Comment by drzaiusx11

4 months ago

I enjoyed snow crash probably up until 2/3rds through, same with cryptonomicon. I truly wish he would stick a god damn landing. I don't know what happens after the halfway marks. It's like a different writer takes over and it jumps the shark. I stopped reading his books after a while when they all seem to go off the rails. Damn shame really.

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dredmorbius  4 months ago

I'd argue that Anathem and Seveneves had actual conclusions.

Possibly The Baroque Cycle though it's been a while since I'd re-read it.

His political fiction (Interface and The Cobweb) were also fairly traditional, though he had a co-author on those.

  • nixon_why69  4 months ago

    I love all his books, no hate.

    Anathem had perhaps the biggest deux ex machina in literary history, and seveneves had an entirely separate novella for an ending.

scantron4  4 months ago

Diamond Age is the most important science fiction book of all time... until you get to 2/3 of the way through and the guy in the ... underwater? hippy? drug dream? It never recovers.