Wait... You have the interests you do, and you're just *now* reading Snowcrash? spanks michael. Bad borg.
Neal is one of those writers where after doing battle with one of his books, you emerge victorious, but changed in subtle ways, and no longer able to look at things the same way. I'd recommend any of this books, and they're all as different as night and day. Diamond Age, which is set in a nano-tech laden future victorian-punk era. Zodiac, which is a straight modern eco-thriller that'll leave you never wanting to touch the water again. The Big U, which I only dimly recall, but which is a hillarious dark send up of the university life. His non fiction 'In the Begining' which takes on the modern world of computing. And, last, but far from least, the book that'll suck you in, churn you for a while, and spit you out in bloody chunks, Cryptonomicon... The chapter on writing the business plan for the stock holders should be required reading in business school alone. Or possibly clown college. Or both.
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Date: 2002-08-04 04:43 pm (UTC)Neal is one of those writers where after doing battle with one of his books, you emerge victorious, but changed in subtle ways, and no longer able to look at things the same way. I'd recommend any of this books, and they're all as different as night and day. Diamond Age, which is set in a nano-tech laden future victorian-punk era. Zodiac, which is a straight modern eco-thriller that'll leave you never wanting to touch the water again. The Big U, which I only dimly recall, but which is a hillarious dark send up of the university life. His non fiction 'In the Begining' which takes on the modern world of computing. And, last, but far from least, the book that'll suck you in, churn you for a while, and spit you out in bloody chunks, Cryptonomicon... The chapter on writing the business plan for the stock holders should be required reading in business school alone. Or possibly clown college. Or both.