Talk:Reamde

Long plot
Feel free to pare down the plot summary. There is a lot going on in the novel, but this level of summary is perhaps still too detailed considering its length. 99.71.129.113 (talk) 21:50, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That is already a very spare synopsis. I do not think a plot summary could be shorter without omitting crucial points. 2600:2B00:9214:4800:248D:F65:7219:B6A5 (talk) 05:18, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Why is this speculative fiction?
Stephenson is a SF author - is that why the novel has been classified as SF? I suggest that this classification is incorrect and should be removed. PateraIncus (talk) 18:37, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Or changed perhaps? More aptly a Techno-thriller, with protocyberpunk elements. Isn't SF as the MMORPG technology in the book is not off limits to our society. Sky Machine   ( ++ ) 10:02, 21 April 2012 (UTC)


 * techno-thriller would work for me, let's do it. I agree that the MMORPG isn't SFnal. I think it's a bit like what you see with Iain Banks and Iain M Banks - Stephenson produces a mixture. For me I would still classify Cryptonomicon as SFnal (or maybe 'alternative history'?), and the Baroque cycle is obviously SF imho. PateraIncus (talk) 10:36, 21 April 2012 (UTC)

Article improvement
Having written the body of the article (and watching with glee as it gets improved upon) but not being much of a Wikipedia participant, I'm curious about what it takes to start moving this article up the quality scale. It's been start class for half a year now; what would it take to move up to the next level in the eyes of more experienced editors? 99.71.129.113 (talk) 04:18, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

With today’s release of the follow up book, “Fall, or Dodge in Hell” by Neal Stephenson, I’d expect that this article will see a huge uptick, as people come to sweep the literary cobwebs of the nearly eight years that have passed since the release of “Reamde” on 20-September-2011. ISBN13: 9780062458735 - Fall, or Dodge in Hell Duchessren (talk) 02:34, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

We should capitalize the title
Hi, folks,

Neil Stephenson himself gives the title as REAMDE, and throughout the text he gives the computer virus the title of REAMDE.

Shouldn't we respect his capitalizations? It would at least explain to people coming to this page that the title is intended to be unusual-looking.

I'll wait around for a while, but I'm strongly tempted to go make these changes myself.

Thanks, to anyone who responds!

Abyssopelagic 14:28, 19 May 2014 (UTC) Abyssopelagic
 * I don't think WP:ACRONYMTITLE applies here, since REAMDE is not an acronym. I'm trying to find a guideline that applies to unusual title capitalizations in novels. — Brianhe (talk) 15:01, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * It looks like the article title is correct following the Manual of Style guideline MOS:CT: "titles of compositions (books and other print works...), every word is given an initial capital except for certain less important words". But a counter-argument could be made that the capitalization of the article README should be followed.  I'm not really sure, but would conservatively leave it as-is while consensus is sought. — Brianhe (talk) 15:16, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I'd say leave as-is. Per MOS:ALLCAPS and MOS:TM we should avoid all uppercase letters. Even in our article README, we use lowercase "readme" or "read me" unless rendering the exact filename in computer text. Woodroar (talk) 21:37, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Well, okay ... if I write to Neil Stephenson and he has a preference, would that make a difference?

I am truly inquiring with innocence and wide eyes.

I'm ready to go to bed now, but I might ask him tomorrow. But, having been a librarian, I do know that authors' intent don't necessarily matter, so I will give my reasons why I think CAPS are good, even if Neil says he doesn't care. I'm a sleepy girl. I hope you all have a good day, or night, and I'll check back in tomorrow. It has really been a pleasure to meet all of you ! Abyssopelagic 07:55, 20 May 2014 (UTC) Abyssopelagic
 * Wikipedia conventions usually follow the public, not necessarily the author. I did a quick check several of the article's sources, plus Powell's Books and Amazon.com, and so far everything I've seen uses the same title case as Wikipedia currently uses. Again, no change necessary. - Brianhe (talk) 01:34, 21 May 2014 (UTC)