authors, but Stephenson always has a lot of good lines and good characters. Plus, I like ... I loved Diamond Age. I loved the concept. No Snow crash wasn't particularly brilliant, but the enclave idea was clever. He takes it even further in diamond age where the different societal factions impose their own justice according to their own ideas, or else you have the Only Forward which has a similar premise: post government ... I enjoyed the Baroque Cycle, but agree that it was perhaps a bit longer than it needed to be. I think Snow Crash and Diamond Age are both works of genius. I found the endings much more satisfying on a second read. Cryptonomicon is excellent too, but like limerts I'm a bit of a Stephenson ... ... who was who, which somewhat ruined the story, and the site was already missing.
I thought Snow Crash was his best, but Diamond Age was a close second. ... a huge Stephenson fan. It helped to constantly check the wiki dedicated to the series. Alas, it is no longer available.
Diamond Age is definitely his best. ... creativity and spark of his SF work, and manages to retain the worst features - he just does not know how to end a book.
Diamond age was brilliant (apart from the ending), Quicksilver just isn't. No. 38 - The Diamond by Julie Baumgold
Good historical fiction about France from the time of Louis XIV through to Second Empire, told mostly by the Duke Las Cases, who did exist (and wound up by a fictional character named Abraham). Las Cases is supposedly writing a history of the Regent Dia ... I've started the month by buying:
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Quantum of Solace by Ian Fleming (a Penguin Modern Classic containing all the James Bond short stories)
My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru Added to the pile today:
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru
Quantum of Solace by Ian Fleming (a Penguin Modern classic containing the complete James Bond short stories) ... stores IMO)
My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru
Quantum of Solace by Ian Fleming (complete James Bond short stories)
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson ...
3. Dune
4. Califia's Daughters by Leigh Richardson
5. I have been thinking about re-reading Snow Crash and Diamond Age recently...
6. William Gibson, although I didn't like Spook Country at all
Wait, that's more than 5! I was just getting started, too. ... regarding the Stephenson-books - I only bought those two after having read Snow crash and (I think, it's been a while) Diamond Age, and they're very different. I can understand why he originally published Interface & Cobweb under his 'Stephen Bury' alias.
Stross are in my reading ... #38, 44, 46 have you read Diamond age neo victorian lifestyles in the nanotech world. Quite fun, apart from the somewhat weird ending. 8. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
I am quickly becoming a big fan of Mr. Stephenson. I didn't like this one quite as much as Cryptonomicon, if only because I got a bit confused toward the end. It is a really interesting book, though, and it goes really fast once you get going.
9. T ... ... of my favorites was the detailed mathematical description of one of the characters eating a bowl of Cap'n Crunch cereal.
The Diamond Age comes in second. I am lovin' Neal Stephenson.
My least favorite? Probably The Know-It-All. I enjoyed his little nuggets of learning from the Encyclop ... ... – TBR SF/Fantasy
Last of the Amazons – Historical Fiction
Pride and Prescience – Mystery
I am now reading The Diamond Age – Hugo Winner
The plan is to cycle through the categories, in that order, until I have competed the challenge. Honestly, this is hard! Usually I ... ... ABSOLUTELY GREAT.
Will start The French Lieutenant's Woman today at lunch which is imminent. Am still working through The Diamond Age as an audio book as well. ... am sciency. However I don't like history all that much so that put me off massively.
IMHO it's nowehere near as good as diamond age which could have done with a harsh editor to cut some of the unecessary verbiage. Quicksilver is even more long winded without the redeeming technological ... Broken Prey by John Sandford. The one just before this was markedly better than the few before that, so I have hope.
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. My first from this writer. Just decided to try some SF for something different.
Just finished Deeper by Jeff Long. It's the sequel ... I'm finishing Anthem during my downtimes at work. (Hi Boss).
I want to read Cryptonomicon, but I want to read The Diamond Age first for some reason. Mine was The Diamond Age, or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson. Excellent book. I actually finished it in 2008, but only the last dozen or so pages; I included on my list as my last book of '07. ... memorable. All in all it was a hilarious book, though.
