Hi /lit/, im basically new on reading, found out i love Neal

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wtf are you doing?

you may have heard that Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" was like Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow".

this is not true, and was written by a moronic reviewer who noted that both books are partly about the second world war, and that they both have equations in the text.

Stephenson will never have a protagonist dress in a plush pig costume and escape from a gang of pissed-off tech sergeants via hot-air balloon.

if you're looking for an interesting author, check out Bruce Sterling. one of his most recent works, "the Caryatids" annoyed the hell out of me because the protagonists were clones of a Serbian warlord and were so full of themselves i wanted to slap them, but it was cool how each grew up in completely different environments.. but were very much the same woman.

>>8371305
Fuck everything about Stephenson.
>guys look at how smart I am in describing this thing I mean just THINK about it isn't it the most ingenious fucking description you've ever read seriously guys nobody can describe this thing the way I just did
>did you know the Makarov holster chambers a round when you draw the gun? lololol it's so cool and I'm never going to fucking mention it again and it has no literary relevance whatsoever but I just wanted you to know I know cool stuff so I told you about it in my story

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>>8372831
Dont know, wasnt me, for sure.

>>8372838
Yeah, I rode the hacker crackdown from him, i know its not the same, but ill take a look at his books doe.

>>8373058
Calm down, you dont need to enjoy what i do, just asked for good options to keep reading and you didnt even cared to tell a good autor.

>>8372831
Oh and i peefer anathem, reamde and snow crash, in that order, i like the rest but you know, prefer this ones.

Greg Egan.

>>8371305
Snow Crash is the most reddit book ever written.
It ws absolutely horible.

Alastair Reynolds or Banks

>>8373761

Definitely this.

Try out Asimov too