This is not the case in a Neal Stephenson novel. Exposition is Stephenson’s métier. Fall; or Dodge in Hell is a book with a lot of explaining to do. As things begin, Richard “Dodge” Forthrast, the billionaire videogame developer we first met in Stephenson’s 2011 novel Reamde, dies during a routine medical procedure. It’s an ambitious agenda for any author to pursue, but Stephenson has never been one to shy away from epic undertakings.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 10:32 UTC