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  Diamond Age <------ Thhhhppppt!

   • g*****o@l**.****t.net
     26/07/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     Well I finally finished Dimanond Age the other day. The book really
     never

     went anywhere. It had a lot of characters that would appear and then

     never be mentioned ever again. It really was a strange story. It was as

     though the Earth reached a level of technology and then fell into a new

     Dark Age.

     The only real technology around was nanotech critters and matter

     compilers. The whole idea of AIs and Worlds within Virtual Reality was

     tossed out the door. In order to run a 3D Interactive movie, they need

     thousands of "actors" to play out each character in the movies.

     They did mention in a off-hand way about our two heros from Snowcrash.

     They never mentioned about Cyberspace or what happened at the end of

     Snowcrash. The whole book was really terrible. There was a cool concept

     here and there, but not enough to suggest this book to anyone.

     --Glen

       • p*******x@p***.****i.com
         27/07/1996 00:00:000 UTC

         Glen (g*****o@l**.****t.net) somehow managed to write:

         : Well I finally finished Dimanond Age the other day. The book
         really never

         : went anywhere. It had a lot of characters that would appear and
         then

         : never be mentioned ever again. It really was a strange story. It
         was as

         : though the Earth reached a level of technology and then fell into
         a new

         : Dark Age.

         heh...see, i read the book and i had most of the same problems i had
         with

         Snow Crash, only more so...lots of neat ideas, but not enough story.

         (I might go so far as to say The Diamond Age had no story at all)

         and there really weren't Any interesting characters... :(

         --

         73 de Dave Weingart KB2CWF "Can you find the Valium?

         mailto:p*******x@****.com Can you bring it soon?

         mailto:p*******x@e******.*********n.edu Lost Johnny's out there

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         -- Hawkwind