“Cryptonomicon” is quite a door-stop. I listened to the audio of it back when I got CDs from the library, and it was over 30 discs, if I recall correctly (RIP, William Dufris, you are sorely missed). Later got a hard cover edition so I could get Neal to sign it (we used to travel in the same circles, strangely enough). Anyway, it’s chonky.
So true, so much fiction nowadays is an "open world exploration" I think writers forget it's a narative. My favorite book is "the old man and the sea" two characters, three if you count the fish, and a hundred some odd pages of perfect intensity. Great literature.
Some of the Outlander books are that long. And Shōgun.
“Cryptonomicon” is quite a door-stop. I listened to the audio of it back when I got CDs from the library, and it was over 30 discs, if I recall correctly (RIP, William Dufris, you are sorely missed). Later got a hard cover edition so I could get Neal to sign it (we used to travel in the same circles, strangely enough). Anyway, it’s chonky.
So true, so much fiction nowadays is an "open world exploration" I think writers forget it's a narative. My favorite book is "the old man and the sea" two characters, three if you count the fish, and a hundred some odd pages of perfect intensity. Great literature.
George RR Martin, Dances with Dragons - where are the Starks?