Lädt ...

Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing (2012)

von Neal Stephenson

Mitglieder	Rezensionen	Beliebtheit	Durchschnittliche Bewertung	Diskussionen
517	28	47,075	(3.69)	7
"A collection of essays from #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson"--

Alle Mitglieder

▾Mitglieder

Kürzlich hinzugefügt von

daplz, adphantasma, teenybeanie25, radicaledward101, ironchefboyardee, AriaMK, Rugan, xaqrox, davidhindle

▾Tags

▾Empfehlungen von LibraryThing

▾Mitglieder-Empfehlungen

00
How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village von Arthur C. Clarke (pbirch01)
00
Change Is the Only Constant: The Wisdom of Calculus in a Madcap World von Ben Orlin (themulhern)
themulhern: Both contain essays about David Foster Wallace's writing on math. Neal Stephenson and Ben Orlin are a bit at odds; Neal Stephenson's essay is much longer.
00
Herodotus: The Father of History von Elizabeth Vandiver (themulhern)
themulhern: One of the essays in "Some Remarks" is about the popular reception of the move "300" which is about the defense of the pass of Thermopylae. I have started to feel that, while "300" is not truly historical, it is pretty faithful to Herodotus's "researches". And the viewers that Stephenson describes seem to have, subconsciously, grasped that.… (mehr)
00
Eine kurze Geschichte von fast allem von Bill Bryson (themulhern)
themulhern: The same sort of rollicking verve about science in "A Short History of Nearly Everything" as in the essay 'Mother Earth; Mother Board".

▾Listen

Books Read in 2022 (238)

Pleasant Surprises: Books That Exceeded Our Expectations (242)

▾Wird es dir gefallen?

Lädt ...

Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest.

▾Diskussionen (Über Links)

Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.

» Siehe auch 7 Erwähnungen/Diskussionen

▾Benutzer-Rezensionen

Englisch (27) Deutsch (1) Alle Sprachen (28)

I somehow missed this Stephenson book and had to read it. I liked most of it very much, some parts were not as good obviously, but he manages to put it all together so as to construct a story arch or two.

A few of the stories are eerily good at forecasting... especially "In the Kingdon of Mao Bell" about Kong Kong, written in 1994, the last sentence reminds you of recent and ongoing events:

"But a longer historical perspective suggests that it's only a matter of time before the northerners come pouring down through the mountain passes to whip their troublesome southern cousins back into line." (

)