Reamde

By: Neal Stephenson

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 38 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

“Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling.” - Time

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Neal Stephenson is continually rocking the literary world with his brazen and brilliant fictional creations - whether he’s reimagining the past (The Baroque Cycle), inventing the future (Snow Crash), or both (Cryptonomicon). With Reamde, this visionary author whose mind-stretching fiction has been enthusiastically compared to the work of Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Kurt Vonnegut, and David Foster Wallace - not to mention William Gibson and Michael Crichton - once again blazes new ground with a high-stakes thriller that will enthrall his loyal audience, science and science fiction, and espionage fiction fans equally. The breathtaking tale of a wealthy tech entrepreneur caught in the very real crossfire of his own online fantasy war game, Reamde is a new high - and a new world - for the remarkable Neal Stephenson.

©2011 by Neal Stephenson. (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

“Stephenson...delivers a sprawling thriller that shows him in complete control of his story.” ( Publishers Weekly)

“Noir futurist Stephenson returns to cyberia with this fast-moving though sprawling techno-thriller...Who’ll prevail? We don’t know till the very end, thanks to Stephenson’s knife-sharp skills as a storyteller. An intriguing yarn—most geeky, and full of satisfying mayhem.” ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

“Sometimes when you’re reading Neal Stephenson, he doesn’t just seem like one of the best novelists writing in English right now; he seems like the only one.” (Lev Grossman, Time)

Long but worth the time to read.

Neal does an excellent job of building up characters, keeping the story moving and weaving just enough different threads to make this enjoyable. By the end of the book, I found myself almost sad it was over. I had gotten to know these characters and found myself missing them when it was over and wanting to know more about how their lives played out after the final scenes.

a great book

I loved the current event style of this book, frank coverage of delicate subjects and great storyline.

A heading is required

Great narration with fantastic accents! My wife and I looked forward to every chapter as this whirlwind story unfolded

Incredible thriller!

This book is absolutely incredible. The suspense, twists and turns are all satisfying, and addicting to plow through as fast as possible.

Why Do I Return to Stephnson

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Would recommend to someone that was driving cross country and could only buy one book. While the technology sections are good and have speculative fiction, Mr. Stephenson's style of "action" writing would be better suited to describing snail racing. By the end when hours are spent describing a two hour event, I was waiting for it to be over so I could move on to another title.

If you’ve listened to books by Neal Stephenson before, how does this one compare?

Unlike Mr. Stephenson's other books, he seems to have most of both feet firmly placed in reality - a refreshing change. Beyond that, hard to compare to other books except that he does have a good grip on technology.

Pretty awsome

This book started out kind of slow but then picked up rapidly. The story was good except for the ending I felt was a bit abrupt for such a long and intricate novel. Over all it was an extremely entertaining and action packed story I would recommend to all.

A bit slow and predictable at times..

The narration was great, I'd definitely listen to another novel performed by Hillgartner but Reamde didn't keep me interested. A bit slow, a bit predictable and some characters motives and actions were questionable, especially the main antagonist. Overall it's not bad as I did finish it, but I wouldn't recommend it to a friend.

Stephenson Does It Again

Neal Stephenson is an incredible storyteller that can somehow wrap multiple storylines from, (until now) totally unrelated walks of life, in a way that makes his characters seem like they were born to be together. AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY

AWESOME

Starts a bit slow and alot to keep up with but well worth......AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also really like the narrator and will search out more stuff by him....

loved it

well worth the length. captivating story that keeps going. loved the characters and the scenes