Neal Stephenson Week: Snow Crash

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is a classic science fiction book. It contains futuristic concepts married with historical ideas. It’s the first Stephenson book that was a hit and was the start of 7 consecutive best sellers. It’s rides the end of the cyberpunk wave of books (started by Neuromancer) and was one of the capstones on that style of book. But most of all, it’s a hell of a lot of fun.

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Stephen Bury review

Stephen Bury released two books, Interfaceand The Cobweb, in the mid 1990s. They were both political thrillers with a technical edge. It later came out the Stephen Bury was a pen name for science fiction writer Neal Stephenson and J. Fredrick George (and came out later that J Fredrick George was a pen name for academic George Jewsbury who is Stephenson’s uncle). These book are often overlooked in by  Stephenson fans, but are well worth checking out.

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