# New Neal Stephenson book: “Fall, or, Dodge in Hell” \[SPOILERS\]

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**Created:** [June 9, 2019, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-neal-stephenson-book-fall-or-dodge-in-hell-spoilers/835268 "2019-06-09T23:03:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-neal-stephenson-book-fall-or-dodge-in-hell-spoilers/835268/21 "2019-07-13T19:16:47Z")

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> [@Saintly\_Loser](#):
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> He could have woven that (Ameristan) in? It should have been the whole book. Or at least an entire separate book.

Yeah, but half a Stephenson book is like a full-sized normal book. All I’m saying is that I wasn’t too happy about the B plot. The stakes weren’t very high–by the end, it was mostly just waiting for everyone to die off and make their big entrance in Bitworld.

Stephenson loves to write quirky scary-smart characters embedded in some oppressive environment, only waiting for their chance to escape and do something. Fall already had one or two of them. Ameristan would be a great fount of these. Not to mention the numerous other breakaway states that might be expected (at least in the Nealverse) in the wake of a collapsing society.

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