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Well, it was the first Stephenson book I read too... jh Send a noteboard - 11/04/2010 10:28:42 AM
I have just started reading Snow Crash, its the first Neal Stephenson book I've read. Love the humour, wish i was a samurai pizza deliver guy!

So without too many spoilers what are your opinions of the book?


The political aspects and the imagination of the whole thing is rather nifty. Some of it quite ridiculous, of course, but most scifi does that. However, I felt the plot was weak, and that is what makes it the worst stephenson book I have read.

Now, cryptonomicon and the diamond age are much better, and they are followed by anathem and the baroque cycle...
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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - discuss Yuri - 11/04/2010 07:59:35 AM 1107 Views
Well, it was the first Stephenson book I read too... jh - 11/04/2010 10:28:42 AM 1070 Views
What jh said. Though I haven't read Diamone Age. *NM* Palatine - 11/04/2010 05:22:26 PM 398 Views
Yep. lord-of-shadow - 11/04/2010 06:48:44 PM 947 Views
I love Anathem- easily one of my Top 10 Most Enjoyed Books beetnemesis - 12/04/2010 07:33:43 PM 892 Views
I enjoyed it very much. Rebekah - 11/04/2010 11:51:23 AM 989 Views
Yours Truly *NM* heartbreak - 12/04/2010 12:56:54 AM 422 Views
Thank you! *NM* Rebekah - 16/04/2010 07:58:46 PM 392 Views
I really want a "Poor Impulse Control" t-shirt. PhotoJim - 11/04/2010 08:04:29 PM 983 Views
Re: I really want a "Poor Impulse Control" t-shirt. Yuri - 13/04/2010 08:22:28 AM 930 Views
Without spoiling... awesome. *NM* beetnemesis - 12/04/2010 07:32:38 PM 368 Views
Great fun to read, full of awesome ideas. Does to linguistics what Dan Brown did to history, but hey Tim - 13/04/2010 11:22:41 PM 1069 Views
He nailed Second Life, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2010 01:40:06 AM 403 Views
I guess so. And it probably won't be too long before we have gargoyles walking around. *NM* Tim - 14/04/2010 08:46:57 AM 403 Views
and google earth is modeled after the "earth" program from the book... *NM* moondog - 14/04/2010 04:42:52 PM 399 Views
it is cyberpunk right? random thoughts - 16/04/2010 06:35:57 PM 881 Views
If you mean "Is he pushing a political agenda?", absolutely not. Tim - 18/04/2010 04:27:47 PM 933 Views
I may have to put it back on to be read list then random thoughts - 18/04/2010 07:34:57 PM 950 Views
What's your definition of "cyberpunk"? Tim - 18/04/2010 08:07:02 PM 951 Views
not having read much cyberpunk it isn't a well defined definition random thoughts - 19/04/2010 06:42:16 PM 940 Views
Theme-wise it's fairly close to what you describe, only not boring. Tim - 19/04/2010 08:02:16 PM 955 Views
I agree completely and I will random thoughts - 19/04/2010 08:39:36 PM 859 Views
Some sort of cyberpunk, yes. jh - 18/04/2010 05:29:32 PM 1007 Views
It's often considered "post-cyberpunk" beetnemesis - 19/04/2010 05:23:15 PM 923 Views
cool thanks random thoughts - 19/04/2010 06:16:01 PM 921 Views
I feel there's definitely some anti-corporationism in there, but it's wildly exaggerated. *NM* Ghavrel - 19/04/2010 07:46:21 PM 387 Views
Sociological not political... like all good sci fi Yuri - 20/04/2010 08:17:21 AM 837 Views
Also: Mafia pizza deliverymen *NM* beetnemesis - 20/04/2010 08:23:00 PM 328 Views
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