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Christopher Mocella
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At times, the book was ravishingly slow, to a point that it was probably intentional. But when Stephenson opens it up, the writing has a pace and rhythm that can be felt physically, implicitly. When he decides it's time for Jack to come to a head with one of the book's nemesis, oh, it's a viceral page-turner. It boggles my mind to comprehend how the scope, temporal and philosophical, ever came into Stephenson's head.
— Sep 14, 2011 03:51PM
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Christopher Mocella
is on page 627 of 908
Peter the Great gives, who the reader presumes to be, King Solomon a full-blown noogie. Indeed!
— Sep 15, 2011 02:51PM
Christopher Mocella
is on page 378 of 908
Now that you mention it, the idea of "currency" deriving from the word for "flow" does put intention behind a monetary system that one does not get with a simpler coinage...
— Sep 09, 2011 02:09AM
Christopher Mocella
is on page 289 of 908
Reading Scotish-accent English in a book slows page turning substantially.
— Sep 03, 2011 04:36AM
Christopher Mocella
is on page 121 of 908
This whole bit about Daniel running around London, a little slow after Jack's exploits in the last book. Points for the veague Tolkien reference, though, "... he looked a dwarf out of some Sazon ring-saga." I see what you did there...
— Aug 26, 2011 07:15PM
