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ITT: We get depressed at how we'll never be as witty as Neal Stephenson.

>> No.1523405

I've only read Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, but his witt didn't seem that unattainable.

>> No.1523407
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>>1523405

"black chariot of pepperoni fury"

"sufficient numerical force to hijack it to America, which was all that really counted in China"

;____;

>> No.1523566

>>1523401
Is that you Neal?

>> No.1523576

Dunno about wit, but I'm at least jealous of that Captain Crunch digression in Cyptonomicon. That's a fantastic fucking piece.

>> No.1523603

He's not that witty.

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you will never live in Snow Crash's world ;_;

>> No.1523619

the thread reminded me of this for some reason.
http://slashdot.org/story/04/10/20/1518217/Neal-Stephenson-Responds-With-Wit-and-Humor

>> No.1523636

>>1523619

Oh lawd, I almost forgot about that "Who would win in a fight -- you or William Gibson?" thing. His response is fucking hilarious.

> "...the streets were crowded with his black-suited minions and I had to turn into a swarm of locusts and fly back to Seattle."