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In 2008 I resolved to finish every book I started. Silly me. It was very stressful and I slogged through Snow Crash and Any Given Doomsday (among others) absolutely hating them but reading the first for bookclub and the second because it was an ER book. It has made me much more careful ...

I read many of these authors years ago so I am listing the names with a few of the books. Orhan Pamuk Snow, My Name is Red, Istanbul, The Black Book, The White Castle Harold Pinter José Saramago Baltazar and Blimunda William Golding Lord of the Flies, Pinch ...

... but I feel like Eco put a great deal more of himself into Pendulum. Top 10 Sci-Fi: Dune: Herbert VALIS: PKD Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson The Shadow Out of Time: H.P. Lovecraft Illuminatus!: Shea & Wilson Sirens of Titan: Vonnegut The Moon is a Harsh Mistress: Heinlein ...

... (Stalker) is just as good) 04. Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy by RA Wilson 05. Masks of the Illuminati by RA Wilson 06. Snow Crash by Stephenson 07. Jurassic Park by Crichton (gtfoilovehim) 08. Sphere by Crichton (same, like best beach reads ever) 09. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Gal ...

Neuromancer by William Gibson is a classic. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (author of Cryptonomicon is another good one.

Snow Crash drove me crazy because of the flawed whacko ending, but I enjoyed the book more in retrospect than I did while reading it. So Bus -- are you saying they are worth reading or no? If I was to pick one, which one?

Yes, the same. But this stuff is very different from Snow Crash. Not to mention the books (Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver, Confusion & The System of the World /last three are the Baroque Cycle, but they are all connected/) would had benefited from an editor, to say the least. Still, I enjoyed ...

... because the material is so dense it is very valuable to go through again. Busifer -- is this the same Neal Stephenson of Snow Crash fame?

... Engaging at all levels. Won the Nebula Award after it was written. Bear has written many SF novels you can explore. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - "social science fiction", i.e. speculation on the turns society will take in the future. It's about 10 years old now, but it's just as ...

... started to listen to Anathem, but didn't get more than one CD in before realizing that another reviewer had it. I liked Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, but haven't read any more Stephenson than that.

... on the end. But when all is said and done I would still recommend it. It's one of those books (and I felt this way about Snow Crash by Stephenson and Arslan by Engh and The King Must Die by Rennault) & Atlas Shrugged by Rand) that even if you have issues with it you need to read it just ...

... ones I have read this year so far, I would say Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon, the Regeneration series from Pat Barker, Snow and Petals of Blood. This is a link to the ones I have read so far this year: http://soffitta1-bookcrossing.blogspot.com/search/label/2009%201001%20Book%20Challen ...

... trend of novelists who write novels with the main character having the same name as the novelist. A notable example is Crash by JG Ballard Does an author using a pen name make the author any more reliable? When we look at our modern, media-saturated age, authors have become artificial ...

Have you read Snow Crash? It partially matches your description; there is interaction both in cyberspace and meatspace.

... I would put some of Neal Stephenson's work in the Hard SF (by my criteria) category. Certainly not the Baroque Cycle but Snow Crash and The Diamond Age would qualify by my standards. Only one tiny thread of Cryptonomicon takes it out of the truly-Hard SF category. And I would make up a ...

... and this one has a really interesting setting) Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff (Her work is always a lot of fun) Snow Crash by Stephenson

... 09) 4. Serenity: Those Left Behind by Joss Whedon (2/11/09) 5. The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay 6. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

... Mieville 3. Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card 4. Dune by Frank Herbert 5. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 6. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 8. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 9. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Hei ...

... somewhat to my surprise, totally engrossed. It's almost as if NS took the literary equivalent of an inverse function of Snow Crash. Where SC was non stop action and light on characterization, Anathem features lots of (interesting) discussions, digressions, characters who one EXPECTS to be ...

#106 - Snow by Maxence Fermine, 100 pages (library). This was simply beautiful. I'm enjoying this author very much.

... http://www.librarything.com/topic/38882 The Hive The Sound of Waves Clear Light of Day All the Pretty Horses Snow Vernon God Little Awful! The Swarm The Line of Beauty The Accidental Blah... A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Supposed to be funny... ...

... mind the first time I read it. I don't know how it would read to a newbie in 2009 however. My son recently had to read Snow Crash for a Univ of Calif college english course. I was sorta amazed and impressed.

... Dowling Moon of Three Rings- Andre Norton (a childhood favourite) Uncharted Territory - Connie Willis Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson Wow, this is far harder than I thought it would be. I've tried to not repeat authors - there could be other Cherryh works on this list! ...

... strikes me as a very unusual direction for NS. Both in style and substance it's almost an inverse function applied to snow crash. Where "Snow Crash" rock and rolled through your mind, "Anathem" is smooth and reflective. (Well, so far ~ 300 pages in) Even when the topics (discovery of ...

... strikes me as a very unusual direction for NS. Both in style and substance it's almost an inverse function applied to snow crash. Where "Snow Crash" rock and rolled through your mind, "Anathem" is smooth and reflective. (Well, so far ~ 300 pages in) Even when the topics (discovery of ...

I'll second Cryptonomicon, long but fast-paced throughout. I'll strongly third Snow Crash, which I consider a classic of sorts. I'm not familiar with Diamond Age. I think I'll let Quicksilver linger on the book shelf a bit longer. Definitely interested in your take on Anathem.

I still haven't decided whether to give Anthem a try or not. I really liked Diamond Age and snow crash was quite fun, but I just hated every single word of quicksilver than I'm reluctent to spend even just a few minutes on Stephenson again. Which of his previous books is Anthem most like?

... On Beauty Never Let Me Go Bartleby and Co The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Platforme Atonement Snow Kafka on the Shore The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime Cloud Atlas 2666 The Accidental Bartleby and Co is one of my new favorite books. I ...

... of this disturbing, creepy, neurotic atmosphere. I want more :). On the other hand books like "Naked Lunch" or Ballard's "Crash" are also welcome.

73. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Religion ist heilbar.

... or so. I started with The Diamond Age audiobook, followed by Anathem and then I backtracked to his "breakout hit" Snow Crash. Then I got The Diamond Age in paperback, and listened to it again while reading along with some parts of it. Right now I'm reading (not listening to) Crypto ...

... and the line in the sand between the two was virgils Aeneid? this is our Aeneid. or metamorphosis, whatever. Snowcrash guy invented the internet before it was invented. the Warren Commission Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy after ...

... witty and manic that I laughed outloud and had to keep reading bits aloud to my sister just to have somebody to laugh with. Snow by Maxence Fermine, if you have never read this author's work, do so - it is beautiful. I most recently finished Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, now I want to change the ...

... witty and manic that I laughed outloud and had to keep reading bits aloud to my sister just to have somebody to laugh with. Snow by Maxence Fermine, if you have never read this author's work, do so - it is beautiful. I most recently finished Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, now I want to change the ...

Snow Crash

... Wess'har series: City of Pearl, Crossing the Line, The World Before, Matriarch, Ally, and Judge - Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson - Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card - Shadows of Death, an H. P. Lovecraft collection - In the Eye of Heaven ...

... And I think some of the Elizabeth Moon series like Vatta's War might be a good introduction. I definitely agree with Snow Crash for just about anybody that enjoys a humorous adventure. If someone came from Life of Pi or the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time I might ...

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams Last Defenders of Camelot by Roger Zelazny Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Reality Dysfunction by Peter F Hamilton Snow Crash ...

... Harry Potter books, Neverwhere, and Graceling, it can be science fiction like Enders Game, Virtual Light and Snow Crash, it can be mysteries by authors like Walter Mosley, Louise Penny and Andrea Camilleri, it can be modern literature like Kafka on the Shore, The Road ...

... a little at a time. My shortlist for the moment is: Dune and Dune Messiah The Book of the New Sun Hyperion Snow Crash I want to read books that I have not read since the initial read at least 15 years ago or so, but which I have enshrined in my memory as really good books. Th ...

WOW! I've kept up with the reading, but NOT with the posting. Ah, well. Here it goes: 20. Crash - Jerry Spinelli - I love this guy's writing. Quick, I'd say for grades 4-7, give or take. 21. Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard Atwater - Funny, quick, a good suggestion for kids ...

I can just see you wearing one of those muti-colored ponchos, sitting on a log in Borneo, re-reading Snow Crash And you . . . are ... smiling

I had my monthly "Books & Beer" meeting last night and the five-man group was split on Snowcrash I think I would have liked it much more had I read it when it first came out in the early '90's. I have to say, the character "Y.T." is quite amazing and so are the "rat things" -- even though I ...

... from me too, Garp. I hope the pain has diminished enough for you to be really ready to go back to work. So sorry that Snowcrash didn't work for you. It blew me away when I read it way back when. You're right, though. Stephenson really doesn't do endings well. I think he sort of loses ...

... 1603-1714) (Mark Kishlansky) ANARCHY, STATE AND UTOPIA (Robert Nozick) SOLIBO MAGNIFICENT (Patrick Chamoiseau) SNOWCRASH (Neal Stephenson) THE DROWNED WORLD--SF Masterworks (J.G. Ballard) and the gem of the them all, a hardcover edition of J.G. BALLARD: THE COMPLETE SHORT ...

