Book: Anathem
Mar. 30th, 2011 10:08 pmAuthor: Neal Stephenson
Details: (c) 2008 Neal Stephenson; Pub Atlantic Books 2009; ISBN 978-0-857-89048-1
Verdict: Anathem has some lovely ideas unfortunately buried in verbiage.
Reasons for reading it: I have enjoyed several other of Stephenson's books and I liked what I was hearing about this one in general discussion.
How it came into my hands: Waterstones. Getting it as an ebook got round the problem that it's too physically big to read, and this is an example of ebooks doing what they should: a couple of years after it was published, this huge fat tome was available for a standard new book price.
( detailed review )
I wonder how much vehement defence this post is going to attract!
Details: (c) 2008 Neal Stephenson; Pub Atlantic Books 2009; ISBN 978-0-857-89048-1
Verdict: Anathem has some lovely ideas unfortunately buried in verbiage.
Reasons for reading it: I have enjoyed several other of Stephenson's books and I liked what I was hearing about this one in general discussion.
How it came into my hands: Waterstones. Getting it as an ebook got round the problem that it's too physically big to read, and this is an example of ebooks doing what they should: a couple of years after it was published, this huge fat tome was available for a standard new book price.
( detailed review )
I wonder how much vehement defence this post is going to attract!
