1/ 290% done with Termination Shock Realized something: there's no plot People say Stephenson can't do endings, but I've got a new theory: Stephenson can't do plots, and you only realize there's a problem when you get to the end and there's no payoff.
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3/ Yep. He skips 2. 600 pages in to Termination Shock and there's no obstacles at all. I see what he's going to do to tie the threads together...so he's starting act 2 at page 620.https://twitter.com/skirtsnhose/status/1468048206063812608?t=6yEQEhHUCtz5Yn05xrjB0Q&s=19 …
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4/ Yes, and in TS he has the interested people, but there's no interesting situation. They meet each other, and then get a tour of the facility. That takes 600 pages.
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Act I: collect characters Act II: ? Act III: profit
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