Snow Crash

... you - The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, because parts of it are stunning, and it does so many different things - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, great cyberpunk - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut I tend more towards fantasy (or to Star Trek novels...) in my speculative fiction ...

Recent purchases include: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Old School by Tobias Wolff ...

Recent purchases include: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Ripley's Game by Patricia Highsmith The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Old School ...

... and Bram Stoker's Dracula (great for the fifth or sixth time) and a little more than half of Chaplin (snore!). I read Snow Crash, sci-fi by Neal stephenson that didn't quite do it for me, and Child of God by Cormac McCarthy which was great, as would be expected from McCarthy. Now that ...

... alleviated the pain somewhat... I read two books this month. I didn't completely understand the Turkish politics of Snow by Orhan Pamuk, but found myself enjoying it anyways. I also finished Animal's People because I wanted to cross off the first book on the list. Laugh-out-loud ...

No aliens or spaceships, but I loved YT from Snow Crash and Janet from The Female Man.

Snow Crash

... short stories. MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE and WAR FEVER and his volume of collected short stuff are all mighty fine. CRASH is good, RUNNING WILD well nigh perfect (a LORD OF THE FLIES for the 21st century). CONCRETE ISLAND, HIGHRISE. The recent stuff was fun: SUPERCANNES, COCA ...

... charade that helps to prop up our top-heavy monarchy". From the above obit. Truly a singular figure. I've read Crash, War Fever, Running Wild, and The Atrocity Exhibition -- all marvelous, different, and disturbing (in a good way).

Atrocity Exhibition author J. G. Ballard dies April 19 at 78. Also known for Crash and Empire of the Sun and a variety of science fiction works. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1171910/J-G-Ballard-author-Empire-Sun-Crash-dies-aged78.html?ITO=1490

... chanur saga by cherryh revelation space by Reynolds sam gunn by Bova red dwarf Grant hammers slammers drake snow crash stephenson diamond age stephenson only forward by smith earth by brin riddley walker by hoban 1984 orwell journey to the centre verne babel 17 ...

I'm reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk, inspired by a friend who is travelling in Turkey. I'm afraid I'm struggling a bit as I feel I don't understand enough about Turkish politics and culture and I feel like a lot of it is going over my head.

... me is the reminder of some older books that many hold in high regard. As a result I went digging this morning to pull out Snow Crash, the Book of the New Sun , Star Maker and a few others. They have been added to my already too big TBR books stacks. I am really hesitant to recommend these ...

... er 4.Stories of your life and others Ted Chiang 5.the calcutta chromosome Ghosh 6. the difference engine gibson 7. Snow crash Stephenson 8. dune and ONLY #1. 9. years of rice and salt KSR 10. the golden nineties lisa mason 11. Fairyland Paul McAuley 12. of tangible ghosts ...

... Thomas Harlan Wasteland of Flint - Thomas Harlan Nova - Samuel R. Delany Sassinak - Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Moon Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson Foundation series - Isaac Asimov Robot series - Isaac Asimov League of Peoples series - James Alan Gardner Hyperion Cantos - ...

Off the top of my apical appendage: Neuromancer Solaris Blood Music Snowcrash Look to Windward Dune Altered Carbon Ringworld Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy Hothouse Crash Fahrenheit 451 Tiger! Tiger! (aka The Stars My Destination) Serpent's Reach Old Man ...

Dune Snow Crash Ringworld The man who folded himself The Guns of the South Starship Troopers

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling & William Gibson A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross The People Trap by Robert Sheckley Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan ...

In no particular order. Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C Clarke Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Consider Phlebas by Iain M Banks The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein Hyperion by Dan Simmons Dune by Frank Herbert Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh

... So If I'm looking for fiction involving enclaves and social commentry I enter those as the search terms and get 1 result - snow crash but ideally I'd want to be able to get that one result by searching for an obvious term that is unique to snowcrash, whilst on another occasion also finding all ...

#6: Yeah, Snow Crash is pretty excellent. I just kind of gaped at it the whole time I was reading it; there aren't a lot of reactions besides 'glee' and 'astonishment' that one can have for that book #7: Einstein's Clocks was the best book I read for any class this year. It's interesting and ...

... now to read, and Cryptonomicon is on my 'must read' list for this year, so it looks like I am going to have to add Snow Crash in some time, too!

... of Hiro's cock through his trousers while they pretend to make conversation.The future, per Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash.

You have certainly read some interesting books this year. I have put Snow Crash on the ever growing TBR mountian.

... said moments after finishing it No. 9: Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps by Peter Galison, for a class No. 10: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, which I am convinced has the best first chapter of any book written in the last thirty years No. 11: You Shall Know Them by Vercors ...

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson uses a lot of Sumerian mythology in the plot. There's not much romance, but there's loads of action and it's fun, punky, with plenty of cool ideas and characters and great writing.

... topic. Someone just asked me this question the other day, since I try very hard to finish the books I read. I'm another Snow quitter. I just didn't like any facet of that book, so it was drudgery to continue. Also, despite loving Richard Russo, Bridge of Sighs was so bad I stopped ...

Yahoo! I have read Snow. How about Spring Torrents by Ivan Turgenev?

... of Prophecy by David Eddings (and the rest of the series) Eon by Greg Bear Dry Water by Eric S. Nylund Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Now about Game of thrones, I keep rereading because I keep hearing rumors that another ...

Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan And you should definitely read Snow Crash. Also this: http://project.cyberpunk.ru/ Check out the library.

... expand my horizons. I'm looking for some Cyberpunk novels. I have read Neuromancer and have Mona Lisa Overdrive and Snow Crash on my TBR pile. Looking for other suggestions in this genre. Also looking for Steampunk suggestions, most of what Ive seen has been in the YA section and ...

... I'll stand by my opinion that it's very good. I'll take that over watching some middlebrow tripe like Forrest Gump or Crash -- the non-David Cronenburg one.

... Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game, Homecoming Series (I re-read the others too but not as often) 3.) Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon 4.) Kim Stanley Robinson - Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars 5.) Isaac Asimov - Foundation Series (and others but not ...

... on 47. The Dreaming Void, Peter F. Hamilton 48. King Rat, China Mieville 49. Declare, Tim Powers 50. Snow Crash, Neal Stephensen 51. Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kid 52. The Poe Shadow, Matthew Pearl 53. 100 Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez ...

... names and books get thrown out there. Here are a few to kick it off Takeshi Kovacs Altered Carbon Hiro Protagonist Snow Crash Dmitri Ravinoff (Raven) Molly Millions Mona Lisa Overdrive

Ian, how did you like Crash? You should also check out the Atrocity Exhibition. Alas, not that upbeat, but visionary and disturbing in the best way. I still have Norther Lights to finish up, but I started reading Heart of the Matter today. Looks excellent.

Let's See. I've read: Orhan Pamuk: I loved his Nobel acceptance speech. I've read Snow. I really want to read My Name is Red Elfriede Jenelik: I've read the Piano Teacher Toni Morrison: FAVORITE I've read The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and Beloved. Bluest Ey ...

... Andrea Levy, 2007 323. Vernon God Little byDBC Pierre, 2006 324. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, 2007 325. Snow by Orhan Pamuk, 2006 326. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, 2006 327. Fall on Your Knees by Anne Marie MacDonald, 2004 328. ...

Ender's Game, Snow Crash, and The Hunger Games. I love the Miles Vorkosigan books, but they would be hard to film. I don't know whether anime would work or not.

... Any of the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks, especially The Player of Games and Inversions Air by Geoff Ryman Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson Dawn by Octavia Butler On the somewhat lighter side, Sheri S. Tepper writes science ...

... elevin Hyperion by Dan Simmons I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Lilith's Brood by Octavia Butler (AKA Xenogenesis trilogy) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell Nova by Samuel Delan ...

... RM Meluch Ringworld by L niven Revelation space by A reynolds (1 of 6?) Only forward by MM smith Diamond age Snow crash both by N stephenson Pixel juice by J noon Contact by C Sagan I'm sure there are more too.

... and attentive. It's very tricksy. There really is nothing like it in anime or any other film genre. Maybe a little like snowcrash, but w/ more thought & subtlety behind it. (I liked Akira too, and my wife didn't; there IS a little of the fetishizing of adolescent girls/women in Lain, but ...

Re Snow, definitely get it. It has been the only book by Orhan Pamuk that I've read so far, and it just cried, "More!" It's excellent.

... weren't lost in all the spectacle. The Player of Games would probably be the most popular choice. And perhaps Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

I like to think that I'd take Snow Crash - it covers so much ground that we could take our pick talking about philosophy, economics, linguistics, globalism, organised crime, human-computer interfaces, or the fact that I find Neal Stephenson laugh-out-loud funny. I would totally geek out, no ...

... in the same slot as The Diamond Age. If you're not liking the technology/cyberpunk, Stephenson might not be for you. Snow Crash is heavier in that aspect than The Diamond Age. (By the way, ignore the recommendations of Gibson's Neuromancer if you're not liking the cyberpunk stuff...it ...

