tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post2620594023316733329..comments2023-10-02T02:52:59.461-07:00Comments on Twigs and Brambles: Daniel Ausemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-77472859476557838572010-02-12T20:18:43.769-08:002010-02-12T20:18:43.769-08:00It's got a pretty thick appendix, so I would a...It's got a pretty thick appendix, so I would assume it's one of the newer editions.<br /><br />Snow Crash--I was really into the first two chapters, but after that there was a big tonal shift, and my interest dropped off pretty quickly.Lauren Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517994602774355541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-6889700921765774152010-02-12T18:35:18.285-08:002010-02-12T18:35:18.285-08:00Great, I think you'll enjoy it! Is it the earl...Great, I think you'll enjoy it! Is it the earlier edition that just has the four novellas, or one of the later editions with all the extra stuff?<br /><br />I've seen Lesli speak highly of Snow Crash, so it's been something in my loose maybe-I'll-read-it-sometime list. But I read something else of his (Quicksilver, I think?) and while I appreciated what he was doing, I just got overwhelmed by the sheer size of the series and gave up about halfway through the first.Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-85307535913377837332010-02-12T14:58:16.752-08:002010-02-12T14:58:16.752-08:00I think I had a similar hang-up with Snow Crash, a...I think I had a similar hang-up with Snow Crash, although that's obviously fiction... it seems pretty fixated on its own cleverness, and badass samurai in an internet cyber-world is pretty much a red flag for "lame" now, compared to how it might have been regarded in 1992.<br /><br />Apropos of nothing, I went to a public reading last night at a new-and-used bookstore, and they had City of Saints and Madmen on the front display shelf--new, but marked down 50%. So I grabbed it. It'll probably be awhile before I can get around to it, but at least it's in reach now.Lauren Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517994602774355541noreply@blogger.com