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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 1083 Views
Well, it was the first Stephenson book I read too... jh - 11/04/2010 10:28:42 AM 1047 Views
What jh said. Though I haven't read Diamone Age. *NM* Palatine - 11/04/2010 05:22:26 PM 388 Views
Yep. lord-of-shadow - 11/04/2010 06:48:44 PM 929 Views
I love Anathem- easily one of my Top 10 Most Enjoyed Books beetnemesis - 12/04/2010 07:33:43 PM 876 Views
I enjoyed it very much. Rebekah - 11/04/2010 11:51:23 AM 970 Views
Yours Truly *NM* heartbreak - 12/04/2010 12:56:54 AM 414 Views
Thank you! *NM* Rebekah - 16/04/2010 07:58:46 PM 379 Views
I really want a "Poor Impulse Control" t-shirt. PhotoJim - 11/04/2010 08:04:29 PM 964 Views
Re: I really want a "Poor Impulse Control" t-shirt. Yuri - 13/04/2010 08:22:28 AM 909 Views
Without spoiling... awesome. *NM* beetnemesis - 12/04/2010 07:32:38 PM 354 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 1046 Views
He nailed Second Life, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/04/2010 01:40:06 AM 391 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 394 Views
and google earth is modeled after the "earth" program from the book... *NM* moondog - 14/04/2010 04:42:52 PM 389 Views
it is cyberpunk right? random thoughts - 16/04/2010 06:35:57 PM 858 Views
If you mean "Is he pushing a political agenda?", absolutely not. Tim - 18/04/2010 04:27:47 PM 907 Views
I may have to put it back on to be read list then random thoughts - 18/04/2010 07:34:57 PM 920 Views
What's your definition of "cyberpunk"? Tim - 18/04/2010 08:07:02 PM 938 Views
not having read much cyberpunk it isn't a well defined definition random thoughts - 19/04/2010 06:42:16 PM 916 Views
Theme-wise it's fairly close to what you describe, only not boring. Tim - 19/04/2010 08:02:16 PM 926 Views
I agree completely and I will random thoughts - 19/04/2010 08:39:36 PM 832 Views
Some sort of cyberpunk, yes. jh - 18/04/2010 05:29:32 PM 980 Views
It's often considered "post-cyberpunk" beetnemesis - 19/04/2010 05:23:15 PM 900 Views
cool thanks random thoughts - 19/04/2010 06:16:01 PM 899 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 374 Views
Sociological not political... like all good sci fi Yuri - 20/04/2010 08:17:21 AM 817 Views
Also: Mafia pizza deliverymen *NM* beetnemesis - 20/04/2010 08:23:00 PM 319 Views
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