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Did anybody else have difficulty reading Accelerando? I tried reading it once, found it boring and stopped after the first few pages, then later on got a considerably longer way in before quitting but it still took a bit of an active effort. Not sure of what the exact reason was, since I've liked some of Stross's other works (but not all of them).
I liked it (Manfred Macx is a great extrapolation of Google Glass-style technology) but it got slow for me roughly halfway through and I'm currently stalled at the 62% point. I haven't read any other Stross (though I enjoyed the sample chapter or two that I read of Rule 34).
Not any more difficulty than most of his work. He uses a lot of insider jargon, but I figure most of us would know it already. If you approach it as 9 related short stories rather than expecting a single narrative it helps.