I've read all of Sandman before ;) It's one of those series I'm going to have to stop myself reading too often just in case they stop having that profound impact on me after (and during) each reading.
I think the thing with Neal Stephenson (sci-fi/blah-blah-whatever-genres) in general is the amount of... you know, made-up words. If my brain starts to ache or I have to go get a dictionary to understand a sentence, I'm out. The reason I picked up The Diamond Age when you bought it again was that the first couple of pages were easy enough to understand that they drew me in ;) But if that doesn't stick I'll only skim read and miss all the important bits. And sometimes I just need to put it down until the right time. Sometimes you want to pick up something you've never read before, even if it's been sitting there for months.
I thought you'd said, after reading the Second Sons trilogy that the plot was a bit much for you? Something about the plot, anyway :x I still have to pick up this other series she has started, if only it would come out HERE and in PAPERBACK and CHEAPER!
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I think the thing with Neal Stephenson (sci-fi/blah-blah-whatever-genres) in general is the amount of... you know, made-up words. If my brain starts to ache or I have to go get a dictionary to understand a sentence, I'm out. The reason I picked up The Diamond Age when you bought it again was that the first couple of pages were easy enough to understand that they drew me in ;) But if that doesn't stick I'll only skim read and miss all the important bits. And sometimes I just need to put it down until the right time. Sometimes you want to pick up something you've never read before, even if it's been sitting there for months.
I thought you'd said, after reading the Second Sons trilogy that the plot was a bit much for you? Something about the plot, anyway :x I still have to pick up this other series she has started, if only it would come out HERE and in PAPERBACK and CHEAPER!