seeing libs talk about the horrors of socialized housing while this is 'just normal' increases my revolutionary spirit :elmofire:

  • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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    4 years ago

    read snowcrash

    edit to add: no, seriously, go read it. The ebook is at https://archive.org/details/SnowCrashNealStephenson and you can use sumatrapdf or calibre to view the epub.

      • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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        4 years ago

        It's so fucking good. I don't understand why my book club is so resistant to reading it (opposing suggestions at the last discussion were literally Thus Spoke Zarathustra and some piece of shit that my friend described as "the crown, but in book form and better").

      • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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        4 years ago

        Same. Seveneves was excellent too, but pretty intense and I can't recommend it if someone is struggling with climate grief/anxiety

        • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          Anathem was my first Neal Stephenson book and I became absolutely entrenched in the world. The fact that technology is called "praxis" lol. I really should read Seveneves again, but for some reason I didn't find it as good as Snowcrash, Anathem, REAMDE, or The Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O

          • 4_AOC_DMT [any]
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            4 years ago

            I've been putting off anathem. That or cryptonomicon is next on my stack, but your hints about anathem show me pretty clearly which one I should read next.

            • deletedbycreator [any]
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              4 years ago

              Honestly my vote is for Cryptonomicon. The way all the storylines converge on the ending is so satisfying. It's a fuckin tome though