Talk:Interface (novel)

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Fair use rationale for Image:NealStephenson Interface.jpg[edit]

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Fair use rationale for Image:StephenBury Interface.jpg[edit]

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Final Sentence in Plot Summary[edit]

Richmond ends up as the first black and first female President of the United States, in an ending that is left hanging in Stephenson's traditional style.

I notice this phrase has "citation needed" attached to it. But I don't see how a citation is possible here. While I'm aware of Stephenson's unusual philosophy regarding endings, it doesn't lend itself to a set of rules which can be explicitly identified. So unless there's a review that definitely states exactly this, then it can only be opinion, and thusly I am removing it. If anyone CAN find a review that says this and wishes to reenstate it, then I only ask you also include something that helps identify the phase as a quotation of someone's opinion rather than a scholarly fact. That aside, I'm leaving in the "citation needed", since I wasn't sure if it was refering only to that sentence or to the entire section. 75.50.145.137 (talk) 22:34, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fairly sure the tag referred just to the OR about Stephenson's endings, not to the rest of the plot summary. I've removed it. Wyatt Riot (talk) 18:14, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also can't help wondering what's left hanging here. The ending may be abrupt, but hanging? Should they have written about Eleanor's daily work as a president? The tedious mopping-up of the vast concpiracy? What life in jail is like for Cy? Years of court negotiations? JöG (talk) 19:32, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler[edit]

Hey there. I'm not a big fan of plot summaries that are so complete they contain major "Spoilers"? Should there be a "Spoiler" warning at the top of the Summary? (Better writing can avoid that problem) I thought I had put one in there but I think it was taken off? Anyway, just saying ... 71.6.81.62 (talk) 04:03, 13 October 2009 (UTC)-mbd-71.6.81.62 (talk) 04:03, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. Per WP:SPOILER, we don't do that. This is an encyclopedia, after all, so it's assumed that our plot summaries will be complete. Wyatt Riot (talk) 18:58, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]