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Snow Crash is much lighter fare, and my usual suggestion for people who want to try Neil Stephenson. Though with the audience here, Cryptonomicon is probably a
by chaosphere2112 11y ago
Snow Crash is much lighter fare, and my usual suggestion for people who want to try Neil Stephenson. Though with the audience here, Cryptonomicon is probably a good bet.
- DanBC 11y agoZodiac is fun and lighter than Snow Crash.
- jere 11y agoIndeed. It's got some really great one liners, the kind of stuff that is a bit lower brow, but makes me so giddy I have to read it aloud. If you don't believe me: http://soquoted.blogspot.com/2006/04/neal-stephenson-zodiac.html http://soquoted.blogspot.com/2006/04/neal-stephenson-zodiac....
- chaosphere2112 11y agoAbsolutely, Zodiac was excellent. I feel like Snow Crash is slightly more representative, though I guess his range is pretty huge at this point; the difference between, say, Big U and Anathem is cavernous.
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- grimman 11y agoCryptonomicon was my first contact with Stephenson, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It also opened my eyes to WW2 crypto and a whole lot of other very interesting things!