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Just picked up Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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Any recommendations on what to read after this one? I also have Piranesi Susanna Clarke on my backlog, but would like something in a similar technological fashion as Snow Crash

Just picked up Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Despite loving Neuromancer and a lot of cyberpunk literature I couldn't really get into Snow Crash. It's too ironic and over the top for my taste. I did love Anathem though, it's probably one of my favorite books! Would you say I'd enjoy Diamond Age?

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I preferred Anathem over Snow Crash but they're very different, for instance Anathem has a very slow start. I thought the Sprawl sequence (Neuromancer etc) got more and more like Snow Crash with each book.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I loved Anathem, and the fact that it takes 300 pages before anything happens is wonderful. It's been 15 years or so since I read it once and I still remember most of it; while I read Diamond Age twice but don't have much that got retained over a decade later

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