149. Looking for the Mahdi by N. Lee Wood (293)
150. *The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (499)
At the time I'm posting this, I haven't quite finished either of these, but I am nearly done with both and will finish them ... ... by Russell Banks
7. A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron
X. Memoirs of a Geisha
8 Hugo Winners or Nominees
1. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
2. Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
3. Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
4. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
5. Moreta: Dragonlady ... ... s:
145 / 150 books (97%)
70 / 70 *new books (100.0%)
47506 / 50000 pages (95%)
Currently reading:
I am 9/10 done with The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson by (xmas gift for my sister, which I read on the way to Ohio and then had to actually give to her - I'll have to finish it at the ... ... Powers
Special Topics in Calamity Physics-Marisha Pessl
Honorable mention:
Kafka on the Shore-Haruki Murakami
The Diamond Age and Snow Crash-Neal Stephenson
Glad to see so many folks listing Cloud Atlas. Also the many folks listing The Book Thief. I read it last year and L-O ... ... Russo's Straight Man, Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore and Pinball, 1973, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog, David Foster Wallace's The Broom of the System, Kobo Abe's Friends: a Play, and Peter Hoeg's The Quiet Girl ... ... Either going in to have fun or maybe just..."reading....experience"...since '06 had made it easier on me. (10/10)
The Diamond Age, or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer -- Hrumph, read Snow Crash last year. Loved it. Wanted to read another. Not quite as good as S.C., but it was ... Cyteen
Revelation Space
Killing floor
Master of Whitestorm
Diamond Age
Darkworld:
Storm Front
Eyre Affair
Innocent Mage and Awakened Mage
Hogfather
Foreigner
Plenty more.
Gah as i was too slow 20000000 more.
Go touchstones!
and welcome to LT ... (He, She, and It/ Body of Glass)
Justina Robson (Silver Screen)
Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash, Interface, The Diamond Age) ... (including half-star increments) are shown correctly except for one-half of one star. See, for example, Jamestown or The diamond age. I want to see who hated them most! ... and then I'm looking at maybe some Vinge or maybe someSterling??
After that, I think I will try Snow Crash or The Diamond Age again. I really feel the need to like Stephenson. I'm not sure of the reason for this. I hope it's not just bandwagon, though! :-) Yeah, it was Neuromancer and Snow Crash, I believe. I have not tried The Diamond Age which I will do, though. I want to like this genre so bad!
These books along with the Stross, just felt so... I don't know... chaotic.
Didn't realize Dick was considered so, nor have I ever ... ... I enjoyed some of his later work. As for Stephenson, his work has been described as post-cyberpunk at times. Did you try The Diamond Age?
I notice you didn't mention the father of cyberpunk (even if he didn't know it at the time), Philip K. Dick. ... A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H. G. Bissinger (Nonfiction: 1990; Film: 2004 (& TV series)
==Baseball==
1 Death on the Diamond: A Baseball Mystery Story by Cortland Fitzsimmons (Novel & Film: 1934)
2 The Babe Ruth Story by Bob Considine & Babe Ruth (Autobiography ... ... D'Amato(1980)
Mystery of Crooknose byLaura W. Douglas (1963)
Frog in the Throat by E.X. Ferrars (1980)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond by Otis Gaylord (1960) ... (2 times)
38 Fun Home, Bechdel,
39 Landscapes of a Distant Mother, Said
40 Family History, Sackville-West
41 Diamond Age, Stephenson
42 Shriek, Vandermeer
43 Blood Child, Butler
...there are more that I've started but haven't finished, so I couldn't claim them with good ... ... Murakami,David Mitchell,Steven Millhauser,Ursula Le Guin,Kurt Vonnegut
FAVORITE BOOK(s): Diamond Age,A Prayer for Owen Meany,Shadow of the Torturer,Edwin Mullhouse
FAVORITE DRINK: Wine,Diet Coke,Martini
FAVORITE CHEESE: Brie
I just read another librarian story. The protagonist in Good Harbor by Anita Diamant is a librarian. I highly recommend it. It is a lovely book about friendship. See my review. As reported elsewhere, The SciFi Network is making The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. I couldn't be happier. The only thing I can imagine that would be more exciting would be something by Gene Wolfe RE: grounding and not reading -Diamond age has this in it, also to no great effect. Those who want to read, will.
