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Found an excerpt of a great cyberpunk novel on the web:

Paratus

Paratus

Lifer
If you haven't read Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson do yourself a favor and read the first two chapters here:
https://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/omalley/120f02/victory/snowcrash.html

It's a seminal work in the genre, intelligent and pretty damn funny in places.

Follow along with Protagonist, freelance hacker and worlds greatest swordsman as he delivers pizza for the mob in a fractured America after hyperinflation and corporations have taken over.
 
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SKORPI0 said:
His name is spelled... Neal or Neil. 😉
Tried reading his books from 1999, too many pages (>900). 😵
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Crap.

Gonna blame the ghost of Steve Jobs on that one.

I like 900 page books, makes me feel like I got my money's worth. I believe the one you are referring too is Cryptonomicon. That is probably my favorite book ever. I just love the way the guy writes most of the time.
 
n7 said:
Really annoying style of writing to me.
But interesting premise for sure.
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The rest of the book is not written in "the deliverator " style. The story mostly consists of sword fights, Gatling gun duels, VR and Hiro trying to stop an ancient Summarian cognitive plague delivered digitally.
 
Snowcrash was the first Neal Stephenson novel I read. After those first two chapters, I remember thinking what the hell did I just read and then what the hell would the rest of the novel be like! Definitely an author who is a bit of an acquired taste.
 
Very entertaining author. My favorite is The Baroque Cycle trilogy. I don't mind the book length.
 
I find myself making excuses not to read really long books - Anathem and Cryptonimicon were both great despite my reservations. I recently enjoyed Seveneves (although I would have really liked more depth in the time span before the final act).

Snowcrash was my introduction to cyberpunk, which quickly led down the path to Gibson.
 
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