... review of Cryptonomicon--I read it last year and liked it, but had the same reservations you did. I've also read Snow Crash and Quicksilver and it seems to me that enjoyment of a Neal Stephenson novel (i.e., one's ability to overlook the somewhat amateurish writing and, as you say, ...

... with very few exceptions (Soderburgh's Traffic fer intstance). They gave the Best Picture to the wrong movie titled Crash ;) I much prefer the Cronenberg one to the "Racism = Bad" blunt trauma-style message movie. It's like Patch Adams, but about racism. On a similar note, Sundance ...

... logspot.com Now on to the list of "must reads." So far, I have: The House of Leaves Infinite Jest Neuromancer Snow Crash The Vampire Chronicles (to see if the three after Interview hold up to my memories of teenage adoration, some fifteen years ago) The Broom of the System W ...

... Papal indiscretions -- a nice euphemism for several pages of perversions and atrocities. The Atrocity Exhibition and Crash are two other books no rake should be without. Both are written in the cold clinical prose of a medical report and with the darkest humor.

>96: aquascum, I debated Snow Crash, but decided the other by him might be easier for people new to SF. Hitchhiker's is, of course, hysterical. However, I usually don't classify it as SF...it's more in a special category called "Whacky Insane Things Everyone Should At Least Try."

Ah. So here goes: 1. Snow Crash, Neal Stevenson my most favourite book evah 2. Neuromancer, William Gibson 3. Voice of the Whirlwind, Walter Jon Williams 4. Eclipse, John Shirley 5. Solaris, Stanislav Lem 6. Time Scout, Robert Asprin 7. Sheep look up, John Brunner 8. ...

... in The Baroque Cycle Trilogy (only read the first two) after having LOVED Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, and Snow Crash. (In case anyone cares I was also not a fan of Zodiac although my spouse - who agrees with me on the others - thought "It was all right.")

... Daniel by E.L. Doctorow, 1974 215. Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, 1973 216. *Sula by Toni Morrison, 1975 217. Crash by J.G. Ballard, 2005 218. The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell, 1974 219. Fear of Flying by Erica Jong, 1974 220. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, ...

cameling I gave up on Snow as well. It was awful--boring as can be. I think I made it 150 pages.

20:bronwenanne; you have really nothing to feel guilty about when it comes to Snow. The author told us the end in the middle of the book and from then on I lost interest. I have finished it though out of stubborness.

I stoppet reading "Snow" by Orhan Pamuk several times, but I got trough it eventually. Another book I used years to finish is "Salamanderkrigen" (War with the Newts ) by Karel Capek. I just didn't like this book.

... stories packed in at the end Jan 8: Curious Men, a brief and unusual McSweeney's book Currently, I am working on Snow Crash, which is fantastic.

i just found out about this website a few days ago and when i saw the 999 challenge i knew i had to be a part of it. i don't think the challenge is so much in reading the books as in narrowing it down to which books you will read! i'm having a hard time picking nine categories but figured i can ...

Ah. Another good thread. My worst books of 2008 were: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Virgin Suicides by Jefffrey Eugenides Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton The Mistress's Daughter by A. M. Homes One that I abandoned so that I wouldn't slash my ...

... of wheat--Ngugi wa Thiong'O Just starting Roberto Bolano's 2666. February: 12. 2666--Roberto Bolano 13. Crash--J. G. Ballard 14. A leap--Anna Enquist--sorry I went through the database and cannot link this early reviewers copy. 15. Last Rituals--Yrsa Sigurdardotti ...

... that would have worked, but for such a stupid girl to be cast as sympathetic heroine really burned me for some reason. Snow Crash contains a scene wherein an adult has sex with a 16 year old and it is treated as though this is okay. That offends me. American Psycho did not offend me. It ...

... rs: The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - yes, I know. Everybody else in the world loved it. I hated it. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - I felt way too old reading this book. There were about 30 good pages. The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes - intellectualized ...

Oh, karenmarie, I loved Snow Crash, but I agree that I hated The Virgin Suicides. It was especially disappointing as I'd enjoyed Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides a lot.

OK, I'm going to give this a try. We'll see how well it turns out! You can go here for my blog post about my challenge. Totally reworked this as I can't seem to stick to my ...

This sounds like a fun idea. I'm looking forward to challenging myself to spend more reading the books in my backlog and less time cataloging them on LibraryThing. I've left some open slots and I'll certainly change around some of the books, but for now, here are my categories 1. Anthologies ...

... Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (November 2009) --Australia: Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey --Turkey: Snow by Orhan Pamuk --England: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (June 2009) --Greece: Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres --Germany: Sorrows of Young Werther ...

Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz (Egyptian author) Snow by Orhan Pamuk (Turkish author) Both authors are Nobel Prize winners.

#275 - I would start Stephenson with Snow Crash personally, although I've heard good things from friends about Zodiac as well. I just happen to love Snow Crash with a passion. I finished Marrow by Robert Reed in Oct., and British Summertime by Paul Cornell then ran out of $$$ ...

... Street: Letters Between Nancy Mitford and Heywood Hill Barely Managed to Finish: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon The London Embassy by Paul Theroux Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

... The 13½ lives of Captain Bluebear by the same author, so that is at least some incentive. BEST NOVEMBER READ: Snowcrash WORST NOVEMBER READ: Portuguese Irregular Verbs

Snowcrash was exuberant and funny: A samurai-wielding pizza delivery guy saves the world from fundamentalist computer/brain hackers. Not quite sure what to make of the comment on organised religion, but it’s something to think about. Whatever I decide, it’ll still be a good book. Bleach ( ...

lriley, of your list, I have only read Ballard's Crash, which made an excellent object of literary criticism. I didn't exactly enjoy it, and thought the somewhat belaboured treatment of fetish eventually grew tedious, but I nevertheless appreciated it. #10 Finnegan's Wake ... The closest I'v ...

>17 While I have not read Stephenson's Snow Crash, I did read The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer which is sort of a weird but enjoyable, neo-Victorian SF novel. I'm not a Stephenson fan generally, though.

Comments on others books: Clunkers I agree with: SnowCrash The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao The Alchemist Peony in Love It was an Early Review book and I couldn't find a thing to say Moloka'i I didn't find is sad, so much as underwhelming, uninformative and boring. ...

... Schlink Ireland Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt A Star Called Henry - Roddy Doyle Turkey Snow - Orhan Pamuk South America Chile My Invented Country - Isabel Allende compiling my list now...

... It's been many years since I read it, but I still remember the feeling of being suspended in the dark. And a de-nudge for Snow Crash. I haven't read it but my husband gave up on it -- he didn't like it at all. (That said, I know many think it's wonderful.)

... Book Solzenitsyn, Aleksandr: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Steinbeck, John: Tortilla Flat Stephenson, Neal: Snow Crash Undset, Kristin: Kristin Lavransdatter I: The Wreath Westlake, Donald E. : What's the Worst That Could Happen

I loved Cryptonomicon too. But the anachronisms in the Baroque Cycle spoilt it for me. I also thought Snow Crash was over-rated - I much preferred his The Diamond Age.

... that there wasn't enough reward for ploughing through the not-so-great sections. I certainly didn't care that much for Snowcrash - it was a good book, I just didn't see it as anything special unlike some others. For me Anathem is up there with the best of his work.

... seems out of all proportion to the numbers who read and like his books. I wonmder how much of it is left over from Snowcrash. Because a lot of people couldn't finish Cryptonomicon, and I'm far from being the only one who gave up on the Baroque Cycle...

... avoid the 9 time wasting books & maybe browse the 1 recommended before reading. Normally I just look at award winners but Snowcrash flys in the face of that logic, I saw it recommended in Whole Earth Magazine I think {whatever happened to W. Earth?}

... everything I started. Big mistake. However, I did force myself to finish some major drek. The major clunkers include Snow Crash, The Virgin Suicides, Any Given Doomsday, and Pretty Little Mistakes. I also listened to The Mermaid Chair which made me foam at the mouth. I now ...

I've reviewed Snow Crash here. I've read it so many times I didn't actually re-read it to review it. Instead I tried to review why it is I re-read it so often. Library Lover, for you I've chosen Roald Dahl's Kiss, Kiss ...

... is my review of The Forbidden Woman grizzly.anderson, please read Snow Crash. That was assigned to me once & I found it impossible to get through. For me, please read anything tagged to be read/to be re-read & owned. Thanks.

3. Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson- To be honest, I was disappointed with this book. I have heard nothing but great things about Snow Crash from others, but I could just not get into this one no matter how hard i tried. The characters felt sort of bland and the plot just didn't seem to go ...

... enjoyed by teenagers. When I was a teenager I was reading and enjoying Silverberg that doesn't make his books YA similarly Snow Crash and A Fire Upon The Deep are in no way YA. If you widen the net out that far the search becomes meaningless as you will be including so much of the SF field (a ...

I have a signed first of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (she said smugly).

... books! I've only read The Day of the Triffids, but that was at least 30 years ago. I have both A Fire Upon the Deep and Snow Crash in my TBR pile, and downloaded Farthing when it was available this summer electronically. And I've never read any Robert J. Sawyer, but Hominids sounds ...