I can't claim to join in this corner, more space for the rest of you. I openly buy books and don't need to hide, but I can leave bookshops without any. ... arkness
A lot of the Discworld books, probably more than half of them
Pashazade - Effendi - Felaheen
Snow Crash
The Diamond Age
Cryptonomicon
Quicksilver - Confusion - The System of the World
The earthsea trilogy - Tehanu
Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Quite a ... ... of St. Mark's were ringing changes up on the mountain when Bud skated over to the mod parlor to upgrade his skull gun.
-- The diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
Dressed in various shades of light brown, the Iron Orchid and her son sat upon a cream-colou ... ... for a graphic novel, and I think that is reflected in the imagery of the text! A great novel.
I wasn't that happy with The Diamond Age, even though I have read it more than once, but I LOVED Cryptonomicon and think Quicksilver and its sequels are even better. I know his work is not ... ... english setting rather than an american one! I like my humour as it is!
#40 - I don't. I'm enjoyign snow crash and loved The Diamond Age but Quicksilver really didn't agree with me at all. I came very close to not finishing it, and was very glad to move onto something else afterwards. I've ... ... nano-anything (nanobots etc.) are soon to be a reality. How this will impact on our society I can only guess - Diamond age is one of the books elaborating on this theme, as are lots of other works (a wee bit slowbrained today), including the medicine of Star Trek and others.
Also ... 65> I am also currently reading Cryptonomicon and would agree with your assessment so far. I think Snow Crash and The Diamond Age (both of which I love) qualify more clearly as sf. However, one of the reasons I love Stephenson is because his books are essentially treatises on other topics ... The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Tin Drum by Guenter Grass
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
A Scanner Darkly by Phillip K. Dick
... Ken MacLeod
4. Diaspora: A Novel, Greg Egan
5. Axiomatic, Greg Egan
6. Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis
7. The diamond age, or, Young lady's illustrated primer, Neal Stephenson
8. Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson*
I have been planning to read some Christopher Priest, Jonathan ... I'm surprised Good Omens hasn't been mentioned yet. I'll second Snow crash, but Diamond Age isn't a work I'd recommend to someone not used to Stephenson, same with Cryptonomicon. Zodiac on the other hand was fun and pretty easy to read.
"Movie books" like Harry Potter and Lord ... ... students ages .
but assuming their 16-21 ish
of that list I would consider
Snow crash But i might prefer his Diamond age
The Dan Brown Not for me of course:^)
and Ender's game
Things that arent tagged fun read?
I capture the castle
Angry Pyjamas
A Brother' ... I am very fond of The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon was badly flawed I think. Hmm I suspect I have put up a review of that though If my notes were only a line or two I might not have posted them. Hehe, IMHO Diamond age is one of Stephensons weaker works; only The Big U and Zodiac are worse, and I REALLY enjoyed reading both Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle of which Quicksilver is a part. ... had a mention foucault's was enough to puit me off any others. Stephenson normally writes really gripping stories diamond age is one of my all time favourites, but quicksilver was just dull. pages and pages of it too.
I do enjoy a lot of SF and Fantasy but I'll agree it isn't all ... ... Albom
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell by Lyall Watson
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
I find that most of the books I mooch are ones I'm trying out from recommendations here on LT talk. Thanks everyone!
I'm reading The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson. I'm almost done and I love it. I've read snow crash, cryptonomicon, and the entire baroque cycle, but this is my favorite. It reminds me of early sterling like Schismatrix Plus. The story, ... ... parts), Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein, and Snow Crash and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. I also have to admit that some of Michael Crichton's books (A Case of Need, Andromeda Strain, Airframe, and State ... ... before, a good narrator really matters.
Last two books I listened to were Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and The Diamond Age, also by Stephenson. In the first, at some point the narrator effortlessly switched between five roles, each a different dialect! In the latter, the ... ... I think I'd have to go with some of the following: At Swim Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill, The Master by Colm Toibin, A Diamond Age by Neil Stephenson, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, ...
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