On: Neal Stephenson was prescient about our AI age

[mauvehaus]

Yeah, REAMDE was a weird mashing together of what if things were happening in WoW and IRL and it all was somehow about the global war on terror?

I concur that it's probably his worst novel that I've read. And that Anathem probably shouldn't be anyone's introduction to his work.

[xyzzy_plugh → mauvehaus]

Anathem was my introduction and I feel that it has spoiled his other works for me.

[kevindamm → xyzzy_plugh]

Cryptonomicon was my introduction and none of his other works really compare, for me.. at least, it's the only one I've felt the desire to read again.