The Medium Might Be a Message

 Neal Stephenson's ponderous, otherworldy and philosophical novel Anathem may be the perfect book to consume on an e-reader -- although it's disturbing not to know exactly how far I am through the book (30% . . . but 30% of what? I don't know how many pages it is) but I can see the monastic avouts in the concents of Stephenson's world carrying around a similar gadget . . . still this book isn't for everyone, as there is more description of architecture than there is conflict, which is probably why the electronic version is only $1.99 on Amazon.

4 comments:

  1. it's always a good day for SAT words over here at Sentence of Dave. We nerd it up every day of the week, including Sundays!

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  2. That does NOT sound like something Mr. Truck would say. Dave, yes. Almighty Yojo, maybe. Mr. Truck, nooooooo!!

    Say it ain't so.

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  3. the tabloids report that mr. truck is having an identity crisis.

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