[UA] Telemancy

[Bryant Durrell]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 08:17:03PM -0400, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> > There's an odd bit in Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" where one
> > character talks about "representations" - our "mental image" of a
> > person built up by telecommunications - vs the actual person. I can't
> > recall the details, but it might have some bearing on Telemancy.
> >
> > Actually, Cryptonomicon should be read by any cryptomancer or
> > infomancer players...
> 
> I've been waiting for it to come out in paperback, though if it's
> recommended that heartily, I just might have to purchase the hardcover and
> eat ramen for a couple of weeks. . .

It's out in trade paperback.  I was fairly satisfied by the ending, 
for what it's worth -- I don't think Stephenson loses track of his
story so much as he failed to deliver any sense of climax.  Looked 
at another way, most Stephenson books are /all/ climax, cause he
doesn't pace his ideas out. 

-- 
  Bryant Durrell [] durrell at innocence.com [] http://www.innocence.com/~durrell
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  "Just goes to show you.  You can kill a guy, fold him up, stuff him in your
    trunk, and still you don't *really* know him."  -- The Kids in the Hall

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