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Anathem
Neal Stephenson
published: 2008, read: 1/6/23
1013 pages, genre: Sci-Fantasy
rating: 8.5/10, normalized: 8.333/10
1.132σ better than average
-0.404σ or -0.214/10 worse than average in Sci-Fantasy genre
0.423σ or 0.296/10 better than average by Neal Stephenson
0.526σ or 0.759/10 better than average recommended by roon
Recommended by: roon
Interesting mathy lore, great world-building. Starts off with math priests circle-jerking about geometry and ends with space combat. Cool strategy/tactics stuff like Ender's Game, but much more refined lore
(update 2 yrs later) Reading more of other series and this standalone book is just so complete, it's really friggin good.
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