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by pdabbadabba 491 days ago
> has anyone else noticed that Stephenson loves the word "firmament", not just in this book

This is the ultimate tangent but yes, I had noticed that. In fact, I was also listening to an interview with Reid Hoffman the other day where I noticed the same thing — he must use the work "firmament" 1000x more than the typical person. And I know he has also talked about how Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash changed his life. Perhaps the influence is so deep that it's changed Hoffman's vocabulary.