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Pattern recognition by William Gibson. Sylvain On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 9:27 AM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote: > Ahh.. I HAD forgotton about Cryptonomicon or whatever he called it, ... I > actually couldnt get 25 pages in. Im not in any way a Stevenson fan >(more a > PKDick fan) but Diamond age (and in a fun simplistic way Snow Crash) are > both brilliant... > > Warrens statement that he can't write a character, is um.... er...true, >but > well.. um.. er... sorry Warren... boring... > Its what people come up with when they just dont like a book, but can't >say > why. > > To be honest, after years of wallowing in arty farty clever clogs books > (Burroughs Joyce Poe ) I just cant be bothered with those long and >tiresome > descriptions of "real" characters.. (unless its Jane Austin) yawn.. does > EVERY book have to spend 4 chapters building motives and describing > backgrounds, and warming up... no.. what I want is > A) a great story, as in a beginning a middle and and a proper, old > fashioned, clever, resolving, end. And... > B) a good idea. So many novels I read are long sprawling desciptions of > seemier gritty real ... Im sick of it... Give me something unreal, new, > original, creative and surprising. And get to the story on page one. > > cheers > > Mark > > OH.. and a NON- SF recommendation: My fave book infact. A conspiracy of > dunces. > > > > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> > wrote: >> >> im(extremely minority)o, Stephenson can't write characters to save his >> life and i find his books deadly boring (ok, let me be specific and >indulge >> my passion for exaggeration a little less: 250 slow pages into >Cryptonomicon >> or whatever he called it, i realized that every single person in the >book >> was the identical blend of system analyst and amateur sleuth/reflexive >> information hider that i have to work with in corporate life every day, >just >> with different circumstances. i couldn't find a spec of character in >any of >> them, and i couldn't go on reading). >> >> and, sorry to those who've seen this recommendation before, but the best >> SF book, or any book, that i've read in the past 5 years was "The Time >> Traveler's Wife" >> >> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Christophe <cburke55@comcast.net> >wrote: >>> >>> You can skip, "Zodiac", though. It was his first and most definitely >not >>> in the same league as his later books. >>> >>> And don't forget William Gibson! Try "Idoru". >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "mark francombe" <mark@markfrancombe.com> >>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >>> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 6:14:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>> Subject: Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: recommendations for great science fiction >>> written in the last 10 years? >>> >>> DEFINATELY the Diamond Age, or from the same author Snow Crash. >>> >>> What Neil Stevendon does is present you with a world for a bit ( Nano >>> technology works, in Diamond Age, or Everyone has a second virtual >life in >>> Snow Crash) and then gives you a run of the mill exiting rollacoaster >of a >>> novel, based on those presumptions.. LOVE HIM... < br> >>> I just read Anathem, his latest, also genius, but a bit long and heavy >>> for a "trip book".. >>> >>> Of the 3 .. Diamond Age, lots of cool stuff.. changed the way I think >>> about e-learning (my day-job) as a matter of fact... >>> >>> enjoy >>> >>> M >>> >>> PS: >>> but surely.. all planes have SO MUCH inflight fun... catch up on all >them >>> films you missed... play Super Mario... Or my favorite... (but >expensive) >>> use the seat-back phone to call a random seat for a chat!!! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> www.markfrancombe.com >>> http://vimeo.com/user825094 >>> http://uk.youtube.com/user/markfrancombe >>> http://www.myspace.com/markfrancombe >>> http://www.looop.no/shop/catlabel.php?q=Synch%20Non%20Synch >> >> >> >> -- >> Warren >> http://www.ubetoo.com/Artist.taf?_ArtistId=6679 >> http://www.warrensirota.com > > > > -- > www.markfrancombe.com > http://vimeo.com/user825094 > http://uk.youtube.com/user/markfrancombe > http://www.myspace.com/markfrancombe > http://www.looop.no/shop/catlabel.php?q=Synch%20Non%20Synch >