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#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 $$$ ...
I started Zodiac on an airplane yesterday. I get the sense it's not a great way to start Stephenson?
I'm reading Zodiac , by Neal Stephensondescribed as an "eco -thriller", it's a fun and funny book and a pretty fast/straightforward read for Stephenson.
... Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
Needful Things
Oliver Twist
Bitter Blood
Alanna: The First Adventure
Zodiac
Into the GardenEragon and Eldest
Daughters of the moon: Possession
Daughters of the Moon: Into the Cold Fire
Girls in Pants the third summer of the ...
Didn't Stephenson write ZODIAC under a different name? That one was was shorter and fun...
... everyone; he's very.. splattery/gory. 2nd of the Agent Cormac books (First is Gridlinked)
Neal Stephenson -
Zodiac Environmental thriller; kind of OK but there are better books out there
Interface Political thriller, originally published under pseudonym. I liked it ...
The aforementioned Zodiac is one of my all-time favorite books and the first one that comes to mind whenever I think of fiction set in Boston. :)
In mystery, pretty much everything by Linda Barnes is set in the Boston area, including The Big Dig. Also, Gregory MacDonald, who wrote ...
Zodiac
Jumper
Ammonite
Cryptonomicon
Lunatics
... to re-read, my favorite two books of all time would have to be The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, and Zodiac by Neal Stephenson. Two very different, but absolutely brilliant and unforgettable books. Highly recommended.
#21 rubberstamper -- I have not read Kite Runner ...
... and up to New Hampshire, is great. I can't look at the Frosty truck the same way anymore...
And I'll second (third?) Zodiac .
... also appears in one of the Fletch books although I can't recall which one offhand.
One of my all-time favorite books is Zodiac by Neal Stephenson. This is science fiction and makes great use of the Boston area as its setting. HIGHLY recommended.
The recent bestseller The Namesake (al ...
My sister suggests Zodiac by Neal Stephenson.
We both suggest Earth by David Brin.
If you haven't read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, it deals with some of those issues (although not in our solar system).
Edit: I agree with avaland - KSR really is a ...
... an hour after dawn, about the time I usually get out of bed and he usually passes out on the shoulder of some freeway." Zodiac by Neal Stephenson
"It was the day my grandmother exploded." The Crow Road by Iain Banks
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"The building was on fire, and it wasn't my fault." B ...
roseread: The thing I liked best about Zodiac was its description of biking Comm Ave and Charlesgate West with a fried stoplight. Taking it one lane at a time rang true and really does take balls sometimes.
ZODIAC and 300 look freaking amasing. Not sure whether I'll see ZODIAC in theaters, but definitely going to make a point of seeing 300 in theaters and buying it for my collection.
FYI: none of the links for ZODIAC go to the correct book. They all go to the book by Neal Stephenson.
... that will be shown as movies this March 2007.
I hope some of you will read these before watching the movie versions.
ZODIAC by Robert Graysmith March 02, 2007
300 by Frank Miller (Graphic Novel) March 09, 2007
THE NAMESAKE by Jhum ...
Zodiac by Neal Stephenson. It takes place in and around Boston. It's a near-future (now recent past) eco-thriller about polluters dumping in the Charles and the harbor.
... 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 of the Rings are probably very good for those that are "new" to ...
Hehe, IMHO Diamond age is one of Stephensons weaker works; only The Big U and Zodiac are worse, and I REALLY enjoyed reading both Cryptonomicon and the Baroque Cycle of which Quicksilver is a part.
