neal stephenson

[bluegreen17]

ah,finally,i found someone who describes how i feel about neal stephenson's writing...

in a comment i found,minnehaha wrote:

Read his books for the ride, not for the end. He puts together beautiful paragraphs, and the asides are the best part of one of his novels.

i feel similarly about tom robbins' writing,though i like neal a bit better.

i was so thrilled a couple of weeks ago when i found a hardcover copy of quicksilver in the bargain section and promptly snatched it up. i've only read part of it,when i borrowed it from the library,and i have yet to read the later two books in the baroque trilogy, nor have i finished reading cryptonimicron,but i love his stuff. i simply read it like i eat chocolate fudge...small amounts at a time,and savoring it intensely. he just puts words together and describes things in ways so different from anyone else. i have been such a reader over the years that i'm extremely particular about how things are written.

Comments

[ushuaia1979.livejournal.com]

Quicksilver is AWESOME!

Unrelated, but here's something you might find interesting m'dear

[acertaindoebear.livejournal.com]

Terry Prachett Speech (http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/press/pres_terspeach.htm)

and Tom Robbins' essay from the September 2004 issue of Harper's Magazine: Defying Gravity (http://japery.newpantagruel.com/2004/09/22/defying_gravity_with_crazy_wisdom.php)

Re: Unrelated, but here's something you might find interesting m'dear

[bluegreen17]

thanks!