In the pristine instant (note the lack of caps). That there is only one reality and it can only be truly, objectively grasped by turning off all linear thought.
Good point. Which makes the whole thing rather comical. People install apps like Kazaa and Weather, then pay MS for a program to remove them. Sounds like easy money to me.
I disagree. I liked both of these better than either Snow Crash or Diamond Age (though I admittedly read Snow Crash pretty late in the game, well after the Internet had been established). The technology in DA is still cutting edge though.
Outside of Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle (I'm 2/3 of the way through BC) I don't think I've ever read anything that had so many stand up and cheer moments. I read selected passages out loud to my wife or whoever else is around. Once I finished Cryptonomicon it became my favorite book of all time, but so far it looks like BC will eclipse it, in terms of breadth, depth and high ass kicking quotient.
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In the pristine instant (note the lack of caps). That there is only one reality and it can only be truly, objectively grasped by turning off all linear thought.
Good point. Which makes the whole thing rather comical. People install apps like Kazaa and Weather, then pay MS for a program to remove them. Sounds like easy money to me.
I disagree. I liked both of these better than either Snow Crash or Diamond Age (though I admittedly read Snow Crash pretty late in the game, well after the Internet had been established). The technology in DA is still cutting edge though. Outside of Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle (I'm 2/3 of the way through BC) I don't think I've ever read anything that had so many stand up and cheer moments. I read selected passages out loud to my wife or whoever else is around. Once I finished Cryptonomicon it became my favorite book of all time, but so far it looks like BC will eclipse it, in terms of breadth, depth and high ass kicking quotient.