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Jim McDonnell is on page 75 of 512 of Rama II (Rama #2)
Can't help but feel Clarke started writing this long before he had any idea what the plot would be. 75 pages in, no sign of it yet.
Apr 03, 2012 12:31AM Add a comment
Rama II (Rama #2)

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Jim McDonnell is on page 280 of 384 of Faith
Mar 03, 2012 03:17AM Add a comment
Faith

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Jim McDonnell is on page 200 of 424 of The Man Who Sold The World: David Bowie and the 1970s
I'm persisting with this but it's dreadful, wordy made-up faux-scholarly nonsense so far.
Dec 04, 2011 03:22AM Add a comment
The Man Who Sold The World: David Bowie and the 1970s

Jim McDonnell
Jim McDonnell is on page 500 of 937 of Anathem
Third time, still extraordinary. This and 'The Diamond Age' are the best science fiction books I've read for the last 20 years, if not ever. No question.
Oct 30, 2011 02:56AM Add a comment
Anathem

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Jim McDonnell is on page 700 of 1044 of Reamde
2/3 of the way through, and I officially Love This Book. It's no 'Anathem', or 'The Diamond Age', mind, being entirely more real-world and mundane than either. What it is, though, is a 100-page belter of a thriller. Spies, terrorists, MMORPG stuff - gets into its stride about 100 pages in and then Just. Doesn't. Stop.
Sep 30, 2011 04:51AM Add a comment
Reamde

Jim McDonnell
Jim McDonnell is on page 550 of 1044 of Reamde
Ok, not-so-cyberpunk, more a straight spy/terror thriller so far, but only half way through and I can't see where the plot is going to go - it could turn around and into something much odder and Stephenson-ish yet...
Sep 29, 2011 02:05PM Add a comment
Reamde

Jim McDonnell
Jim McDonnell is on page 250 of 1044 of Reamde
Sep 27, 2011 12:45PM Add a comment
Reamde

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Jim McDonnell is starting Reamde
Ooh! Ooh! A new Neal Stephenson novel, and in his near-future cyberpunk-ish mode, rather than his Baroque Cycle mode. I'm excited!
Sep 27, 2011 01:23AM Add a comment
Reamde

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