Re: [PLUG] I need a book recommendation

[Jay Dobies <jason.dobies@redhat.com>]

> > I'm one of the few geeks who just doesn't get Stephenson. I want to try Snow
> > Crash again but I hated Cryptonomicon. It felt like 100 pages of story
> > stretched out into 800 pages of fluff.
>
> That's definitely a position I can respect. I think it's something to
> do with his OCD-esque prose at points. He focuses on details that
> might seem trivial (Proper Methodology For Eating Cap'n Crunch comes
> to mind) but that appeal to a certain strain in some folks. I read
> those sections and think "Well played, good sir." while others think
> "What a waste...!"

Ha, the Captain Crunch example is the first one I think of with that 
book. On the 4th or so page describing how to properly eat Captain 
Crunch I sat back and wondered why the hell I was spending my time 
reading it  :)

The funny part is that I found all of the deep math stuff in the book 
fascinating. He went on for pages about how gear size on a bike 
influences whether or not it will break the bike chain. Most people 
would find that mind-numbing but I was really into it (that's what I 
expected out of that book).



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