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Title: Crapburger
Review: When this book came out, quite a few of the people I knew in the hacker community were reading this book. I'd read that he was from central Illinois where I was living. So I gave it a try. This book is like a boring version of the lord of the rings where all the interesting content has been replaced by silliness (some people felt Tolkien was verbose... man, they never read Stephenson). I never finished it because it was SO TEDIOUS. The scene containing a description of the hero eating Captain Crunch is a good example. Even without having read the book, I think we can all agree that's really tedious. Can't we?Years later, I still recall a few of the scenes and some of the writing. So "haunting" wouldn't be inappropriate. But I am as "haunted" by the horrific parts (e.g., the outcome of the WWII romance). I wish there was a way to flush this book out of my memory.Alas, all I can do is write this review.
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