... That's fine. She's a brilliant writer who I don't like to read. End of story. Books I've hated this year: Snow Crash, Pretty Little Mistakes, One More Year, Any Given Doomsday. Good literature or bad literature? Good books or bad books? Definitely not good for me, but ...

... . 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die 1.Wide Sargasso Sea 2.Hideous Kinky 3.Fear and Trembling 4.Voss 5.Snow by Orhan Pamuk 6.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time By Mark Haddon 7.Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 8.Like Water for Chocolate 9.Animal's ...

... reasons: Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. Pure drek. The next Harry Potter indeed! Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Just not my thing. About 30 pages out of around 600 were interesting. Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton. Shallow, ...

... by Owen Sheers Anathem by Neal Stephenson Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (2) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (3) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (3) Farthing by Jo Walton (4)

... by Owen Sheers Anathem by Neal Stephenson Off Armageddon Road by David Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (2) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (3) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (3) Farthing by Jo Walton (4)

... by Ken MacLeod Kethani by Eric Brown Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer -- (2) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson -- (2) Anathem by Neal Stephenson A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (2) Black Man aka Thirteen by Richard Morgan -- (2) Cities ...

... by Ken MacLeod Kethani by Eric Brown Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer -- (2) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson -- (2) Anathem by Neal Stephenson A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (2) Black Man aka Thirteen by Richard Morgan -- (2) This ...

... add in a vote for me if any of the following three books get into the final tally: 1st choice Hominids 2nd choice Snow Crash 3rd Choice Kethani If I do get online during the voting period, I'll post a message here so you don't count me twice. Thanx!

... by Ken MacLeod Kethani by Eric Brown Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer -- (2) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson -- (2) Anathem by Neal Stephenson A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge Black Man aka Thirteen by Richard Morgan -- (2) Geneg, how ...

... War by Anthony Lappe (3) Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson (8) Invasive Procedures by Orson Scott Card (4) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (23) Scardown by Elizabeth Bear (6) Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan (7) Choosers of the Slain by James H. Cobb (3) Choosers of the Sla ...

... one hand, it's nice to have some diversity and acknowledge some important books from the genre. On the other hand, I loved Snow Crash, and it was an influential book, but I find it hard to believe that there weren't 100 better English-language books since 1923.

... Sessions by Ken MacLeod Kéthani by Eric Brown Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Anathem by Neal Stephenson A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge

... breaks thru to the human universe. Another book that sounded interesting, is one of the most owned in the SciFi group, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. It's about a near future earth where the U.S. is a series of franchise city states and the Mafia controls pizza delivery. The hero is a ...

... to be sucked down into nothingness. And, except for about 30 pages having to do with computers and religion, I hated Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I just didn't get it. Next year I will be back to my normal routine of only finishing books I am enjoying. This year I made a ...

... anxious at the beginning but calmed down after 15 minutes or so. overall i enjoyed it. right now i'm working through snow by orhan pamuk. at this point its a mixed bag. there were some passages that infuriated me but i just finished a couple of sections that were really extraordinary. ...

... I start (I've only put two books down that were totally unbearable.) One book I really hated that I actually finished was Snow Crash. Next year back to the freedom to put a book down as soon as I start disliking it or get bored with it. #27 - I listed our books for the year in my message #1 ...

... to resist doing series mysteries, but I'll challenge myself: McTeague, Frank Norris Aloft, Chang-rae Lee Crash, J. G. Ballard 'Sippi, John Oliver Killens Night, Elie Wiesel

... 6 The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West 7 8 Book Around The World 1 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2 Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3 The Lying Days by Nadine Gordiner 4 The Reader - a novel by Bernhard Schlink 5 Behind the Burqa: Our Life in Afghanistan and How We ...

... my time, to read books I don't like. I don't have enough time to read all the books I do like. Also, I quite like Snow Crash. The person below me has a big pile of books just waiting to be read.

... understand the reference to Vogon poetry I'm assuming that it's something nobody would enjoy. Based on that assumption, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I promised myself that I would read everything I started this year. It was my bookclub book for .... March? April? It was ...

... 6 The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West 7 8 Book Around The World 1 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2 Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3 The Lying Days by Nadine Gordiner 4 The Reader - a novel by Bernhard Schlink 5 Behind the Burqa: Our Life in Afghanistan and How We ...

... 6 The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West 7 8 Book Around The World 1 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2 Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3 The Lying Days by Nadine Gordiner 4 The Reader - a novel by Bernhard Schlink 5 Behind the Burqa: Our Life in Afghanistan and How We ...

I've just started The Shadow of the Torturer for the group read. Snowcrash... I always thought it was over-rated. But then I've also read Stephenson's In the Beginning... was the Command Line, which is just wrong. Having said that, I did enjoy The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon, but I ...

I have just read Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. At first I thought it was really cheesy cyberpunk SF or a parody - a mafia pizza delivery person that wields two katanas is definitely not a serious examination of the future of computing and the internet. Then Neal Stephenson decides to ...

Reading Snow Crash for the first first time. I'd somehow completely missed this book before. I'm not sure if it was the original intention, but these days it seems almost silly.

... This was a bad decision. I've been kicking myself since about February. I've read some real stinkers this year. (Snow Crash and The Mistress's Daughter immediately come to mind). I have put two books down without finishing them, and am angry at myself for not keeping my promise, ...

... Pat Murphey's wonderful retelling of The Hobbit in space - There and Back again. 10-12th grader would likely enjoy Snow Crash as lot - if the parental units felt comfortable w/ bringing it into the house (My mother blamed a lot on encouraging us to read Kesey at a young, impressionable ...

... so i have no opinion on this series yet. I wait for books to go into paper before buying them. I didn't think much of Snow Crash and have to say I only have Wilbur Smith's 4 Egyptian books. I have read 2 and enjoyed Seventh Scroll, but thought The River God was horribly written. I ...

... Life : Ted Chiang Ender's Game : Orson Scott Card Blindsight : Peter Watts Pattern Recognition : William Gibson Snow Crash : Neal Stephenson White Light : Rudy Rucker Doomsday Book : Connie Willis Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World : Haruki Murakami A Scanner D ...

... er Altered Carbon-Richard Morgan What I'm reading now The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner,is unquestionably disturbing. Crash, The Unlimited Dream Company, High Rise and Concrete Island by J G Ballard are very disturbing books. In the context of horrorthere's plenty to disturb in Cli ...

... n 21.There and Back Again; Pat Murphy 22. His Dark Materials; Phillip Pullman 23. Night Sky Mine; Melissa Scott 24. Snow Crash; Neal Stephenson 25.Going, Going, Gone; Jack Womack ......................... 24. Finder; Emma Bull got left out - however defined, this would be ...

... Ursula Le Guin * Parable of the Sower, Octavia E. Butler * A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter Miller Jr. * Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson * Dune, Frank Herbert * Hyperion, Dan Simmons * Red Mars, Kin Stanley Robinson * The Stars My Destination, Alfred B ...

>23 - Snow Crash couldn't be on the list because the list was published in 1985*. I assume you're joking about Friday; that belongs to Heinlein's appallingly bad period, which considering he was never that great in the first place is very bad. (For the record, I'm not a big of Bradbury either). ...

... senses of pacing in sci fi - and include Varley's Steel Beach and Leiber's The Big Time. Also, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash should be here. Not to mention Heinlein's Friday, for many reasons, but a sufficient one would be to teach Ray Bradbury about pacing.

I just added Snow Crash to BookMooch, but the cover art it pulled up doesn't match my book. I noted that fact in Condition. My question is, is there a place to change the cover art? If not, did I do the right thing or is there something I should do differently?

... - 334 Gene Wolfe - The Fifth Head of Cerberus Michael Moorcock - The Dancers at the End of Time J.G. Ballard - Crash Mack Reynolds - Looking Backward from the Year 2000 Ian Watson - The Embedding Suzy McKee Charnas - Walk to the End of the World M. John Harrison - The C ...

Bob Flanagan, Super-Masochist, Bob Flanagan Burn Marks, Sara Paretsky Crash, J.G. Ballard Heartsick, Chelsea Cain The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard

... me. "Tepid" was my reaction to Quicksilver--so far, Cryptonomicon is the only one I'm glad I read. I should add that Snow Crash is very entertaining at first--it's when Stephenson started to get all serious that he lost me.

Hmmm. Thanks for the heads-up on Snow Crash. I have it on my library list but perhaps will rethink. I was tepid on Cryptonomicon so it sounds like maybe I should pass.

45) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson--This was a huge disappointment after Cryptonomicon. The little flaws in Stephenson's later work are magnified in this, one of his earlier novels. And there were so many logic holes that I could barely tell whether the story was brilliant or didn't quite make ...

I'm thrilled that books like Barrabas, The Birds and Snow are on the new list. I've been planning to read them anyway. And I liked both The Line of Beauty and A Dry White Season very much and had wondered why they weren't there in the first edition. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a ...

... a beautifully iced lemon rosemary cake (which, in case none of y'all have encountered it before, is THE PREFECT cake.) Snow Crash is an all-time-best-list title for me. I hope it makes you appreciate the 'za more than you do now. Heh. >206 jfetting, rest assured I will share my opinion. ...

