![]() ![]() Of throwing shit on the wall and seeing what sticks…īefore launching to some of the side stories and my frustrations with them, let me describe the central storyline in a few simple paragraphs that certainly don’t do the scope of the book much justice. If this was the work of a lesser author, I’d be afraid he was deranged, but in the case of Neal Stephenson I like to believe that Fall or, Dodge in Hell is a grand experiment. ![]() It’s like the author decided to pick the worst characteristics of his precious works, and manically throw together multiple concepts, none of which he brings to completion. However, it seems to contain all the wrong elements one would expect from Stephenson. It has all the hallmarks of an author who is constantly evolving, refining his style and endlessly polishing his prose, so that not a single word or comma is out of line. ![]() In a sense, Fall is a typical Stephenson novel. ![]()
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