[geeks] Re: [SunHELP] SSA and fiber card being a royal PITA

[Zach Malone]

I have not read The Big U, any more info on it?  Interface was ok, it didn't
really strike my fancy though.  Recently I have been reading Bruce Sterlings
various collections of short stories, in particular, the ones on
biotechnology, they very good, though he is somewhat hit or miss.  In terms
of the general genre of sci-fi, I have been finding that short stories (and
novellas) tend to be much better then full length books.  It just seems as
though there is a lot more creativity on that level of writting, maybe
because the hack short stories just dont get published.
    Zach
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [geeks] Re: [SunHELP] SSA and fiber card being a royal PITA


> On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:56:56AM -0400, Zach Malone wrote:
> > I dunno (I missed the start of this therad), but I never really liked
Neal
> > Stephensons cyberpunk stuff.  He came about 5 years too late, and his
work
> > comes across as being slightly repetitive of Gibson, Sterling, and the
other
> > 80's sci-fi authors.  Luckily he mixes in the whole Sumarian/mythology
> > factor, which really saves the book.  Im more partial to his later
stuff,
> > Cryptomonicon is really quite good, and his In the Beginning was the
Command
> > Line is a nice read.  The Diamond Age was ok, but a lot of people I
talked
> > to couldnt get into it.  Personally, I think that he has good ideas, but
his
> > writting is not of Gibsons caliber.
>
> The Big U was one of my favorites, and has recently been reprinted.  Its
> a trip.
>
> You can also find stuff like "Interface" by Stephen Bury - its a pen name
> of Stepehenson's.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> Austin, TX
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