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Article #625191Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:03
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2018 19:03
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ma...@mail.com writes: > I also love Stephenson. He seems to have access to a lot of info > that is not easily found. My feeling is that Stephenson is "monstrous" in the same way that comets were once regarded as monstrous, something inexplicable in the context of a straightforward and well-ordered world. I can't imagine the cogntive state that can produce _Cryptonomicon_ or _The Baroque Cycle_. I was and remain totally gobsmacked by anyone being able to do that. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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