Comments on: Reading Material http://lowtek.ca/roo/2009/reading-material/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reading-material A clever tagline should go here Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:38:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roo http://lowtek.ca/roo/2009/reading-material/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Roo Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:02:19 +0000 http://www.lowtek.ca/roo/?p=331#comment-455 I don't know if you'd be disappointed, but Anathem is not as difficult to get into as the Baroque Cycle. It is more similar to Cryptonomicon than it would be to say the Diamond Age. The wikipedia entry has a good section on the content and influences. Reading this section should give you a sense for Anathem without any spoilers if you stick to just this section. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathem#Philosophical_and_scientific_content_and_influences I've finished Hal Spacejock - and it was fun, but not enough to hook me on the series. I'm a fair way into Fallen Angels and its very good, same "can't put it down have to read more" feeling I had with Little Brother. I don’t know if you’d be disappointed, but Anathem is not as difficult to get into as the Baroque Cycle. It is more similar to Cryptonomicon than it would be to say the Diamond Age.

The wikipedia entry has a good section on the content and influences. Reading this section should give you a sense for Anathem without any spoilers if you stick to just this section.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anathem#Philosophical_and_scientific_content_and_influences

I’ve finished Hal Spacejock – and it was fun, but not enough to hook me on the series.

I’m a fair way into Fallen Angels and its very good, same “can’t put it down have to read more” feeling I had with Little Brother.

]]> By: James Moody http://lowtek.ca/roo/2009/reading-material/comment-page-1/#comment-453 James Moody Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:40:40 +0000 http://www.lowtek.ca/roo/?p=331#comment-453 I loved everything by Stephenson right up until the Baroque Cycle. It took me three tries to get through the first of the series, and I bailed somewhere in the middle of the second. I haven't returned to it. Is Anathem a return to his previous writing or more along the lines of the Baroque Cycle? I.e. will I be disappointed? I loved everything by Stephenson right up until the Baroque Cycle. It took me three tries to get through the first of the series, and I bailed somewhere in the middle of the second. I haven’t returned to it. Is Anathem a return to his previous writing or more along the lines of the Baroque Cycle? I.e. will I be disappointed?

]]> By: Roo http://lowtek.ca/roo/2009/reading-material/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Roo Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:13:19 +0000 http://www.lowtek.ca/roo/?p=331#comment-450 I think the book you're thinking of is Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather: http://www.amazon.ca/Heavy-Weather-Bruce-Sterling/dp/055357292X This book introduces the idea of a Category 6 storm, something that has since been discussed in the media since its publication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir-Simpson_Hurricane_Scale#Category_6 I think the book you’re thinking of is Bruce Sterling’s Heavy Weather: http://www.amazon.ca/Heavy-Weather-Bruce-Sterling/dp/055357292X

This book introduces the idea of a Category 6 storm, something that has since been discussed in the media since its publication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir-Simpson_Hurricane_Scale#Category_6

]]> By: Ken Walker http://lowtek.ca/roo/2009/reading-material/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Ken Walker Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:15:49 +0000 http://www.lowtek.ca/roo/?p=331#comment-449 Hey, which one of those did I get for you that was signed by the author? Hey, which one of those did I get for you that was signed by the author?

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