<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Stephensonneal on My Books Blog</title><link>https://booksblog.poirier.us/tags/stephensonneal/</link><description>Recent content in Stephensonneal on My Books Blog</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><copyright>© Dan Poirier</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 10:50:02 -0400</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://booksblog.poirier.us/tags/stephensonneal/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Neal Stephenson - Fall</title><link>https://booksblog.poirier.us/posts/stephenson-neal---fall/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 10:50:02 -0400</pubDate><guid>https://booksblog.poirier.us/posts/stephenson-neal---fall/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Rating: Did not finish&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This was just. so. slow.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Excruciating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sadly, I have not been able to get through anything by Stephenson since &lt;strong&gt;Cryptonomicon&lt;/strong&gt;. From the &lt;strong&gt;System of the World&lt;/strong&gt; on, he just got so long-winded and the plots dragged so much.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>