On Neal Stephenson
The writer's maxim goes "Show, don't tell". To this end, writers like Tom Clancy, Ian Fleming, and Neal Stephenson fail miserably.
Perhaps Stephenson's maxim is "Every maxim can be broken as long as there's a helicopter in there somewhere."
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Actually, that's a maxim for film. Writers can't "show" you anything, although I get the point that certain authors could do more to create an active reading experience.
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