[geeks] Re: [SunHELP] SSA and fiber card being a royal PITA

[Bill Bradford]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 11:56:56AM -0400, Zach Malone wrote:
> I dunno (I missed the start of this therad), but I never really liked Neal
> Stephensons cyberpunk stuff.  He came about 5 years too late, and his work
> comes across as being slightly repetitive of Gibson, Sterling, and the other
> 80's sci-fi authors.  Luckily he mixes in the whole Sumarian/mythology
> factor, which really saves the book.  Im more partial to his later stuff,
> Cryptomonicon is really quite good, and his In the Beginning was the Command
> Line is a nice read.  The Diamond Age was ok, but a lot of people I talked
> to couldnt get into it.  Personally, I think that he has good ideas, but his
> writting is not of Gibsons caliber.

The Big U was one of my favorites, and has recently been reprinted.  Its
a trip.

You can also find stuff like "Interface" by Stephen Bury - its a pen name
of Stepehenson's.  

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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Austin, TX