The Big U


The Big U
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one of his stranger works

6 years, 6 months ago at Dec 21 14:45
It's a good book, and one of Neal Stephenson's stranger works. There's something in the way he leads you along the story that draws you in, and just as you're thinking that it's a pretty straightforward sci-fi book, BAM! You're reading about the giant... well, you'll have to read about it.
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Description: The New York Times Book Review called Neal Stephenson's most recent novel "electrifying" and "hilarious".  but if you want to know Stephenson was doing twenty years before he wrote the epic Cryptonomicon, it's back-to-school time. Back to The Big U, that is, a hilarious send-up of American college life starring af ... (more)
Manufacturer : William Morrow & Company
Release date : 1 February 2001
ISBN-10 : 0380816032 | ISBN-13: 9780380816033
Fiction (1), Campus (1), Dystopian (1), Student (1), University (1)
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[dave] posted a review 6 years, 6 months ago

one of his stranger works

“It's a good book, and one of Neal Stephenson's stranger works. There's something in the way he leads you along the story that draws you in, and just as you're thinking that it's a pretty straightforward sci-fi book, BAM! You're reading about the giant... well, you'll have to read about it.” read more

[dave] added this to a list 7 years, 4 months ago
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Steve Crane added this to a list 7 years, 8 months ago
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