May 01, 2004

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Slowsilver

Just finished reading Quicksilver.

My take: Far too long. Stephenson needs to be ruthlessly edited. Or, you can take the view that it's not a novel, but a collection of short stories and essays, in which case it still needs to be ruthlessly edited.

It's a decent book, and interesting, but it would be a much better book if there was less of it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 10:31 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 I would to agree. Normally, I tear through anything written by Neal Stephenson. Quicksilver, however, is taking me forever. I got the book for Christmas. I'm on page 847, almost done. Anyone who knows me would realize something isn't right.
I've read several other books at the same time and am currently finishing up "1634: The Galileo Affair".

Posted by: Rossz at May 02, 2004 03:00 PM (n5Jbg)

2 Funny, I say that about certain movies....

Posted by: Susie at May 03, 2004 01:36 AM (qnxUP)

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