Reamde

Hardcover, 1044 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2011 by William Morrow.

ISBN:
978-0-06-197796-1
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OCLC Number:
703206576

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4 stars (207 reviews)

Reamde is a speculative fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2011. The story, set in the present day, centers on the plight of a hostage and the ensuing efforts of family and new acquaintances, many of them associated with a fictional MMORPG, to rescue her as her various captors drag her about the globe. Topics covered range from online activities including gold farming and social networking to the criminal methods of the Russian Mafia and Islamic terrorists. ([Source][1])

[1]: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamde

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Review of 'Reamde' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

I can't say that I enjoyed this book as much as The Confusion, but it's certainly Stephenson's most accessible book. It's essentially a 1000-page action movie, complete with a globe-trotting cast of Chinese hackers, Islamic terrorists, secret agents, laconic Russians, and portly Hungarians. The ending gets a little random at times (I honestly wonder if Stephenson has played Red Dead Redemption; the role of random cougar attacks certainly reminded me of the game) but it doesn't detract from the quality of the novel as a whole.

Review of 'Reamde' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A much more readable book than either the Baroque Cycle or Anathem; it moves far faster than either and gets going right away. But it is kind of uneven.

The part describing the game T'Rain and that take place in the game were fascinating, and reminded me a lot of the Cryptonomicon. Stephenson's best skill is that he just obviously gets geek talk, viscerally, and the tech is totally accurate and reads true to life. But his tendency to explore minute details and to wander off in sometimes unrelated digressions -- something I don't really mind in his other books -- to me doesn't serve him well in this book, which is supposed to be a fast-paced thriller. The level of detail and the lingering descriptions get in the way. Even the action scenes occasionally seem overwritten.

Much better characterization in this book, especially with Richard Forthrast, who was very …

Review of 'Reamde' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I really wanted to like this book more. I've read everything Neal Stephenson has written and I work in the video game industry, so I thought this sounded like the best book ever, and was thrilled to be able to borrow an advance copy. But unfortunately it was nowhere near the standard of 'Snow Crash'. It wasn't even very much about the online game described in the book blurb; it was really a quasi-techno thriller about spies, terrorists, long-drawn out shoot-outs, and international intrigue that just happened to involve a couple people who worked at or played a multiplayer online game. That said, there were still some interesting ideas in there. His discussion of the APPIS interface to map real world work to in-game rewards was interesting, as was his description of the economic basis of the game world, for example. Most of this was sidetracks though, not really relevant …

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