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Reamde

By: Neal Stephenson
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
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“Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling.” - Time

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Neal Stephenson is continually rocking the literary world with his brazen and brilliant fictional creations - whether he’s reimagining the past (The Baroque Cycle), inventing the future (Snow Crash), or both (Cryptonomicon). With Reamde, this visionary author whose mind-stretching fiction has been enthusiastically compared to the work of Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Kurt Vonnegut, and David Foster Wallace - not to mention William Gibson and Michael Crichton - once again blazes new ground with a high-stakes thriller that will enthrall his loyal audience, science and science fiction, and espionage fiction fans equally. The breathtaking tale of a wealthy tech entrepreneur caught in the very real crossfire of his own online fantasy war game, Reamde is a new high - and a new world - for the remarkable Neal Stephenson.

©2011 by Neal Stephenson. (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Exciting Funny Suspense Espionage Thriller Russia China

Critic Reviews

“Stephenson...delivers a sprawling thriller that shows him in complete control of his story.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Noir futurist Stephenson returns to cyberia with this fast-moving though sprawling techno-thriller...Who’ll prevail? We don’t know till the very end, thanks to Stephenson’s knife-sharp skills as a storyteller. An intriguing yarn—most geeky, and full of satisfying mayhem.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

“Sometimes when you’re reading Neal Stephenson, he doesn’t just seem like one of the best novelists writing in English right now; he seems like the

only one.” (Lev Grossman, Time)
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Clever and engaging, Stephenson has done it again! Love the thoughtfulness of fleshing out some online ideas

Great modern romp with MMO flavours and well tied together

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starts very interesting, then becomes a run-of-the-mill action story. wasted potential, way too long.
still enjoyable.

too long, wasted potential

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I liked most of this book, interesting, fun intriguing lots of characters but the the end scene was like a confusing 6 hr shootout that left me confused and failed to hold my attention.

80% Great

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The multiple characters are unique and intersect in interesting ways. At various points you think you know how the story will progress but it then takes a turn. loved it.

Characters Galore

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as all other stories by Neal Stephenson loved it to bits. it is great book. it has bits of humor, espionage, romance, gunshots, tech, gaming, private jets... everything yoy may think of.

Give me more of that

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Loved the book and the audio version is excellent as well. I Highly recommend it.

Simply fantastic

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Is This, is really written by the same guy who did Snow Crash? Buried deep within this 40 hour slog is probably a decent story but with so many flat, needless characters, a plot that feels like it was come up with using a set of d12 and on one occasion a character dying and me totally missing it until a couple hours it's tough to find. Often find myself thinking "Why are they doing this?"

The narration is decent for the most part all non-American (and even a Bostonian) accents are horrendous.

It does have some heart but Christ it's flabby. Stephenson needs a new editor...

It's a slog

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A great weaving story crossing continents and cultures in fast paced techno adventure
With a great reader

Fantastic read never a pauseGreat characters

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Broad-scoped story, extremely well written and presented... nice one Reamde crew... keep em coming

I suspect a future work may eclipse this but I’ll not hold my breath

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Struggled at the beginning..but didn't take that long to warm to the authors bunch of unlikely heroes. Struggled also with the narrator's accents which were sometimes muddled, but definitely heard worse.

Thoroughly enjoyable

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