snow crash came out when i was still a reader and while i don't have a firm memory of not having read it or why i wouldn't have, i do have a firm memory of meaning to (and i was a voracious reader then). but the plot description at wiki doesn't trigger recall so i likely didn't.
and while i was a reader still somewhat after that, the same is true for the one you mention so i probably have never read any stephenson.
i imagine i would like it in large part -- but there's a certain amount of repulsion generated by the fact it's a tool of peter thiel that he made required reading in the early days of paypal and whatever relation it may have to the bitcoin ponzi scheme that's still playing itself out on the world stage.
doing a bit of quick research to refresh my recollection on stephenson's works i happened upon a fluff article at gizmodo called '10 books you pretend to have read and why you should read them' which kicks off with our subject (indicating that i ought to have pretended to have read it...). so it's in good company
on that list i've actually read (it's up to you determine whether i'm just pretending) 1984, dune, and foundation. i've perused infinite jest and gravity's rainbow and haven't opened the rest although there's only one i haven't heard about and in that case i haven't even heard of olaf stapledon, its author, which is remarkable really. seems to me that someone accidentally put it in place of voyage to arcturus which i've also started but not finished.
extraneous information, but at any rate, reading cryptonomicon would clearly be some kind of an achievement with lasting value, perhaps more lasting value than my friend's bitcoin.
and while i was a reader still somewhat after that, the same is true for the one you mention so i probably have never read any stephenson.
i imagine i would like it in large part -- but there's a certain amount of repulsion generated by the fact it's a tool of peter thiel that he made required reading in the early days of paypal and whatever relation it may have to the bitcoin ponzi scheme that's still playing itself out on the world stage.
doing a bit of quick research to refresh my recollection on stephenson's works i happened upon a fluff article at gizmodo called '10 books you pretend to have read and why you should read them' which kicks off with our subject (indicating that i ought to have pretended to have read it...). so it's in good company
on that list i've actually read (it's up to you determine whether i'm just pretending) 1984, dune, and foundation. i've perused infinite jest and gravity's rainbow and haven't opened the rest although there's only one i haven't heard about and in that case i haven't even heard of olaf stapledon, its author, which is remarkable really. seems to me that someone accidentally put it in place of voyage to arcturus which i've also started but not finished.
extraneous information, but at any rate, reading cryptonomicon would clearly be some kind of an achievement with lasting value, perhaps more lasting value than my friend's bitcoin.
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