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This is supposed to be a classic of SF. I've tried it several times over the years. I generally forget what it is about & then wind up abandoning it. Did so yet again. I think it is supposed to be funny, but I just find the idea of a Mafia run pizza delivery service stupid. Getting past that is tough & while there seems as if there are some neat ideas coming eventually, the base is too shaky & overblown. For instance, the comparison of his computer's data to a 747 loaded with phone books (at lea
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Best SciFi book I have read in a long time! As I was reading this, I was reminded of the feeling I had the first time I picked up "Neuromancer" by William Gibson, feeling like someone had cracked into what the future will be and like I could easily be living in this world. Stephenson painted such a realistic view of the future America, it kept me enthralled. The protagonists are amazing, a samurai sword wielding hacker and a 15 year old skateboard courier. The landscape is eerily realistic. Most
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I gave up on this book. It seemed really dated to me, and not in a good historical book sort of way. After reading two-thirds of the book, I still didn't care about the characters or the plot. I didn't care for the amount of swearing the author used and decided I just didn't like picking up the book to read it any more, despite some the books merits.
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I think to really appreciate this book, you've got to do a little research (or reminiscing) on what computers and "the internet" was in 1992, when this book was written. It was before web browsers, long before wifi, before cell phones & pdas, before the first SMS message was sent. Much of what Stephenson portrays here is quite accurate, from the perspective of technological history. So you have to cut him some slack on the quirky, geeky humor of calling his main character "Hiro Protagonist" (get
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Neal Stephenson is one of my favorite authors!! If you've not read anything from the cypherpunk genre before, this is a great place to start. A very inventive look into the future!
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By far the best cyberpunk novel of all time.
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