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[mangosteen]

Resolved: Neal Stephenson's writing can be at least partially described as "Tom Clancy for geeks".

Discuss.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

Like Tom Clancy isn't for geeks?
Clancy aims at geeks of warfare and military tech, Stephenson aims at geeks of computers and communications.
It's all technopr0n, Clancy's just goes bang!

[lillilah]

I'd agree that both Clancy and Stephenson are both for geeks. Clancy's endings are more satisfying, and Stephenson's writing, in general, has less of a feeling (for me) of reader manipulation. However, as far as geekiness goes, they are both up there.

[fieldsnyc.livejournal.com]

Who's Tom Clancy?