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A review by valtimke
Atmosphæra Incognita by Neal Stephenson
4.0
This was truly a dense text, and if you're not up for reading pages upon pages of structural design descriptions, this may not be for you.
My experience with this tottered somewhere between enjoyable and relieved it was short. It wasn't that there was too much description but I didn't really connect to the description until the latter parts about the weather and "sprites."
I see some people saying they were glad it was short and in some way, I am glad it was too. It worked as a novella. There was just enough character and dialogue in it to make it work. However, I do think there could have been more scenes demonstrating how the tower affected the lives of those who had built it. We didn't really get a whole lot between the lengthy structural descriptions.
I loved the "into the unknown" aspect to this. It was really well done (and also my first Stephenson though I do own Seveneves.) In the end, for the length it was, I think it was worth the time.
**I did receive this as a Netgalley ARC from the publisher. This is my honest review.
My experience with this tottered somewhere between enjoyable and relieved it was short. It wasn't that there was too much description but I didn't really connect to the description until the latter parts about the weather and "sprites."
I see some people saying they were glad it was short and in some way, I am glad it was too. It worked as a novella. There was just enough character and dialogue in it to make it work. However, I do think there could have been more scenes demonstrating how the tower affected the lives of those who had built it. We didn't really get a whole lot between the lengthy structural descriptions.
I loved the "into the unknown" aspect to this. It was really well done (and also my first Stephenson though I do own Seveneves.) In the end, for the length it was, I think it was worth the time.
**I did receive this as a Netgalley ARC from the publisher. This is my honest review.