Comments on: Let’s talk about Neal http://www.stochastica.net/2006/01/06/lets-talk-about-neal/ Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:28:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neal Stephenson - The Great Simoleon Caper - +: etcetera :+ 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] […]

]]> By: Karthik 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?

]]> By: tilo 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!

]]> By: DesiPundit » Sci-fi 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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