... by Peter Kreeft A Natural History of Latin by Tore Janson Crunchy Cons by Rod Dreher I may be one. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson only because discussions here made it sound possibly interesting; I had a hard time reckoning the sorting in the Science Fiction ...

Snow crash by Neal Stephenson Rainbow Goblins by Ul De Rico Windhaven by George R.R.Martin The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor The Storm King by Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey

... disliked The Mistress's Daughter by A. M. Homes - whiny drivel. I mostly disliked (except for about 30 pages) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I never finished The Memory Keeper's Daughter because I didn't like any of the (adult) characters. Didn't read enough of it to meet ...

20. Snow by Orhan Pamuk 21. Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda 22. The Virus Hunters by Joseph McCormickand Susan Fischer-Hoch

There were about 30 or so pages of Snow Crash that I liked - when Hiro was talking to The Librarian. I also liked the political constructs and Metaverse. The rest was a waste of time for me. I only read it for my bookclub and struggled almost the entire way. I can't imagine even looking at ...

#88: Snow Crash is one of those novels that I know I'm supposed to read but haven't got around to. But the description speaks to a common misconception of privatization, that only individuals are consumers. But individuals are not the only consumers. Consider the conversation with jmcgarve about ...

On the subject of privately funded prison, have any of you read Snow Crash? In the future everything is gated communities that opperate as little governments. Very few of the communities can afford prisons, so it is common for them to brand criminals and then just throw them out of the town. ...

I enjoyed the Baroque Cycle, but agree that it was perhaps a bit longer than it needed to be. I think Snow Crash and Diamond Age are both works of genius. I found the endings much more satisfying on a second read. Cryptonomicon is excellent too, but like limerts I'm a bit of a Stephenson ...

I could never get into Snow Crash but i enjoyed Quicksilver and Cryptonomicon quite a bit.

... published), I had forgotten who was who, which somewhat ruined the story, and the site was already missing. I thought Snow Crash was his best, but Diamond Age was a close second.

Pope Joan by Donna Cross which was a book club read and it was great. Very much a page turner. Snow by Orhan Pamuk book club read--hated it--very very boring and hard to read Cuba Diaries by Isadora Tattlin another book club read--good but not great. Love Marriage an Ea ...

... and the minimization of coincidence and deus ex machina that had characterized the Narnia stories up to this point. Snow **** (#120) by Orhan Pamuk 06/14/08

I'm reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk.

... Mixed Bag: A Home For The Category-less 1. No Country For Old Men 2. Snow 3. Babycakes 4. Significant Others 5. Sure of You 6. Bones to Ashes 7.

... Wives of Windsor that I should have read for bookclub). I've read several real stinkers, including The Virgin Suicides, Snow Crash, and Shades of Glory. This confirms that my usual reading style of putting a book down if I don't like it is a good instinct. I look forward to returning ...

... reread some books. Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light, Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash, Tim Powers' Last Call, William Gibson's Neuromancer, and Dan Simmons' Carrion Comfort were still terrific to at least pretty good. Robert A. ...

... your thread "What Book Would You Like to Step Into". My worst book or in the top 10 worst was a recent book club read Snow by Orhan Pamuk--boring, boring & more boring.

... K. Le Guin 3. Dune 4. Califia's Daughters by Leigh Richardson 5. I have been thinking about re-reading Snow Crash and Diamond Age recently... 6. William Gibson, although I didn't like Spook Country at all Wait, that's more than 5! I was just getting started, ...

... is one of my top 5 books of this year so far. A book that I absolutely despised but read for my bookclub this year was Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. The concept was interesting to a point but ultimately I didn't care about any of the characters except perhaps Y.T.'s mom. I also ...

... I enjoy following the reviews, but I don't want to read the thousandth review on Harry Potter, or the hundredth review on Snow Crash or Anne of Green Gables. Most of those books I knew everything I needed to know before picking them up. Is there anyway I could get filters--as complex or ...

... for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. Children of Dune by Frank Herbert God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert Snow crash by Neal Stephenson The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood Out of the silent planet by C. S. Lewis The sparrow by Mary Doria Russell A wrinkle in time ...

Trumpet by Jackie Kay Crash by J.G. Ballard Kindred by Octavia E. Butler Girls by Nic Kelman Atonement by Ian McEwan

... turned undercover police agent. It's not cyberpunk. Important cyberpunk works include Neuromancer, Metrophage, Snow Crash, The Artificial Kid and Eclipse.

Another library book sale for me too: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Crossing California by Adam Langer Snow by Orhan Pamuk Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel The Making of Britain: The Dark Ages by Lesley Smith The Kings and Queens of England: A Tourist Guide by Jan ...

Ditto for me too. I am currently reading and about to either give up on or skim to the end Snow by Orhan Pamuk. Its for book club so I feel obligated to finish but it is so boring and I don't like the characters. I might just skim until the end and pretend I read it at book club next week. ...

... any of the others yet. I have been thinking about trying some other cyberpunk milestones like Heavy Weather or Snow Crash. I honestly think that cyberpunk just may not be my thing. It's tough for me to see the romance of sweaty, anti-social hackers surfing the internet in rebellion. ...

... nkenstein by Mary Shelley The Death of Bernadette Lefthand by Ron Querry Three Plays by Thorton Wilder Snow by Orhan Pamuk Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin Still Thinking of You by Adele Parks Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Miss Switch ...

... 1983 to 1998 There still influences of it around but it's basically run its course. Probably the two most cited books are Snow Crash and Neuromancer. Sticking to strict science not always stuck to in this sub-genre. Revival of Space Opera- 1984 - 2000. Still going on but not as fevered ...

... book was two-dimensional creepy drek. (Tell us what you really think, Karen!) Not as badly as Tunnels, but close, was Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson for my bookclub. 460 pages of strangeness punctuated by about 30 pages of interesting stuff about viruses, religion, and archaeology. Did ...

Well I'm finally giving up and quit reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk. I got about 150 pages in and I couldn't stand it anymore. On to Venetian Mask by ER book.

I am struggling w/ Snow by Orhan Pamuk for a book club read. I just cannot read anymore and think I am abandoning this book. It is dull and boring and I just don't care about the characters.

... of the book stunk--boring and the author's whining tone just put me off. #233 alaskabookworm, I am currently reading Snow for a book club and I absolutely hate it. It is a chore to pick it up again and read it. Boring boring boring. I hate not finishing a book for book club, but I think ...

... Harry Potter fans). The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi – thank goodness he has more for you after this one. PS. Snow Crash should have been a triple-crown winner without a second thought (I know ancient history…. But it burns us).

Frankly, of all his books, Snow is my least favorite. I usually recommend trying My name is Red first. It is a bit more lively, although, I also enjoyed The Black Book.

Hi I am currently reading Snow by Pamuk. I have heard high praises for it, but I am having difficulty getting into the book. I will continue to read it as it is for a book club. Has anyone read this one? What were your thoughts? Should I put this aside and try The Black Book. Thanks.

The Librarian in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash In Garth Nyx's Lirael, the title character is an assistant librarian.

... books, although Hull and Hammett were great reads and the others satisfactory. Envious Casca by Georgette Heyer Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - unsatisfactory book club book The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull The Girl with a Secret by Charlotte Armstrong The Mal ...

#6 - I agree regarding the Stephenson-books - I only bought those two after having read Snow crash and (I think, it's been a while) Diamond Age, and they're very different. I can understand why he originally published Interface & Cobweb under his 'Stephen Bury' alias. Stross are in ...

... Stephenson books are weird choices.. I mean, you'd think if you had anything of his it'd be one of the others, such as Snow Crash. I quite enjoyed Zodiac though, and Interface wasn't bad. Anansi Boys - not as good as American Gods but I still liked it very much. Other books: J ...

I just successfully struggled through Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. It took me 20 days to read - possibly a record. Of course, I read 4 light-reading books during that time just to reward myself. There were lots of interesting concepts in the book about viruses, archaeology, religion, ...

I am struggling w/ Snow by Orhan Pamuk. It's for a book club read and its just so slow I have no desire to pick it back up again once I put it down. I will try to keep plodding through it in the hopes that I like it better.

I hated Running With Scissors and I might be adding my current book club read to it if it doesn't get better, Snow by Orhan Pamuk.

... 6 The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West 7 8 Book Around The World 1 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2 Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3 The Lying Days by Nadine Gordiner 4 The Reader - a novel by Bernhard Schlink 5 Behind the Burqa: Our Life in Afghanistan and How We ...

To paraphrase fyrefly98 in #48, I finally (finally!) finished Snow Crash this morning in a fit of stubborn determination. On to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon.

... character - he wasn't quite subtle enough for me, I guess. I knew it was Joe but just didn't know how. Well, I finished Snow Crash finally for bookclub. A week early! On to my next 888 book - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. Fun reading week ahead.

Oh, yes! Finally finished Snow Crash. I'm proud of myself for finishing it, and there were actually some good parts - mostly the discussions of viruses, archaeology, history, computers, and religion. I'm starting The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.

... Adventures of Kavalier & Clay on my 888 list and am looking forward to it based on TYPU. What I'm reading now is Snow Crash - well, continuing for the 3rd week. It's slow, slow going and I'm only persevering because it's for bookclub, it's on my 888 list, and I promised myself that I' ...

