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Indlæser... Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel (udgave 2019)af Neal Stephenson (Forfatter)
Work InformationFall; or, Dodge in Hell af Neal Stephenson (Author)
  
this follows Stephenson's Reamde novel in the sense that it is about the character Dodge in later life, although it's more like a standalone work than a sequel. Dodge forgets the rule not to eat before a clinical procedure, and the world changes dramatically as a result. this involves making a gameworld and stocking an afterlife, with some musing on religion as a side concern. the time shifts from the presentday to the future to an altered primitive past - but time is itself a character. there's also a lot of genre shifting, with quests and other fantasy elements alongside a world we can still recognize. the text itself moves from the author's signature style of vivid characters and crisp prose in Stephensonian chaotic storylines, which usually works out well if you just trot along after all the author's discursions. but in this case, i had some trouble with the prose and perhaps also with the bent of the subplot that resembled a Bunyanesque Pilgrim's Progress, which i would have liked to edit down quite a bit, though the conclusion of the whole affair was nicely twisty. nevertheless, the whole book is as always full of provocative ideas and (im)possible directions about where society might head not too far into the future, and i still heartily recommend it. (  ) macha | Jun 14, 2023 |  Loved it. It shifts gears in the middle (that’s not a spoiler), and it took me a while to click back in with the story. It was well worth it. You never know where Stephenson will take you! (  ) bookwrapt | Mar 31, 2023 | The story of The Singularity is the story of a family and also of a new Mythology. Friends and family of "Dodge" Forthrast struggle with their grief at his unexpected death and their responsibilities that flow from his will, which involve a vast fortune put to particular ends and the requirement that Dodge's body be preserved until science evolves to the point he can be resurrected. This resurrection is accomplished virtually, with Dodge's preserved neural configuration brought online via quantum computing, awakening as Egdod, who creates the Land out of chaos. Soon other souls emerge, including one who challenges the hierarchy that Egdod tops. Why I picked it up: I like most Neil Stephenson, and when Half-Priced Books didn't have the title I was looking for, I figured I'd spend some of the money I got for HPB donations on this. Why I finished it: My interest in the book waxed and waned. The Meatspace chapters were good, detailing the lives of Sophia, C-Plus, and others as they figure out how to bring the dictates of Dodge's will into being. The Miltonian chapters were less interesting to me, particularly approaching the crisis of the Fall when El defeated and then imprisoned Egdod. I got interested again with The Quest, but then lost interest as it dragged ever on in a Tolkienesque mode, but by then I was invested to see it through to the end. Which satisfies. I'd give it to: If you were obsessed with D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths as a child, have a healthy affection for cyberpunk, and can at least tolerate Milton and Tolkien, this is the book for you. ( ) yarmando | Feb 4, 2023 | His books tend towards long but there's usually more of a payoff than in this one so it ends up just feeling like a slog. Would have been a more compelling book had it been told in reverse - starting from the fantastical epic and working backwards to the sci-fi origin. The ending you get instead just doesn't feel like it matters in the grand scheme of things (  ) martialalex92 | Dec 10, 2022 | I had a really hard time wading through this one. I normally love Neal Stephenson, but this was a bit too thick and slow for me. It was not as well-written as other books he has written, that I have read. I think I get what he was trying to do, here, but it was not well-executed. I did want to see how it ended, so I persisted, but I thought, "Hallelujah! I'm finally finished!" when I finished the last page. ( ) ReginaBrown | Dec 7, 2022 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"In his youth, Richard "Dodge" Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead and put on life support, leaving his stunned family and close friends with difficult decisions. Long ago, when a much younger Dodge drew up his will, he directed that his body be given to a cryonics company now owned by enigmatic tech entrepreneur Elmo Shepherd. Legally bound to follow the directive despite their misgivings, Dodge's family has his brain scanned and its data structures uploaded and stored in the cloud, until it can eventually be revived. In the coming years, technology allows Dodge's brain to be turned back on. It is an achievement that is nothing less than the disruption of death itself. An eternal afterlife--the Bitworld--is created, in which humans continue to exist as digital souls. But this brave new immortal world is not the Utopia it might first seem... Fall, or Dodge in Hell is pure, unadulterated fun: a grand drama of analog and digital, man and machine, angels and demons, gods and followers, the finite and the eternal. In this exhilarating epic, Neal Stephenson raises profound existential questions and touches on the revolutionary breakthroughs that are transforming our future. Combining the technological, philosophical, and spiritual in one grand myth, he delivers a mind-blowing speculative literary saga for the modern age."--provided by publisher. No library descriptions found. |
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purchased the latest Neal Stephenson book yesterday
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