…reading, especially the first 2/3's. My personal, quick, rough ranking of Stephenson's bibliography: * Anathem * Snow Crash * The Diamond Age * Seveneves * Cryptonomicon * The Baroque Cycle * Zodiac * Reamde * The Interface * The Big U Haven't Read * The Cobweb * The Mongoliad
…think diamond age gets enough interest. It's one of my favorite books and the ending is unsatisfying but at least upbeat. Seveneves is also tons of fun. And if you know anyone who likes history, his older Baroque Cycle is pretty great I haven't heard this in an interview or anything but I think now Stephenson is older and successful enough, he just writes the books exactly how he likes. Diamond age feels like he was…
…Karenina. * Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita (interesting how several people mention this one; I used to think it was my own private discovery). * Neal Stephenson, especially Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle And the obligatory Tolkien and Douglas Adams that I read and re-read as a teenager.
I really loved the Baroque cycle; Is there any other author that writes similar stuff? I've liked other Stephenson novels I've read (Cryptonomicon and Diamond age), but to be honest they haven't been the mind blowing experience of the…
I was pleasantly surprised to see two Neal Stephenson books on the list, but why did the second have to be Anathem? I thought Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle were much better books. Anathem's plot seemed like book-nerd wish fulfillment. Of course I still read all thousand pages of Anathem in, like, four days. :)
The Confusion - Neal Stephenson (I'm starting to tire a little of the female hero character who's in all his books, but on the whole, The Baroque Cycle, which this is the second volume of, has been very educational and always entertaining) The Visual Display of Quantative Information, Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations, and Beautiful Evidence (I…
……读下去，尤其是前三分之二。我个人对斯蒂芬森作品快速、粗略的排名：* 《严冬》（Anathem） * 《雪崩》（Snow Crash） * 《钻石时代》（The Diamond Age） * 《七夏娃》（Seveneves） * 《密码宝典》（Cryptonomicon） * 《巴洛克三部曲》（The Baroque Cycle） * 《黄道》（Zodiac） * 《发条》（Reamde） * 《接口》（The Interface） * 《大U》（The Big U） 还没读过的：* 《蛛网》（The Cobweb） * 《蒙古大军》（The Mongoliad）
…reading, especially the first 2/3's. My personal, quick, rough ranking of Stephenson's bibliography: * Anathem * Snow Crash * The Diamond Age * Seveneves * Cryptonomicon * The Baroque Cycle * Zodiac * Reamde * The Interface * The Big U Haven't Read * The Cobweb * The Mongoliad
……觉得《钻石时代》得到了足够的关注。它是我最喜欢的书之一，虽然结尾差强人意，但至少基调是昂扬的。《七夏娃》也极其有趣。如果你认识喜欢历史的人，他早期的《巴洛克三部曲》就相当棒。我没在访谈或别的地方听过这种说法，但我觉得现在的斯蒂芬森年纪够大也足够成功了，他就是完全按自己的喜好在写书。《钻石时代》感觉像是他当时……
…think diamond age gets enough interest. It's one of my favorite books and the ending is unsatisfying but at least upbeat. Seveneves is also tons of fun. And if you know anyone who likes history, his older Baroque Cycle is pretty great I haven't heard this in an interview or anything but I think now Stephenson is older and successful enough, he just writes the books exactly how he likes. Diamond age feels like he was…
……卡列尼娜》。* 米哈伊尔·布尔加科夫的《大师与玛格丽特》（很有意思的是好几个人都提到了这本；我还曾经以为这是我自己私藏的宝藏）。* 尼尔·斯蒂芬森，尤其是《密码宝典》和《巴洛克三部曲》。还有青少年时期一遍又一遍读的必读托尔金和道格拉斯·亚当斯。
…Karenina. * Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita (interesting how several people mention this one; I used to think it was my own private discovery). * Neal Stephenson, especially Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle And the obligatory Tolkien and Douglas Adams that I read and re-read as a teenager.
我真的很喜欢《巴洛克三部曲》；还有其他作家写类似风格的作品吗？我读过斯蒂芬森的其他小说也很喜欢（《密码宝典》和《钻石时代》），但平心而论，它们带来的震撼感都比不上……
I really loved the Baroque cycle; Is there any other author that writes similar stuff? I've liked other Stephenson novels I've read (Cryptonomicon and Diamond age), but to be honest they haven't been the mind blowing experience of the…
看到榜单上有两本尼尔·斯蒂芬森的书，我还是挺惊喜的，但为什么第二本非得是《Anathem》？我觉得《密码宝典》和《巴洛克三部曲》要好得多。《Anathem》的情节看着就像是书呆子的自我意淫。当然，我还是在大约四天里刷完了《Anathem》整整一千页。:)
I was pleasantly surprised to see two Neal Stephenson books on the list, but why did the second have to be Anathem? I thought Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle were much better books. Anathem's plot seemed like book-nerd wish fulfillment. Of course I still read all thousand pages of Anathem in, like, four days. :)
《混乱》（The Confusion） - 尼尔·斯蒂芬森（对他每本书里都有的女英雄人设我开始有点审美疲劳了，但总的来说，作为第二卷所在的《巴洛克三部曲》，既让人大长见识又始终引人入胜）《定量信息的视觉展示》、《信息构想》、《视觉解释》和《美丽的证据》（我……
The Confusion - Neal Stephenson (I'm starting to tire a little of the female hero character who's in all his books, but on the whole, The Baroque Cycle, which this is the second volume of, has been very educational and always entertaining) The Visual Display of Quantative Information, Envisioning Information, Visual Explanations, and Beautiful Evidence (I…