Fall

by Neal Stephenson

hardcover

Published May 20, 2019 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-816882-7

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(39 reviews)

6 editions

olena reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

Unnecessarily long even for Stephenson

4 stars

It has so many awesome premises, explored interesting topics. Misinformation, Biblical Belt, cryogenics, cloud computing and a lot of other things looked at from a different angle: everything we love Stephenson for. But it was way too long, and the second half felt quite forced. Stephenson’s books always have their slower parts and what fills like a filler, but this one was unnecessarily over-packed on that regard even by his standards.

spilliams reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

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1 star

None of the characters don’t know exactly what they’re doing. Everyone is technically-minded. A quarter of the way in and no sense of overarching conflict or plot.

bondolo reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

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4 stars

What a strange book. Not since [b:The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer|827|The Diamond Age Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer|Neal Stephenson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388180931l/827.SY75.jpg|2181158] has a Stephenson novel felt so mythic. It is the type of book I like, character driven legendary. The viewpoint and characters kept shifting though. I would have preferred to spend more time with fewer characters. Perhaps if the narrative had been more episodic with less connection between the sections then I might not have minded as much. Making more of the time jumps in both the "real" world (is it really?) and "virtual" world would have helped.

I strongly suspect that I will be reading this one again. After failing to finish [b:Seveneves|22816087|Seveneves|Neal Stephenson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1449142000l/22816087.SY75.jpg|42299347] I had wondered whether I would be able to get in to this book. I had no similar problems with [b:Anathem|2845024|Anathem|Neal Stephenson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1488349209l/2845024.SX50.jpg|6163095], which a lot …

outofrange reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

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4 stars

Neal Stephensen is great at going off the rails and exploring wherever he is flung in an thoroughly amusing way. There is plenty of material to question and disagree with, but I enjoy that part of the ride too.

bbbhltz reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

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5 stars

"Absolutely amazing" is an understatement.

AnotherRebecca reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

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5 stars

I'm not sure what just happened

Jack Baty reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

Review of 'Fall; or, Dodge in Hell' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

The first 300 pages were fantastic. Then the story delved further into bitworld and became less interesting to me. Many reviews said that the last part of the book was almost entirely a fantasy novel within bitworld, so I gave up at around page 500 and will not be finishing the book.

This is disappointing, because the first 3rd was so very good.

Tom Goetz reviewed Fall; or, Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson

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2 stars

Not my favorite Stephenson book by far. Gets slow after the first bit and never recovers. You could shrink this down to a short story and make the same points.