The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.
I mean, this is like Daniel Pinkwater-level (and I love Pinkwater and would probably like Stephenson's books more if he wrote like Pinkwater, which he generally does not)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 16:33 (four years ago) link
I think what I may end up remembering best about this book is the rather brassy choice on the back cover for one of the two review blurbs to be blatantly plucked from a savage pan:
"Fascinating . . . . Insights into the human character shine like occasional full moons." - Boston Globe
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 31 March 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
"Still, she couldn't help but flinch as the final few flynks snapped around toward them." (p. 617)
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 03:58 (four years ago) link
gawwwwd the world-building in this final section is just so stupid, in the most blinkered, weird, nerd-author-can't-perceive-how-strange-he's-become kind of way.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 April 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
author-can't-perceive-how-strange-he's-become kind of way.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, April 3, 2020 2:44 PM
This can either be the best thing or the worst thing.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 3 April 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
worst in this casewatched The Core last night and was struck by how much it basically is a dumb and sometimes fun version of this book
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 15 April 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
the book is already dumb obv so what i mean is "less nerdy"