The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
- 768
- Pages
- about 14 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.” is a genial comic novel about an agency using magic to alter history, told through letters, diaries and documents. The humour and the format win praise, but some readers find that over more than seven hundred pages the story coasts, with little conflict until a late, abrupt escalation. Better for those who like lingering with a premise than for anyone after a tight plot.
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About the book
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. is a science fiction novel by American writers Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland, published in 2017. A secret U.S. government agency known as the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O.) attempts to change history through the use of magic. Stephenson and Galland had previously written together on The Mongoliad.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 356 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 24 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 332 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.?
It has 768 pages — longer than 93% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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