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I Always Go Just Too Far Enough

chromatic on 2007-06-26T06:21:15

Someday, I'm going to write the fanfic story to end all fanfic stories (in the same way that there was no point in writing straight cyberpunk after Snow Crash). Until then, I present to you LOLKNUTH.

After Snowcrash

Ovid on 2007-06-26T07:21:04

Of course there's a point to writing cyberpunk after Snowcrash ... you could supply him with an ending. I love Stephenson, but like so many of his readers, his inability (ahem, "unwillingness") to have his stories come to any conclusion other than a jarring halt is my biggest frustration with this otherwise brilliant writer.

Re:After Snowcrash

Simon on 2007-06-26T07:42:56

I think that Stephenson does write conclusions, but (like Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations) knowing that readers will never have the patience to get to them, publishers stop printing the books a few hundred pages early to save on costs.

Re:After Snowcrash

chromatic on 2007-06-26T13:39:20

Try Pynchon sometime. Neither V nor The Crying of Lot 49 has an ending, but they both manage to be reasonably satisfying.

Ah, well. At least your...

Ron Savage on 2007-06-27T06:19:05

book 'Perl Testing' is a great read.

Re:Ah, well. At least your...

chromatic on 2007-06-27T13:46:49

Enjoy the brisket!

LOLPERL

Phred on 2007-07-06T07:10:05

I'm in ur PERL...

removing strictures and warnings ;o