Login
You're viewing the front-end.social public feed.
  • Sean Coatessean@scoat.es
    Jul 1, 2026, 9:49 PM

    14 year old comes into my office and asks if he can borrow my copy of Snow Crash.

    Me:
    “Oh you’re interested in that kind book now, I suppose. Cool. Yeah you can definitely borrow it!”

    *me, remembering how that book ends*

    “Ummmm maybe we should save that one for later. Here’s my copy of Cyptonomicon. You’ll love it.”

    He’s on a pretty long leash as far as content goes, but he does not need to read about the events surrounding the dentata quite yet… 😬

    💬 2🔄 0⭐ 0

Replies

  • 💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0
  • Peter Christensenpetergarner@mastodon.world
    Jul 2, 2026, 12:05 PM

    @sean I presume you read that book when it first came out. I’m impressed you can remember the ending. I usually forget most of what a book is about a day after I finish it. I recently re-read Gibson’s The Sprawl trilogy in preparation for the TV series, and it was almost like reading new-to-me novels. 😳

    💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0