... Penhallow. I really liked it. I think I'll read another GH mystery - No Wind of Blame as a reward for continuing Snow Crash. Why oh why did I commit to finishing everything I started this year? I don't want to break it THIS early.

Here's what our bookclub chose for Mar 2008 - Feb 2009: Water for Elephants Sara Gruen Snow Crash Neal Stephenson The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls The Merry Wives of Windsor & Hamlet William Shakespeare The Far Traveler Nancy ...

... I have to say I enjoyed pretty much all of them. It's our current selection which I am having hard time with. It is Snow by Orhan Pamuk. Anyone read this one? Your thoughts??

... the new book and want to quickly finish what I am currently reading. That is happening w/ me right now. I am reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk and its slow going and I so want to put it aside and read something new. But its for a book club so I must persevere.

... surreal town of Kars. The lure of a Nobel prize winner for Literature had me enthralled. Orhan Pamuk was the culprit, Snow the title of the book. It was then back to WW2 and to Italy with Mary Doria Russell where Jews and Christians were supporting one another in the face of German ...

... Powder and Patch by Georgette Heyer and just started Penhallow by the same author. Still, still slogging through Snow Crash. Must have it read by April but am dawdling. Sigh.

Still slogging through Snow Crash for April bookclub. I'm finding it a very difficult read. Got a bee in my bonnet and decided to read The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. About 90 pages in and I'm loving it. I do so love the hard-boiled detective! After Falcon, I'll probably ...

... last year. Will be interested in how you like Memoirs of Cleopatra when you finish--its in my TBR pile. I am reading Snow by Orhan Pamuk, which although I like so far--its not an easy read.

... The Murder of My Aunt by Richard Hull and The Girl with a Secret by Charlotte Armstrong. Still working on Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I'm not really crazy about it, but it's for bookclub and 888 challenge and I'm trying to finish everything I start this year.

... secret she promised to keep, regardless of the pressures on and dangers to her. Armstrong is a great writer. Working on Snow Crash. It's gotten a bit interesting - about page 200 or so - so that's encouraging. Going to the mountains for a week, so am getting my reading materials ...

... Reader - a novel by Bernhard Schlink 4 5 6 7 8 Book Around The World 1 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 2 Snow by Orhan Pamuk 3 A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell 4 Behind The Burqa by Sulima and Hala 5 6 7 8 Book Awards 1 Woman at Point Zero by ...

... My Aunt last night. Great book. I'm going to start The Girl with a Secret today at lunch. Still slogging through Snow Crash. I'd drop it except that I'm trying to read all books I start this year and dont' want to crash so soon.

... Chabon. I loved it and am anxious to start reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. First I have to finish Snow Crash and The Murder of My Aunt. Vacation's coming up, so will have lots of time to read lots of lovely books.

... Aunt from the"Started But Never Finished category after reading a Georgette Heyer mystery. Still slogging through Snow Crash. It's a hard read for me but I have bursts of enjoyment.

I'm still reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson for my April Bookclub meeting and Georgette Heyer's Envious Casca for fun. Been busy this week and haven't had much time to read.

... by William Gibson, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein, Last Call by Tim Powers, and now Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I guess there aren't that many new books in my To Be Read pile.

Oh, I love Snow Crash! I have seen it a lot lately, I think I need to add that book to my tbr pile for re-reading. If I can find my copy...

... a copy of The Sparrow--you've inspired me to pick it up soon. Have you read other books by Orhan Pamuk? I've read Snow (which I thought fantastic) and My Name is Red, and I have The Black Book and The New Life on my shelves. I find it tempting to zip through the latter two, but I ...

... defined as always but poorly motivated. I never really understand why Phoebe falls in love with Sylvester. Started Snow Crash but am also reading Envious Casca also by Georgette Heyer.

Just finished Snow, by Orhan Pamuk. Loved the atmosphere. It's been snowing heavily here all weekend and the book and the weather meshed beautifully. Also, Moral Discernment, by Richard Gula which I found very useful.

Snow by Orhan Pamuk inspired me to travel to Kars, Turkey. The trip was wonderful although I went in June and the book was set in winter during the blizzards.

... the Mississippi last night and started Plato and a Platypus. I'll write a review of Life later. Next after Plato is Snow Crash for my bookclub's April meeting.

... so I found myself reading jokes out loud to him. We laughed and laughed. How is Aristotle and an Aardvark? Next is Snow Crash for my bookclub's April meeting.

... Daniel Klein. A very funny approach to philosophy and I find myself reading jokes out loud to my family. Will start Snow Crash after Plato for April's bookclub read.

I love Snow Crash, but I do think it might be difficult to understand for someone who hasn't read much science fiction. I have listed my 5(ish) a couple of times, but here they are anyway: The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper Dune by Frank Herbert The Dispossessed ...

... So I'd go with; Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Road by Cormac McCarthy None are too heavy on the science but take the reader ...

... accent is a bit hard to get used to and I'd love to read it later to "see" the names and words. Next to "read" will be Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson for my bookclub.

... style, therefore, I will pursue some of her other books. This was my first book by her. I am now starting for a book club Snow by Orhan Pamuk. I have a feeling this one will not be an easy read.

... writing! YUUUUUUCK. (Ok, one caveat -- I liked In the beginning... was the command line by Stephenson.) I hated Snow Crash, Neuromancer, Market Forces, and Glasshouse... ugh ugh ugh... I would include Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix in there as well, but oh jeez I don't even ...

... Mark Twain is a good dose for a depressing book... So I'm reading Life on the Mississippi now and will start Snow Crash for my April book club meeting.

... AUTHOR March 2 Water for Elephants Sara Gruen April 6 Snow Crash Neal Stephenson May 4 The Glass Castle Jeanette Walls June 1 The Merry Wives of Winds ...

... God 6. Kim Stanley Robinson, Forty Signs of Rain 7. Karen Armstrong, A Short History of Myth 8. Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash

hemlokgang, Now I"m really looking forward to Pamuk's books. I have to read Snow first for book club. Unfortunately I am very slow reader so may be a while before I get to his other books. Thanks for your insight into his writing.

momom, Pamuk is one of my all-time favorite authors. Snow is wonderful. I hope you enjoy it.

... I would be interested in what you think of The Black Book. I'm on a Pamuk kick right now. Will start shortly Snow for book club and just ordered The Black Book.

7 Snow by Orhan Pamuk Read for My 888 group Book Around The World

#84 dchaikin, I think I am going to give a try and see how it goes. Definitely will be reading Snow since its for book club. I'll let you all know what I think.

... had a tough go of reading this book. I am debating on returning it or giving it a go. The book club I am in chose Pamuk's Snow and I am hoping that one is good. Anyone else read Snow? Your comments??

Oh Laura - what a coincidence! I have just read Snow by Orhan Pamuk. Have you tried that one I wonder? I bought it on impulse at the airport en route to France!

... do not have internet access my review is not up yet but will be soon! Earlier in the week I was in modern day Turkey in Snow by Orhan Pamuk. (touch stone has come up wrongly here?) At present I am in Northern Italy during World War 2 in A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell. ...

... for a total of $2: Office of Desire, Transgressions, & Size 14 is Not Fat. And I just had a friend order via B&N Snow our next book club pick.

... been off traveling since Jan 18 and am glad to be back sorting out next reads. Finished Palace Walk and am working on Snow by Orhan Pahmuk. I enjoyed some "popcorn" reading and polished off Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich and The Broker by John Grisham. EOT was my ...

im surprised no one has yet mentioned Crash By J.G. Ballard, that book was stomach churning for sure. Naked Lunch by William Burroughs was quite repulsive too.

... and all). FAVORITE BOOK(s): War and Peace (no joke), Lord of the Rings, 1984, Brave New World, Vurt, Snow Crash, Contact, Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of the Second Order (again no joke), Pixel Juice, plus many others... see my catalog for more info *big ...

... the list for this week is Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. It's for my bookclub's March meeting. April's book is Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Hooray! So many books in process and so many to look forward to. For some reason, the touchstones on Patrick Suskind and Neal Steph ...

for title: The Winter Queen by Jane Stevenson Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare for setting: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis A Brie ...

... Guide to the Galaxy Stranger in a Strange land Foreigner Queen of Angels The Mote in God's eye Sundiver Snow Crash The Dying Light (Evergence) All in my library if I've correctly got the hang of this.

81-- I started blind assassin but thought it trash and returned it to the library. Still working on snow.

--> 65 I really loved Snow, but my best friend did not like it very much at all. Different strokes...

I am finding snow by orhan parmukdifficult reading. I hope I can finish it!

Read some excellent things in 2007-- Orhan Pamuk was probably my favorite find (Snow and The Black Book) are now two of my favorites. Jose Saramago's The Stone Raft was also brilliant. There are probably a few I'm forgetting...

... so sprawling that it is taking me a long time to get through it. Cryptonomicon is far and away his best work, although Snow Crash is also wonderful. Neal Stephenson, William Gibson and Iain M. Banks redefined Science Fiction

#57 etc. I'm tempted to put a glowing recommendation for Snow Crash, especially for those you already like Neal Stephenson, but then you will just be disappointed. Anyway, it's a fun book, but futuristic, not historical. And it includes a church of Elvis!

