![]() ![]() Stephenson has never constrained himself to one format – although I won’t deny he has themes – and is as comfortable, it appears in alternative (perhaps I should say enhanced) history as he is in cyberpunk, steampunk, high concept SF or – as here – rip-roaring, fast-paced techno-thrillers.Īpproaching this book requires of me a discussion of a previous couple of Stephenson books. The inevitable risk of that approach, of course, is an author feeling hemmed in and at the mercy of a format they may feel they have nothing more to say about. ![]() What’s an author to do? The vocal elements of the Neal Stephenson fan club (by which, I naturally mean the NS subreddit) are fans of works like Anathem, and would really prefer that he just do high-concept Science Fiction. ![]()
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