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A meandering but mostly fun ride

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland

July 6, 2019 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

This massive book covers time travel, witchcraft, academia, military machinations, and more science and physics than this English major could comfortably follow. It feels like several different books mashed together (maybe because of the dual authors?), but the merging of all the pieces was pretty successful. I haven’t read much Stephenson, so I’m not sure how much was him and how much was Galland, but I enjoyed most of it. Melisande Stokes is trapped in 1851 London, and is writing down everything that happened to […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Bothari43, Neal Stephenson, nicole galland, the military sees everything as a weapon, time travel, witchcraft

Bothari43's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Bothari43, Neal Stephenson, nicole galland, the military sees everything as a weapon, time travel, witchcraft ·
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