... the first of his books that I've read, but considering how good it was, I'm definitely up for some more. I was thinking Snow Crash next, but I'll keep my eyes open at HPB for the series you mention as well. >56 teelgee You're not alone in your feelings about The Alchemist - I ...

My top novels in no particular order: Watchmen Snow Crash V for Vendetta The Absolute Sandman Bad Monkeys

Hat jemand von euch Snow Crash auf Deutsch gelesen? Falls ja, kann mir jemand sagen, wie das Wortspiel um die Minikanone "Reason" ("They will listen to Reason" - Fischeye) übersetzt wurde?

... in Calamity Physics-Marisha Pessl Honorable mention: Kafka on the Shore-Haruki Murakami The Diamond Age and Snow Crash-Neal Stephenson Glad to see so many folks listing Cloud Atlas. Also the many folks listing The Book Thief. I read it last year and L-O-V-E-D it. (Would ...

... Persuasion, Richard Russo's Straight Man, Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore and Pinball, 1973, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog, David Foster Wallace's The Broom of the System, Kobo Abe's Friends: a Play, and Peter Hoeg' ...

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon Snow by Uri Shulevitz The Two Cultures: And, a Second Look by C.P. SNOW The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris

I'm leapfrogging # 36 Snow to write about #37 Portrait with Keys: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked by Ivan Vladislavic: How I loved this book! It is not a tourist's guide, but rather a local resident's thoughtful view of his home, which for my money is one of the most fascinating and ...

... Yard by Pinckney Benedict 5)Divided To The Vein by Scott Minerbrook 6)Icy Sparks by Gwun Hyman Rubio 7)Snow by Orhan Pamuk 8)Not just a Living by Mark Henricks 9)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling 10)A Civil Action by Jonathan Harr 1 ...

... '06 had made it easier on me. (10/10) The Diamond Age, or a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer -- Hrumph, read Snow Crash last year. Loved it. Wanted to read another. Not quite as good as S.C., but it was still an excellent story, well-written 'n' all that, with some real fancy ...

#31 - ejd0626 I'm reading Snow Crash for class also. I liked the first parts of the book but about half through the author is starting to lose me...how far are you?

I'm reading Snow Crash for a class. So far, not a fan at all.

... much IMO. Even the $10 of Kindle is too much for all but the equivalent of first editions (and checking the Kindle store Snow Crash is nearly $8 - just a couple of dollars cheaper than the paperback. That isn't cheap enough. There are problems on the writer front as well. A lot of books ...

Right now I'm in the middle of Snow Crash which I'm reading for class and greatly enjoying so far. Over Thanksgiving break, I hope to start Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

... everyone for the responses and now that I have been educated on the matter I guess I should rephrase my question and ask "Snow Crash, proof that the Hugo and Nebula Awards are paid for?" :-) I would like to thank you all for the thoughtful & factual responses. This is the only time I have ...

... Music by Terry Pratchett 7. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem 8. The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 9. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 10. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby 11. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 12. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson ...

... (It's at least possible that maybe they ARE better.) You might want to read the various winners and see for yourself if Snow Crash's loss was due to its not being quite as good as the winners. (AFTER that, then maybe you can turn to conspiracy theories.) Some of the winners of major ...

... makes a great book change. Simple as that. This is true in the mainstream world as it is in the SF world. I still think Snow Crash would have a tough job to beat the three books I mentioned. c) Snow Crash didn't match the tastes of the people voting that year - indeed IIRC it scraped ...

I read Snow Crash after seeing it mentioned in the Whole Earth Magazine years ago while that was still extant. I had not read any science fiction in a long while and wanted to see what was contemporary. I, of course, thought the novel was fantastic and waited for all the top SF awards to be ...

... A. Heinlein (853) The left hand of darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (676) The Martian chronicles by Ray Bradbury (678) Snow crash by Neal Stephenson (829 Obviously, popularity isn't the only key to liking a book.

#28 et al. We are already past that stage. The Librarian features in Discworld novels and in Snow Crash

... Mayor) Marge Piercy (He, She, and It/ Body of Glass) Justina Robson (Silver Screen) Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash, Interface, The Diamond Age)

A novel which becomes more and more relevant as the years go by is Snow Crash. The concepts of evolution presented in Kurt Vonnegut's under appreciated Galapagos are also intriguingly magnificent.

... sort of thing - if you are not big on chaotic (as mentioned, this is quite the point in these cases), you might not like Snow Crash, as there are some definite antecedents to Accelerando there, so you may consider leaving that until later. There is also Walter Jon Williams Hardwired ...

... series and then I'm looking at maybe some Vinge or maybe someSterling?? After that, I think I will try Snow Crash or The Diamond Age again. I really feel the need to like Stephenson. I'm not sure of the reason for this. I hope it's not just bandwagon, though! :-)

Yeah, it was Neuromancer and Snow Crash, I believe. I have not tried The Diamond Age which I will do, though. I want to like this genre so bad! These books along with the Stross, just felt so... I don't know... chaotic. Didn't realize Dick was considered so, nor have I ever ...

... The background to the writing is very interesting - make sure you read the appendices. Some Librarythingers have enjoyed Snow and I am a fan of Orhan Pamuk. I had trouble getting into that particular one.

... the multicoloured Mars trilogy by Stan Robinson can be considered classics just yet. They are too recent. Although like Snow Crash and some others they will probably be seen as such in the future. I would also like to put a word in for some of John Brunner's other work. Stand On Zanz ...

Not yet mentioned - Snow Crash (memes, genetics, virtual realities) Cyteen (genetics, politics, ethics) And maybe not classics but in my mind they are very good - Pashazade, Effendi, Felaheen (alternate history/crime novel/genetics) Edited to add: Ouch, the telephone rang and OF C ...

... else by Arthur C. Clarke - read it, then double check the first published date and boggle). I firmly believe that Snow Crash will be looked back on as a classic every bit as important as Neuromancer, if not more so. Neal Stephenson hasn't written anything I don't like. Oh, ...

... book to come up with the "objective," eternal answer. It is something close to an objective fact that Neuromancer and Snow Crash are Cyperpunk, but the term hasn't been blessed by the LC. In the same vein, Bridget Jones's Diary is chick lit, whether you like it or not. Not scientific ...

Hi there. This sounds like a lot of fun. So I will start with the books I have read in the past month. They are: snowcrash by neal stephenson The Deathly Hollows citzens of the galaxy by robert heinlein The Nymphos of Rocky Flats by mario acevedo The way of the peaceful warrior

I am really glad someone mentioned snowcrash by Neal Stephenson. Fantastic novel. Might not have started the cyberpunk genre per se. But a inventive and interesting read. I don't think science fiction and fantasy have been fairly represented in this list. I realize there are a few token ...

Ours are not pristine but we do take care of them. Unless we've read the daylights out it. (We both read Snowcrash (paperback version) repeatedly and also lent it to several friends. It looked so bad, the last friend we lent it to replaced it with a hardback version :) ) It really bugs me when ...

Strapless: John Singer Sargeant and the Fall of Madam X Snow Fallling on Cedars Chariot: The Astounding rise and Fall of the World's First War Machine The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire The Rising sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

it's re-reading week for me timbuktu, Paul Auster snow crash, prior to putting it up on bookmooch but when it comes to new books I have just ordered the latest ken macleod, the execution channel and a whole bunch of books from PS publishing. Oh and I finally ordered forests of the ...

While making the rounds I picked up: Stalingrad: Memories of Hell The Heavens and the Earth How the North Won Snow Crash

Scatterbrain by Larry Niven The Wreck of the River of Stars by Michael Flynn Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds

... game. I was interested in the concept during the mid/late 90's but that had a lot to do with novelty + my love for the book Snowcrash. If there are people who enjoy it - well, let them do whatever they want there and if that includes using the name Green Dragon... well, it's free for using, kind ...

Here's another: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

... aren't top SF writers, either, along with not being scientists Neal Stephenson was a computer scientist of sorts at Snow Crash time e.g. In the Beginning Was the Command Line, which, of course, is a different thing, and not a scientist in the sense being discussed. Most people aren't ...

Sunshine Many Waters Forty Signs of Rain Fifty Degrees Below Snow Crash

Another vote for Snow Crash being a decent read. I'll concede its not the best book in the world ever, it certainly has many faults, but it is very readable, engaging and makes many pertinant comments on society.

I quite like Snow Crash, myself.

Snowcrash and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius are both execrable and to be avoided.

... the book but it did not "knock it out of the park" for me. One of the other books I had not read was Neal Stephenson Snowcrash. I could understand why it was one of the top 50 when I finished.

... of those has written SF books that I'd consider "the best" - Pashazade, Effendi & Felaheen + Stamping Butterflies; Snowcrash + Cryptonomicon and Quicksilver, Confusion & The System of the World; Left Hand of Darkness + Dispossessed + ...; The Foreigner : a novel of first ...

... I hit a bunch of thrift stores along with Borders and Barnes and Nobles. I bought American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. I found this site recently and was shocked that I had never heard of either book or either author considering how much both are praised here. ...

