Anathem
Times read
James's read this book at least one time.
Notes
cook1bc: "Asamocra?" "Asynchronous, symmetrically anonymized, moderated open-cry repute auction. Don't even bother trying to parse that." Quote 6 hours, 30 minutes ago for Anathem
Heilemann: I'm not one for 'bricks', as they're often way longer than they can bear and rarely based on a premise that could bear their length anyway. But Anathem is one fine brick, I must admit. In fact, I think it ... Review 3 days, 19 hours ago for Anathem
mykola: This book blew my mind - it's a completely humbling experience to read it. It starts pretty slow and honestly comes across as a bit pretentious - lots of made up words, lots of complex philosophical conceits. What it evolves ... Review Comment 1 month ago for Anathem
Mr0grog: “Our opponent is an alien starship packed with nuclear bombs. We have a protractor.” Spoiler Quote 2 months ago for Anathem
korpios: Anathem is a philosophy primer masquerading as a speculative fiction novel — a damned good novel, mind you. While others have decried the heavy use of invented terminology, I found it to be invigorating; with so many parallels to our ... Review 2 months ago for Anathem
Heilemann: Really liking this more and more as I progress in it. Could it be that I will make it all the way to the end? Comment 2 months ago for Anathem
korpios: I decided to read the sample on my Kindle, and ... wow. Few books have ever sucked me in this quickly or completely. Comment 2 months, 2 weeks ago for Anathem
Heilemann: Considering that I never made it past p200 in Quicksilver (and thus still have the entire Baroque Cycle sitting unread on my shelf), I'm amazed I made it to p65 already. Cryptonomicon it ain't, but maybe it'll pick up. Comment 2 months, 4 weeks ago for Anathem
rossp: This sums up my current feelings about the book perfectly: http://xkcd.com/483/ (hover over image for some context :) Comment 3 months, 1 week ago for Anathem
rossp: Not really my cup of tea. I've put this down to work through a backlog of other books I've got at the moment; perhaps I'll check it out again sometime in the future. I've never quite enjoyed any sci-fi books, ... Comment 3 months, 1 week ago for Anathem
