![]() ![]() Stephenson calls the rest, the non-intellectuals, extramurals. Both stories start off by describing a fictional world in which an intellectual class is kept (or keeps) separate from the rest of society. With Neal Stephenson I always feel that he's onto such a good path but he's always slightly on the shoulder of the road, not on the tarmac.Īlthough there is a world of differences between The Glass Bead Game and Anathem, there are also a large number of remarkable similarities that sometimes go into great detail. If it weren't for the invented terms, elaborate world descriptions, meaningless meanderings and other trappings of an intellectual tome. He himself confesses that his goal is to write a good yarn, which he has. Granted Neal Stephenson isn't after a deep novel that is meant to change your perspective on intellectual monks and reality as we know it. If you've read Herman Hesse's The Glass Bead Game you're going to cry. ![]() Will you like it? If you like action packed novels that go on forever with glassy philo-babble then you're going to have a blast. ![]()
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