Comments on: The Great Divide http://www.nickharkaway.com/2008/08/great-divide/ Website and blog of Nick Harkaway, author of “The Gone-Away World”. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:21:10 -0800 hourly 1 By: Bill Barnett http://www.nickharkaway.com/2008/08/great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Bill Barnett Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:42:50 +0000 http://www.nickharkaway.com/2008/08/the-great-divide-2/#comment-240 I loved your opening chapter, but then I always like a book that grabs me by the frontal lobes and challenges me to keep up. One of my favorite openings of all time is William Gibson's _Count Zero_. Do you remember those opening pages? Not as quite as baffling as GOAW, but definitely lets you know the world has changed and you're in for a wild ride! I loved your opening chapter, but then I always like a book that grabs me by the frontal lobes and challenges me to keep up.

One of my favorite openings of all time is William Gibson’s _Count Zero_. Do you remember those opening pages? Not as quite as baffling as GOAW, but definitely lets you know the world has changed and you’re in for a wild ride!

]]> By: Charles Lambert http://www.nickharkaway.com/2008/08/great-divide/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Charles Lambert Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.nickharkaway.com/2008/08/the-great-divide-2/#comment-26 Well, Nick, I'm halfway through (and really enjoying it) so I really ought to reserve judgement, but I like the way you've structured it a lot. What strikes me - and I'll be giving this more pondered thought when I finish - is how much more 'written' the first section feels. I think it's almost always the case that the first bit of any text gets worked over more than the rest, not always to its benefit, but here there's a real shift in style, from the all-guns-blazing feel of the intro to the slightly quieter and more considered tone of what follows. But I'll say no more... Well, Nick, I’m halfway through (and really enjoying it) so I really ought to reserve judgement, but I like the way you’ve structured it a lot. What strikes me – and I’ll be giving this more pondered thought when I finish – is how much more ‘written’ the first section feels. I think it’s almost always the case that the first bit of any text gets worked over more than the rest, not always to its benefit, but here there’s a real shift in style, from the all-guns-blazing feel of the intro to the slightly quieter and more considered tone of what follows. But I’ll say no more…

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