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14. The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson *

Excellent postcyberpunk novel.
 
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[identity profile] sskipstress.livejournal.com 2011-04-13 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
What comes after cyberpunk? Is this a genre thing I'm just unaware of or is that the point of the book?
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[personal profile] mikekn 2011-04-13 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Mostly just a sub-genre. Sort of cyberpunk minus the dystopia.

[identity profile] metageek.livejournal.com 2011-04-14 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
It's partly the tech--Diamond Age nanotech means that meatspace becomes almost as malleable as cyberspace.

[identity profile] lissa510.livejournal.com 2011-04-14 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
That was good. I read and liked this book...neo victorians!:) except IIRC the ending got a bit "weird"...but then someone commented to me once that he doesn't do endings well.

[identity profile] leepinleemur.livejournal.com 2011-04-14 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah that is definitely an issue.
I think he is getting better though. Anathem pretty much held up for me.

sadly...

[identity profile] bytchearse.livejournal.com 2011-04-14 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
I tried. Couldn't get my brain around it. Not my cuppa.

Ah well...back to Sherlock Holmes for me ;-D

[identity profile] mare-in-flames.livejournal.com 2011-04-14 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I really enjoyed that book! It wasn't Snow Crash (but what the hell is, anyway? That was the ultimate book.)

I also enjoyed Zodiac and Cryptonomicon but just haven't been able to get started at all with Quicksilver.
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