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Sci-Fi Author Stephenson Nails the Red-Blue Divide |
2004-11-07 |
Via Glenn Reynolds. From the Neal Stephenson novel Cryptonomicon. This is downright spooky: Weirdly, the ones who adopted the sternest and most terrible Old Testament moral tone were the Modern Language Association types who believed that everything was relative and that, for example, polygamy was as valid as monogamy. The friendliest and most sincere welcome he'd gotten was from Scott, a chemistry professor, and Laura, a pediatrician, who, after knowing Randy and Charlene for many years, had one day divulged to Randy, in strict confidence, that, unbeknownst to the academic community at large they had been spiriting their three children off to church every Sunday morning, and had even had them baptized. . . .[Emphasis added] Geez, that just about perfectly sums up the blue leftists and the red conservatives. And I say that as a non-Christian. As displayed by the Kerryite who supposedly committed suicide yesterday, the Left is not "capable of displaying adaptability." |
Posted by:Barbara Skolaut |
#3 He's good - his last one: "Quicksilver" I found ponderous.... "Cryptonomicon" was quirky and fun - 3 thumbs up |
Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-07 6:56:49 PM |
#2 Pappy - I haven't read the novel, though some people I respect couldn't put it down. Yeah, his writing is sort of long-winded, but the descriptions of the "Modern Language Association types" and the others is dead on for the Left and the rest of us. |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-07 6:17:45 PM |
#1 I'm not impressed with Stephenson's writing. Maybe it's the editor in me, but this is clunky. |
Posted by: Pappy 2004-11-07 3:42:38 PM |