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Anathem by: Neal Stephenson List Price: CDN$ 31.95 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 20.13 You Save: CDN$11.82 (37%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780061474095 ISBN: 0061474096 Label: William Morrow Manufacturer: William Morrow Number Of Pages: 960 Publication Date: September 09, 2008 Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: September 09, 2008 Studio: William Morrow Sales Rank: 3457 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - A Paean to PedantryThe world that Stephenson has created in this book is fascinating, and we get enjoyable glimpses of it. Unfortunately, he has populated it with indistinguishable and boring characters. The dialogue might well have been polished by George Lucas ca. 1979. The sum adds up to ridiculous nonsense, all the more frustrating because of Stephenson's obvous talent and the thought that has gone into creating he world in which the book is set. It saddens me to write this review - Stephenson's "Crytonomicon" is perhaps my favorite book of all time - it is a hilariously funny book about ideas, full of belivable action, in which something seems genuinely at stake (although it is a bit weak in the last act). Not recomended. ... Read More: Rating:  - Stephenson Dazzles Again!There is something really wonderful about picking up a new book that's over 900 pages long and every one of them is worth reading slowly - no skimming ahead - really reading and enjoying every word. Neal Stephenson's new book is a masterpiece-and boy can I see a movie in this! It has great writing, a fantastic creation of a world like ours yet not, set in a future that is not very pretty - the secular world is a post apocalyptic landscape wasted by years and years of war, pollution, and rise and fall of societies, resulting in a general population that lives to consume the latest in gadgets, fast food and entertainment. Sound familiar? There is another society, behind concent (or ... Read More: Rating: - A new favoriteThis magnificent novel is now my favorite book of all time. Stephenson's storytelling is superb, with wonderful thought and attention to detail and many humorous touches. The world that he builds in this book is complex and imaginative, with its own vocabulary and some really staggering ideas as part of its lore. Some people might be put off by some of the philosophical dialogues, but to me this book is a masterpiece. |
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