Originally Posted by Shiznaz
I'd be up for it if I can keep up on my heavy ass SS commuter that I have never ridden on a trail before. I've done it on the cross bike before though...
Well, you can always bust out the Soma instead.
Originally Posted by LordFoo
I agree with everyone about how great Snow Crash and Diamond Age are, but my favourite of Stephenson's is Cryptonomicon (all about WW2/modern day cryptography). I like all three of these books enough that I'll re-read them every once in a while.
On the flip side, I just can't seem to finish his "Baroque Cycle" series - whereas Quicksilver started out strong, the last book (System of the World) just seems to keep dragging on and on. At this point, I couldn't care less about the characters and just want to get it over with and back on the bookshelf..
Yeah, I actually like Cryptonomicon more than the Diamond Age as well. The Diamond Age was the 2nd book (after a friend recommended Snow Crash) that I read by him actually, and I didn't really enjoy it the first time through. I re-read it last year though after having read pretty much everything else he's written and enjoyed it much more. I actually felt the same way about the Baroque Cycle, it was a downward spiral of interest for me, right to the end. Sorry I can give you any words of encouragement.. I just figured I'd already read a couple thousand pages, I might as well stick with it to the end.
