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Like many readers, ive enjoyed several of neal stephenson s books although i did struggle through some of the longer ones in places. Above all, reamde is an enthralling human story an entertaining and epic pauseresister from the extraordinary neal stephenson. A skilled hunting guide, he eventually amassed a fortune by smuggling. Neal stephenson books in order for his series and bestselling novels like cryptonomicon, snow crash, interface, reamde. Ewalt contributor opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. Neal stephenson audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. Ive enjoyed several of neal stephenson s books although i did. Written by neal stephenson, audiobook narrated by malcolm hillgartner. In the same way that i avoid movies over minutes especially if theyre historical costume drama, egads my selfdiagnosed add usually keeps me away from books. Buy reamde by stephenson, neal from amazons fiction books store. Unfortunately, although i quite enjoyed reading through this lengthy tome at the start, the last 20% of the book severely disappointed, which ended up spoiling most of the book. Four decades ago, richard forthrast, the black sheep of an iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of british columbia to avoid the draft. Neal stephenson is the author of reamde, anathem, and the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion, and the system of the world, as well as cryptonomicon, the more. In 1972, richard forthrast, the black sheep of an iowa farming clan, fled to the mountains of british columbia to avoid the draft.
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