And it's not like all awful stuff happening?
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I wouldn't say so
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Replying to @DrVeronikaCH @vcheplygina and
I agree - Anathem is a big book. I gave it away when I'd finished it thinking I'd never want to read it again, but have regularly regretted that! A big part of the book is the slow discovery by the reader of how the world works. Very very little exposition is provided >
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Replying to @AidanBudd @vcheplygina and
Stephenson knows this - indeed addresses the lack of exposition specifically in the book/its notes. I have no memory of horrible stuff being done to/by people in the book.
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Replying to @o_guest @vcheplygina and
I think it basically comes with a bit at the beginning where the author says "For those of you who don't enjoy slowly working out bit-by-bit how a world works, here's basically the full deal
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Replying to @AidanBudd @o_guest and
I've stopped being able to enjoy "Snow Crash" now, sadly (also by Stephenson – used to be a favourite of mine). Already there he very very clearly and skilfully played with tropes and expectations of exposition and world-building in that specific genre of novel i.e. cyberpunk.
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Replying to @AidanBudd @o_guest and
That was perhaps the thing I loved most about that book (Snow crash). Feeling his delight at manipulating us, his skill at doing it, and the delight I felt at seeing him doing it, knowing he could see me seeing him, and just, ach, wonderful stuff :)
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Replying to @AidanBudd @vcheplygina and
I have Snow Crash somewhere, I think... Have not read it yet.
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Replying to @o_guest @vcheplygina and
And the main character's name is Hiro (Hiroshige) Protagonist (AKA The Deliverator) - just to give you a feel for the level of self-awareness pulsing through the book...
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Replying to @o_guest @vcheplygina and
He starts off as a pizza delivery boy for the mafia...
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