Comments on: Neal Stephenson's gold farming thriller, REAMDE http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 15:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mirza http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062410 Mirza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062410 You can also switch two letters and get "remade." You can also switch two letters and get “remade.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1131538 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1131538 Read close to everything by NS - I recommend. Read close to everything by NS – I recommend.

]]> By: cowtown http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062684 cowtown Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062684 Speaking of Stephenson, has anyone subscribed to the Mongoliad? Is it worth it? Speaking of Stephenson, has anyone subscribed to the Mongoliad? Is it worth it?

]]> By: Variable Rush http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061918 Variable Rush Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061918 I loved Snow Crash, hated Cryptonomicon, haven't read anything else he wrote. This sounds interesting though. I loved Snow Crash, hated Cryptonomicon, haven’t read anything else he wrote. This sounds interesting though.

]]> By: mudpup http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061671 mudpup Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061671 I'm boycotting all HarperCollins for their Library eBook policy. I’m boycotting all HarperCollins for their Library eBook policy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062183 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062183 Did anyone else see README as the title? I swear my browser swapped the letters Did anyone else see README as the title? I swear my browser swapped the letters

]]> By: Dr Benway http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061680 Dr Benway Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061680 Not a good sign when a publisher's announcement contains a typo in the first sentence (repeated word.) Not a good sign when a publisher’s announcement contains a typo in the first sentence (repeated word.)

]]> By: pborenstein http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061681 pborenstein Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061681 When I saw the headline in my tweetstream, I thought "Please don't let it be HarperCollins." When I saw the headline in my tweetstream, I thought “Please don’t let it be HarperCollins.”

]]> By: mccrum http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061688 mccrum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061688 Ironically, in order to read it yet maintain my own fiscal boycott, I'll probably have to borrow it from... my local library. But this will be the first NS book I don't buy day one in a long time. Ironically, in order to read it yet maintain my own fiscal boycott, I’ll probably have to borrow it from… my local library. But this will be the first NS book I don’t buy day one in a long time.

]]> By: taosk8r http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062208 taosk8r Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062208 Weird, I thought I was the only one, except that I did read, and do recommend Diamond Age, and am considering Anathem, although I'm worried it isn't really going to be my kind of thing. Weird, I thought I was the only one, except that I did read, and do recommend Diamond Age, and am considering Anathem, although I’m worried it isn’t really going to be my kind of thing.

]]> By: MachineElf http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062216 MachineElf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062216 Any geek is going to keep catching that title out of the corner of their eye, thinking it's a typo. Any geek is going to keep catching that title out of the corner of their eye, thinking it’s a typo.

]]> By: Joe The Wizard http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061717 Joe The Wizard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061717 FINALLY. FINALLY.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1151334 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1151334 Ditto. I would pre-order that sucker. Ditto. I would pre-order that sucker.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061736 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061736 <i>The highly inventive, brilliant author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and Anathem returns returns with his most accessible novel to date</i> Awww, no fun making it accessible. Next you'll be saying it's less than 1,500 pages! (I kid because I love.) The highly inventive, brilliant author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and Anathem returns returns with his most accessible novel to date

Awww, no fun making it accessible. Next you’ll be saying it’s less than 1,500 pages!

(I kid because I love.)

]]> By: nemryn http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062286 nemryn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062286 I'm reading it as a double pun, like 'Anathem'; it's halfway between 'readme' and 'reamed'. I’m reading it as a double pun, like ‘Anathem’; it’s halfway between ‘readme’ and ‘reamed’.

]]> By: Zadaz http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062032 Zadaz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062032 I'm going to need a better one-sentence synopsis than "a thriller about gold farming" which reads like an oxymoron. "An exciting adventure though a nursing home" or "a breathtaking journey through a mushroom farm!" are nearly as gripping. "Paint drying was never like this!" I’m going to need a better one-sentence synopsis than “a thriller about gold farming” which reads like an oxymoron. “An exciting adventure though a nursing home” or “a breathtaking journey through a mushroom farm!” are nearly as gripping. “Paint drying was never like this!”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1074593 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074593 "A spellbinding tour of US Tax Code" not on your radar either? Guess you should avoid "The Pale King" then . . . “A spellbinding tour of US Tax Code” not on your radar either? Guess you should avoid “The Pale King” then . . .

]]> By: Jardine http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062308 Jardine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062308 Is it possible to turn someone dyslexic? Is it possible to turn someone dyslexic?

]]> By: l'elk! http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062059 l'elk! Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062059 i'll take "a breathtaking journey through a mushroom farm!", thank you very much. i’ll take “a breathtaking journey through a mushroom farm!”, thank you very much.

]]> By: jeaguilar http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1061810 jeaguilar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1061810 960 pages. 960 pages.

]]> By: thunderhammer http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062071 thunderhammer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062071 A page-turning romp about food preparation. An edge-of-your-seat thrill-ride about about copy-machine maintenance that grabs you and won't let go. A suspenseful coming-of-age tale about showing your grandmother how to make pie charts in Excel. A page-turning romp about food preparation. An edge-of-your-seat thrill-ride about about copy-machine maintenance that grabs you and won’t let go. A suspenseful coming-of-age tale about showing your grandmother how to make pie charts in Excel.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/21/neal-stephensons-gol.html#comment-1062077 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1062077 I would seriously entertain the notion of reading a book about copy-machine maintenance by Neal Stephenson. I would seriously entertain the notion of reading a book about copy-machine maintenance by Neal Stephenson.

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