I didn't see "The Confusion" as a particularly hard read, far less heavy going than Part1. A lot of it is a Shaftoe-led seafaring yarn. While still expressing some serious ideas, Stephenson still has a lot of laugh out loud funny moments in te same way as Cryptonomicon. But if you didn't like that, run the other direction...
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I didn't see "The Confusion" as a particularly hard read, far less heavy going than Part1. A lot of it is a Shaftoe-led seafaring yarn. While still expressing some serious ideas, Stephenson still has a lot of laugh out loud funny moments in te same way as Cryptonomicon. But if you didn't like that, run the other direction...