Quite unusual p reference

[Christopher Simon]

Stephenson is really uneven. Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle were more fun than not, but Anathem was miserable trash. I own all his novels, but Anathem was bad enough to keep me away from the rest for a long, long time.

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From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎6/‎18/‎2013 1:58 PM
To: "Monte Davis" <montedavis at verizon.net>
Cc: "Joseph S. Barrera III" <joe at barrera.org>; "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: Quite unusual p reference

I can't read Stephenson.  His writing is so dull. I couldn't get even 1/2 way through Crypto. Snowcrash was so juvenile, but I did finish it. No more for him for me.

On Tuesday, June 18, 2013, Monte Davis wrote:

I finished Cryptonomicon, but wouldn’t re-read it. In retrospect, it gave me the beginnings of the over-stuffed, under-worked-through feeling I got from Quicksilver.
 
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf Of Joseph S. Barrera III
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:49 AM
To: Monte Davis
Cc: 'pynchon -l'
Subject: Re: Quite unusual p reference
 
On 06/18/2013 08:29 AM, Monte Davis wrote:
I liked most of Stephenson’s SF well enough, and was primed to like the Baroque Cycle – I can’t think of anything more Pynchonian in its themes --  but could barely flog myself to the finish of Quicksilver.  

But you did make it through Cryptonomicon? I found that immensely fun and have re-read it a few times. I've never felt compelled to re-read Snowcrash.

- Joe
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