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The Right To Keep And Bear Code
UBIWAR —
Authority: 433
Slashdot has been conducting a Q&A between readers and Neal Stephenson . Despite his disappointing last novel, Anathem , Stephenson is always worth paying attention to. This is the first question he fielded, with his response: Q: Do you think that hacking tools should be protected (in the United States) ...3 days ago -
Top 25 Favorite Writers
Celsius1414 —
Authority: 129
Much like for my favorite movies , here is a list of my Top 25 favorite writers. Vladimir Nabokov Ray Bradbury JRR Tolkien Kurt Vonnegut Douglas Adams Mark Twain The rest in alphabetical order by last name: Robert Benchley Charlotte Brontë Emily Brontë Albert Camus Raymond Chandler Umberto Eco ...1 week ago -
Anathem
Necromancy Never Pays —
Authority: 461
We have met the aliens, and they are us. Thats what struck me about Neal Stephensons Anathem, which its taken me a whole year to read. I had gotten almost halfway through (396 pages in) when I stopped for a while, simply because this is a novel that requires you to read it in large sections, great contemplative ...2 weeks ago -
Anathem, by Neal Stephenson (Part 2)
GeekReads —
Authority: 103
Let me start by telling you a joke: The Order of GeekReads wished to know the purpose for which Gallus Gallus – a member of the kingdom of Animalia, from the Phylum Chordata, and belonging to the family of Phasianidae – traversed a piece of paved land usually reserved for wheeled vehicles. An inquisition found ...2 weeks ago -
Write what you dont know
Aliya Whiteley and Neil Ayres —
Authority: 121
Tim Stretton has recently been keeping quite a detailed record of his wranglings with embarking on writing a new historical fiction. What Ive ben interested in is his reading matter. He is digging into his genre, in an effort to find out more about his chosen period, sure, but also as theyre the type of books he ...4 weeks ago -
Reading Recommendation: Anathem (Neal Stephenson)
Brenda Cooper —
Authority: 118
I just finished Anathem. It was a marathon read. I read it across my Kindle (easy on the eyes) and the Anathem softback (hard for me; getting old!) and the Anathem audio book (awesome. Well-read and well-produced). I hated it at the beginning. Slow, ponderous. But once I got into it, the world is ...7 weeks ago
