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Liberal In Texas

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25. I hope you finished it. It started as SF went into fantasy land.

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:42 PM

Feb 2020

And I loved how he projects forward what will become of "red states" and "blue states"...not actual states any longer but cities vs. rural areas. Safe places to live and wild areas where everyone lives by the gun. Intelligent people in the "blue states" and ignorant religious zealots in the "red states."

Stephenson is always worth the slog to the end.

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Aha hermetic Aug 2019 #14

Been on a sf & fantasy route this summer getting old in mke Aug 2019 #15

Fall; Or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson pscot Aug 2019 #16

HA! getting old in mke Aug 2019 #17

Good advice hermetic Aug 2019 #20

I struggled with Anathem and Seven Eves pscot Aug 2019 #21

I loved getting old in mke Aug 2019 #22

I hope you finished it. It started as SF went into fantasy land. Liberal In Texas Feb 2020 #25

I did indeed finish pscot Feb 2020 #26

At Night We Walk in Circles bif Aug 2019 #18

That sounds really good hermetic Aug 2019 #19

I gave up after about 60 pages bif Aug 2019 #23