http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/ It's got a point, if only you can find it... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/comment-page-1/#comment-63269 Neal Stephenson - The Great Simoleon Caper - +: etcetera :+ Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:48:26 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/#comment-63269 [...] From the Time archives, we extract an old short story from a perennial etcetera favorite Neal Stephenson: The Great Simoleon Caper  includes elements that would later become a Stephenson staple - “encryption, digital currency and distributed republics“. [Related post] [...] [...] From the Time archives, we extract an old short story from a perennial etcetera favorite Neal Stephenson: The Great Simoleon Caper  includes elements that would later become a Stephenson staple – “encryption, digital currency and distributed republics“. [Related post] [...]

]]> http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Karthik Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:11:17 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/#comment-2573 Which one did she recommend? Which one did she recommend?

]]> http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/comment-page-1/#comment-2571 tilo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 22:56:01 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/#comment-2571 ah one of maitri's favorite authors and she is going to kill me because I still haven't picked up the book she recommended! ah one of maitri’s favorite authors and she is going to kill me because I still haven’t picked up the book she recommended!

]]> http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 DesiPundit » Sci-fi Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:33:34 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/#comment-2483 [...] In search of elaborately plotted science fiction full of irreverent humor ? Karthik points us to Neal Stephenson. The complexity of the ideas is balanced by the irreverent, satirical tone of the narrative - Stephenson’s books never take themselves too seriously. And that endears them to you - a self deprecating geek discussing his ideas with passion is much more likable than someone earnestly trying to sell stories about plants that grow on Mars. [...] [...] In search of elaborately plotted science fiction full of irreverent humor ? Karthik points us to Neal Stephenson. The complexity of the ideas is balanced by the irreverent, satirical tone of the narrative – Stephenson’s books never take themselves too seriously. And that endears them to you – a self deprecating geek discussing his ideas with passion is much more likable than someone earnestly trying to sell stories about plants that grow on Mars. [...]

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