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Ah, Cryptonomicon. The book that pretty much killed my interest in Neal Stephenson.
...which is really weird to say, cause it's not a bad book by any means. I've read bad books before. That isn't one of them. Hell, I've read through slogs before, and I wouldn't call Cryptonomicon a slog.
But after finishing, I basically paused, considered everything, put it on my shelf, and never picked up one of his books ever again.
Which is weird, come to think. Cause Snow Crash was fun as hell, and The Big U was definitely entertaining.
Eh, maybe I'll give Diamond Age another shot one day.
Why did it kill your interest in him? Assuming you can answer the question without spoiling the plot.
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