"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly
event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly
anticipating.
My choice this week is Reamde
Author: Neal Stephenson
Publication date: September 20, 2011
From publisher Harper Collins:
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Neal
Stephenson is continually rocking the literary world with his brazen and
brilliant fictional creations—whether he’s reimagining the past (The Baroque
Cycle), inventing the future (Snow Crash), or both
(Cryptonomicon). With Reamde, this visionary author whose
mind-stretching fiction has been enthusiastically compared to the work of Thomas
Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Kurt Vonnegut, and David Foster Wallace—not to mention
William Gibson and Michael Crichton—once again blazes new ground with a
high-stakes thriller that will enthrall his loyal audience, science and science
fiction, and espionage fiction fans equally. The breathtaking tale of a wealthy
tech entrepreneur caught in the very real crossfire of his own online fantasy
war game, Reamde is a new high—and a new world—for the remarkable Neal
Stephenson.
For once, I'm excited about a big, long book instead of threatened. I'm not sure what the appeal is, but I am eager to get my hands on a copy and devote a week of my life to it!
ReplyDeleteI have loved all of Stephenson's long books, so I am looking forward to another one.
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