... anti-anything. Personally my favorite is the dark side of the sun, one of his earliest, not even a disc world book. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is also fairly critical of christian beliefs but only so far, and far more critical of organized religion. Very, very good book though. ...

I'd go with Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson over Neuromancer. My favorite parts of the latter are actually at the very beginning, with the love interest. But the infamous "impaling herself" sex scene was a bit vulgar. I also enjoyed Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan recently.

... by Radicals is much easier than Elements of Abstract Algebra. (#23) Jaynes' book sounds cool, and might go well with Snow Crash.

48. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (468) Really like this book. I wanted to reread it, but my library's copy is damaged so I decided to just buy my own. My only complaint is that the end wraps up a little too quickly. 49. First Test by Tamora Pierce (206) The first ...

I told my sister about Second Life and she said it reminded her of Snow Crash, which inspired me to buy a copy (the library's copy is damaged, so can't go that route) to reread it. It is amazing how similar it really is...and the more I hear, the more similar it sounds. All it's missing is a big ...

I'm in the middle of several books right now: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Immortal Unicorn by Peter Beagle (ed) Expanded Universe by Robert Heinlein Elantris by Brandon Sanderson I'll probably finish Snow Crash first, then I have to finish Expanded Universe, ...

I'm in the middle of several books right now: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Immortal Unicorn by Peter Beagle (ed) Expanded Universe by Robert Heinlein Elantris by Brandon Sanderson I'll probably finish Snow Crash first, then I have to finish Expanded Universe, ...

I have the book, woo! I got distracted by the other book I bought at the same time, though (Snow Crash) and so haven't gotten very far into it. I also have a library book I must finish...well, I'll get to it when I get to it :)

... The Skinner, plus Gridlinked and Cowl. reading_fox and I are known to disagree on Neal Stephenson - while Snow Crash is excellent I think the quadruple of Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver, Confusion and The System of the World is great reads. But I deliberately left them out ...

I bought Elantris by Brandon Sanderson for a group read (I read a little of it - like it so far) and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson because I want to reread it, but my library's copy is *gasp* damaged! I'm too impatient to wait for an ILL right now, and if I want to reread it once I'll ...

Snow Crash partly takes place in virtual space, hosted by the Black Sun. Don't know about "changing worlds", though, as the protagonists interacts through avatars. One of my favourite books, even though I haven't reread it in some 8 years or so!

... hand of darkness A lot of the Discworld books, probably more than half of them Pashazade - Effendi - Felaheen Snow Crash The Diamond Age Cryptonomicon Quicksilver - Confusion - The System of the World The earthsea trilogy - Tehanu Worlds of Exile and Illusion ...

... enjoy novels which turn into discourses along those lines. Its one of Stephen Donaldson's strongest points, and makes Snow crash fun. I've nearly finished it and I still haven't decided which "side" is a "good" aspect of our modern society. But for me there is no spark in Quicksilver I ...

#47 - Initially Snow crash was a concept for a graphic novel, and I think that is reflected in the imagery of the text! A great novel. I wasn't that happy with The Diamond Age, even though I have read it more than once, but I LOVED Cryptonomicon and think Quicksilver and its sequels are ...

#39 - ...as I remembers it Snow Crash also has some interesting thoughts in how ideas travel - that was my entry to the writings of Neal Stephenson, and I really think his writing has evolved in a positive way since back then :) I agree 1000% on language. I know words I used frequently ...

... fine. Of course speakers need to remember that not all speakee's share their current vocabularly. I'm currently reading Snow crash which has a big issue with whether languages are diversifying or not. Will be all be speaking mandarin in 100yrs time, or a million fractured englishs?

... got through the first 6 Foreigner: A novel of first contact books (all brilliant and nearly there). After that I've got Snow Crash, The Black Gryphon and A Hat full of Sky preluded by Wee free men. THEN I might allow myself to buy another book. Unless I spot Pretender which is the ...

... ... As to the nanotech you probably are better suited than me to judge that... The enclave thing is a basic concept in Snow Crash as well, if I don't remeber wrong, and that's here for sure. Personally I think I'd like the future, but then I'm one of the lucky ones... I'm not so sure the ...

... and this is special. Crime and Punishment - re-fired my reading, esp. of classics. Led to Checkhov among others Snow Crash - not sure why Goodbye to a River - the way I would want to write, if I ever did write The Kite Runner, Middlesex, The Time Traveler's Wife - just more ...

# 67 Cryptonomicon is one of my favourite books, and Snow Crash was good in it's time - I guess it could feel dated today. How far have you read into the book? I thought it took some time for the characters to develop... For added depth, IF you liked Crypto when your through it I'd recommend ...

The character development is much better in Snow Crash. And I will let you draw your own conclusions from the fact that I used to be a grad student in mathematics. :)

65> I am also currently reading Cryptonomicon and would agree with your assessment so far. I think Snow Crash and The Diamond Age (both of which I love) qualify more clearly as sf. However, one of the reasons I love Stephenson is because his books are essentially treatises on other topics ...

... like Ender's Game, A Wrinkle in Time or the Lemony Snickets books. All books I had never even heard of before LT. Snow Crash is also one of those. And so many more...

Re: #26 A small post script... so Snow crash is fantasy? There is one protagonist in that book named Hiro Protagonist none the less, running around in cyberspace armed with a japanese sword! *just joking ;-) *

Yes I have heard of him and have read a couple of his books. I have: Salt On Stone The Snow Polystom Jupiter Magnified (Collection of Short Stories) Non-Fiction: Science Fiction I have read Salt, On and Stone so far, which were the first 3 books he published (haiku anyone ? ...

I'm surprised Good Omens hasn't been mentioned yet. I'll second Snow crash, but Diamond Age isn't a work I'd recommend to someone not used to Stephenson, same with Cryptonomicon. Zodiac on the other hand was fun and pretty easy to read. "Movie books" like Harry Potter and Lord ...

... ag=fun%20read Im not sure about your students ages . but assuming their 16-21 ish of that list I would consider Snow crash But i might prefer his Diamond age The Dan Brown Not for me of course:^) and Ender's game Things that arent tagged fun read? I capture ...

... d. I've read about half of these, I guess, with several more of them on the "to be read" list. I think the position of Snow Crash will rise in lists of this type over time. :)

I did recommend it only because I just finished Snow which I loved. Plus, I just happened to have an unread copy of My Name is Red in the house. I can't start the book yet because I'm on a bookring for The Historian, which has over 700 pages, and I don't want to start another long novel ...

... Briggs Perdido Street Station by China Mieville Rhapsody by Elizabeth Haydon Moonheart by Charles de Lint Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Blood Price by Tanya Huff Lord of Light by Roger Zelazney Staying Dead by Laura Ann Gilman ...

Litfan, I have not read Snow yet, but I have read My name is Red, and am currently reading both The White Castle and Istanbul: memories and the city. I am pleased to say that I already knew and appreciated Orhan Pamuk way before the Nobel Prize. His way of writing is captivating and ...

... - Aldous Huxley American Gods - Neil Gaiman Enders Game (The Ender Saga) - Orson Scott Card Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis Middlesex - Jeffre ...

I started reading his second novel, Snow, but found the structure (or something) off-putting. I will try it again but certainly My Name Is Red is superior.

... It's a good thing that Kitchen is a thin little book! Phew! I just finished a *great* book (European, not Asian) called Snow by Orhan Pamuk today. Too bad you're not running a European group as this book is by a Turkish author! As you can see, I love world fiction! :-) ================ ...

... The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson. I'm almost done and I love it. I've read snow crash, cryptonomicon, and the entire baroque cycle, but this is my favorite. It reminds me of early sterling like Schismatrix Plus. The story, characters, ...

Ooooh! Orhan Pamuk!!! I just finished reading his Snow and thought it was my best read of the year so far. I'd love to read My Name is Red which I even own...but isn't Turkey in Europe?! :-) I'd make an exception for this "exceptional" author.

... (wikipedia) creations like Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, Snow Crash, and Singularity Sky, and steampunk (wikipedia) like The League of Extraordi ...

... for the later parts), Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein, and Snow Crash and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. I also have to admit that some of Michael Crichton's books (A Case of Need, Andromeda Strain, Airfra ...

I wanted to like Snow by Orhan Pamukas well, but found the structure very strange. One which I did not finish this year was The Resurrectionist by James Bradley. Truly awful; utterly boring and pretentious.

... Celestine Prophecy is by far the worst book I ever read, and the only book I've ever actually thrown away. More recently, Snow by Orhan Pamuk, which I DESPERATELY wanted to like.

... story, or slow pacing. And, as mentioned before, a good narrator really matters. Last two books I listened to were Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and The Diamond Age, also by Stephenson. In the first, at some point the narrator effortlessly switched between five roles, each a ...

... I can get it (I'm too lazy to learn to make it myself). As for Neal Stephenson, I actually recommend starting with Snow Crash, which is a lighter read than his more recent works and can really give you a feel for his style. Some personal stuff: I drink 2-5 cups of coffee a day on ...

I went the other way with Neal Stephenson; I loved Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, but really really struggled to get through the Baroque Cycle. I found it really tough going, without any real payoff. I made it in the end, but it took some real dedication :)