![]() ![]() The Diamond Age is set in a near-future made possible by huge leaps in nanotechnological development. But it’ll leave the book vulnerable on rereading. He gets away with it because his invention is explosive and boundless and entirely seductive the reader is swept up in a world they don’t want to leave, and so the fact that the whole narrative is curiously lopsided doesn’t matter. As I go further into his back catalogue, though, and approach his plots with a slightly more critical eye, I’m also discovering that his earlier work tends to suffer from structural weakness. Like all of Stephenson’s books I’ve read so far, I found it thoroughly addictive, so much so that I blasted through it in under two days. The difference between stupid and intelligent people – and this is true whether or not they are well-educated – is that intelligent people can handle subtlety.įurther to my plan to read everything Neal Stephenson has ever written, the Chaos, who is a good sort, bought me The Diamond Age for Christmas. ![]() The Great Reread, #5: I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith.April 2023: superlatives for the rest of it.Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, by Harriet Jacobs. ![]()
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