My experience with Neal Stephenson was exactly the same, but with Cryptonomicon, although I get the feeling he was only starting to get into his polemic-making stride at that point.
*looks up garrulous* Can't argue with you there, though I think Neal Stephenson's recent work is worse :)
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Re: What a lot of Dickens. I don't like Dickens much ...
*looks up garrulous* Can't argue with you there, though I think Neal Stephenson's recent work is worse :)