Stephenson's first novel is now back in print. With a plot that meanders through academic catch-22s; massive, sonic stereo wars; neon-worshiping cults; and a campus-wide civil war, this scathing send-up of American college life presages the rise and fall of one of the most imaginative novelists writing today.
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Stephenson's first novel is now back in print. With a plot that meanders through academic catch-22s; massive, sonic stereo wars; neon-worshiping cults; and a campus-wide civil war, this scathing send-up of American college life presages the rise and fall of one of the most imaginative novelists writing today.
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Neal Stephenson once said that "The Big U" was his least favorite novel he'd written. I don't know why. Aside from the fact that next to his other novels TBU is the width of a sliver by comparison, the story arc, characterization and writing are fantastic. An absurdist rendering of the intricate microcosom of college life, TBU happily wavers between farfetched and close to home. Smart, funny, thoughtful, ridiculous and at times panicky and anxiety-producing, Stephenson's first novel is well worth the read despite what the author himself may think of it.
