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<b>Author:</b> Neal Stephenson</br>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1286455922?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss">See in goodreads</a>
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<h3>Review:</h3>
<p>I am a stupidly intense Neal Stephenson fan.<br /><br />I have read *everything* he wrote except "The Big U", including essays, The Mongoliad, and Interface. This is not one of his top-tier books.<br /><br />The love for the topic shines through, he's probably as much of a space fan as I am a fan of him, and clearly he loved the idea and setting for this. On the other hand, some things have taken a turn for the wooden.<br /><br />The beginning of the book, with the multiple-point-of-view style felt like something out of a 70s Arthur Hailey book, like "Hotel" or "Airport". It gets better, but it never gets *cracking*.<br /><br />Plus, it has a Stephenson finale, which is ok if the ride there was like previous rides, but not so ok if the ride is just good.<br /><br />After reading the previous you may wonder why 4 starts. Are you kidding me? It's Neal Stephenson! I am reviewing it compared to his previous books which are some of my favourite novels ever! Compared to most others this is a kickass page turner with vivid imagination and so on and so forth.<br /></p>
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