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* GeniusBonus: Since this is a Creator/NealStephenson book, the novel has it in spades.

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* GeniusBonus: Since this is a Creator/NealStephenson book, the novel has it in spades.spades.
* HilariousInHindsight: People in the book are becoming illiterate due to the increasing focus on "mediaglyphs" instead of written words. With the increasing acceptability of emojis and gifs to communicate thoughts online, the book is becoming surprisingly prophetic.

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* AngstWhatAngst: Though Nell has plenty to justifiably angst about.
** When she comes upon a headless body and other horrors in the mediatron the Colonel is looking at on the floor of his house, it throws her into screaming hysterics. As he brings her water, she says she can't stop crying. He tells her that, like him, she is a veteran (in her case, of a monstrously fucked-up life), and that she has to acknowledge this and not think she can just put it behind her and get on with an ordinary little girl's life.

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* AngstWhatAngst: Though Nell has plenty to justifiably angst about.
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about. When she comes upon a headless body and other horrors in the mediatron the Colonel is looking at on the floor of his house, it throws her into screaming hysterics. As he brings her water, she says she can't stop crying. He tells her that, like him, she is a veteran (in her case, of a monstrously fucked-up life), and that she has to acknowledge this and not think she can just put it behind her and get on with an ordinary little girl's life.
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** When she comes upon a headless body and other horrors in the mediatron the Colonel is looking at on the floor of his house, it throws her into screaming hysterics. As he brings her water, she says she can't stop crying. He tells her that, like him, she is a veteran; in her case, of a monstrously fucked-up life; she has to acknowledge this and not think she can just put it behind her and get on with an ordinary little girl's life.

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** When she comes upon a headless body and other horrors in the mediatron the Colonel is looking at on the floor of his house, it throws her into screaming hysterics. As he brings her water, she says she can't stop crying. He tells her that, like him, she is a veteran; in veteran (in her case, of a monstrously fucked-up life; life), and that she has to acknowledge this and not think she can just put it behind her and get on with an ordinary little girl's life.
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** When she comes upon a headless body and other horrors in the mediatron the Colonel is looking at on the floor of his house, it throws her into screaming hysterics. As he brings her water, she says she can't stop crying. He tells her that, like him, she is a veteran; in her case, of a monstrously fucked-up life; she has to acknowledge this and not think she can just put it behind her and get on with an ordinary little girl's life.
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* GeniusBonus: Since this is a NealStephenson book, the novel has it in spades.

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* GeniusBonus: Since this is a NealStephenson Creator/NealStephenson book, the novel has it in spades.
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* AngstWhatAngst: Though Nell has plenty to justifiably angst about.

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* AngstWhatAngst: Though Nell has plenty to justifiably angst about.about.
* GeniusBonus: Since this is a NealStephenson book, the novel has it in spades.

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