Upper Middlebrow

Upper Middlebrow


Episode 6: Neal Stephenson’s Zodiac, Part Two, or “Cran-Razz with your Deus ex Machina?”

January 03, 2023

After blowing off steam about the pronunciation of “Natick” in the audio book, Dukes and Bagg reflect on the challenges of reigning in Stephenson’s “firehose of talent" and speculate about which of the three (or four) possible ending climaxes should have been chosen for this book.