tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034970.post6843624884859036144..comments2023-12-25T16:51:01.726-08:00Comments on Cromely's World: Book Review 34: CryptonomiconCromelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02220177112637075263noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034970.post-10703235229618511322011-01-14T14:06:07.875-08:002011-01-14T14:06:07.875-08:00I loved your blog. Thank you.I loved your blog. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034970.post-22485730463235456612008-12-29T09:42:00.000-08:002008-12-29T09:42:00.000-08:00I liked the absurd culture of Qwghlm in the book. ...I liked the absurd culture of Qwghlm in the book. <BR/><BR/>Really the scene that sticks most vividly in my mind is the sequence where Waterhouse suddenly decides that he will court Mary cCmndhd (inventing his own "code" for the operation) and plays the organ as a way of impressing her. That was very well done.<BR/><BR/>What did you think about the ending, though? It seemed to me like Stevenson just dropped everything he had been working on and focused on glorifying an unsatisfactory solution to a minor problem.Stanley!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12935101247578977072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034970.post-66655642567823045852008-12-29T07:16:00.000-08:002008-12-29T07:16:00.000-08:00Great review. I've been a Stephenson fan since his...Great review. I've been a Stephenson fan since his underrated first novel The Big U back in the 1980's. Currently reading Anathem and so far (I'm only about 175 pages into it) it's a winner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8034970.post-11027649855530384212008-12-28T06:41:00.000-08:002008-12-28T06:41:00.000-08:00You almost make me want to read Cryptonomicon agai...You almost make me want to read Cryptonomicon again. Up till then, I was a huge Stephenson fan. I don't mind long, hard slogs in literature, but he may have lost me with his series of door stops. Still--I'm going to have a go at Anathem--some day.CS McClellan/Catanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12528100633458181090noreply@blogger.com