Still reading? Okay, well, I’ll do my best to describe why I think this book is so damned good. That said, I will go out of my way to avoid major spoilers. I wouldn’t want to spoil even the tiniest detail. If you’re already a Stephenson fan and/or scifi enthusiast, stop reading this right now, go get a copy, and start reading. It is, in every way I can think to use the word, a masterpiece. I am certainly no authority on the genre, but this is the best piece of science fiction I’ve ever read. Even so, I’d never read one of his novels that I considered “perfect,” at least insofar as it aligned with my personal tastes and interests. Stephenson looms larger in my literary pantheon––and weighs more heavily on my bookshelf––than any living writer. Since that first taste, Neal Stephenson has challenged me in every way an author can (including nearly boring me to death). Three years ago, my father pointed me toward a frightfully thick book called Cryptonomicon that permanently rearranged my relationship with modern fiction.
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