Comments on: Introducing: Minimalist Reviews http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/ free software, free culture, free association Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: mike http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-3513 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:17:16 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-3513 GEB Kristvak is the son of Jutta in Finland. Gunther Enoc Bobby. Hes the guy that comes and steals Randy's girlfriend... GEB Kristvak is the son of Jutta in Finland.

Gunther Enoc Bobby. Hes the guy that comes and steals Randy’s girlfriend…

]]> by: honico http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-155 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:19:45 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-155 re: –Neal Stephenson, Reason Interview ...Yes. Of course. He is, once again, two steps ahead. ;-) So, getting through the series proved...difficult...? I was constantly going back 500 pages (to include pushing back into the previous book) to reread and rethink the actions...the names and timing. For me, it was like one of those old TADS games--like Zork--where there's a numbing amount of doubling-back, so you miss the small *click* of a one-time device. At least, on my reader, I could toss in a bookmark, do a word search for ...zog... and start again. You going to re-read them? // re: –Neal Stephenson, Reason Interview …Yes. Of course. He is, once again, two steps ahead. ;-) So, getting through the series proved…difficult…? I was constantly going back 500 pages (to include pushing back into the previous book) to reread and rethink the actions…the names and timing.

For me, it was like one of those old TADS games–like Zork–where there’s a numbing amount of doubling-back, so you miss the small *click* of a one-time device. At least, on my reader, I could toss in a bookmark, do a word search for …zog… and start again.

You going to re-read them?
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]]> by: Scott Carpenter http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-142 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:36:13 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-142 I <i>loved</i> the Baroque Cycle and most of Stephenson's other work. I have a story about how I made it through the three books that may not be especially gripping, but if/when I review them I'm sure I'll go on in great detail about it. As far as loose ends, I suppose we may see more in future books, but I wouldn't count on it: <blockquote cite="http://www.reason.com/0502/fe.mg.neal.shtml"> <p>Mysteries and unresolved questions are a part of real life, and so it's OK for them to exist in novels. As a matter of fact, I'm inclined to be a bit suspicious of any novel in which everything gets tidily resolved at the end. It doesn't feel right for me to do this. So I typically leave some things unresolved. It's not an oversight.</p> <p>--Neal Stephenson, <i>Reason</i> Interview, February 2005<br /> <a href="http://www.reason.com/0502/fe.mg.neal.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.reason.com/0502/fe.mg.neal.shtml</a></p> </blockquote> I loved the Baroque Cycle and most of Stephenson’s other work. I have a story about how I made it through the three books that may not be especially gripping, but if/when I review them I’m sure I’ll go on in great detail about it.

As far as loose ends, I suppose we may see more in future books, but I wouldn’t count on it:

Mysteries and unresolved questions are a part of real life, and so it’s OK for them to exist in novels. As a matter of fact, I’m inclined to be a bit suspicious of any novel in which everything gets tidily resolved at the end. It doesn’t feel right for me to do this. So I typically leave some things unresolved. It’s not an oversight.

–Neal Stephenson, Reason Interview, February 2005
http://www.reason.com/0502/fe.mg.neal.shtml

]]> by: honico http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-139 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:11:37 +0000 http://www.movingtofreedom.org/2006/09/09/introducing-minimalist-reviews/#comment-139 I hoped you liked the Baroque Cycle as much as I did. I was staggering at the last of the last book--then scrambling to re-read the first chapter in Cryptominicon...all made sense then... -Except for a couple loose ends. Ever figure what happened to the Germain Sub Captain, down in the Sub w/ Rudy? Ok...so Rudy stays behind, the captain flees...then what of him? And the pregnant gal up in...Norway?...what of her...and child...More Shaftoes for another book? I have all these on eBook...many thousands of others...but the 'Cycle is my all-time fave. // I hoped you liked the Baroque Cycle as much as I did. I was staggering at the last of the last book–then scrambling to re-read the first chapter in Cryptominicon…all made sense then… -Except for a couple loose ends.
Ever figure what happened to the Germain Sub Captain, down in the Sub w/ Rudy? Ok…so Rudy stays behind, the captain flees…then what of him? And the pregnant gal up in…Norway?…what of her…and child…More Shaftoes for another book? I have all these on eBook…many thousands of others…but the ‘Cycle is my all-time fave. //

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