Brad writes: >>As someone else has pointed out, you've got the order pretty hosed >>up there. The fact that _Diamond Age_ was a pseudo-sequel was one clue. :) >>(I have also heard that _The Big U_ has been re-released, haven't looked >>for it yet). >For what it is worth, Stephenson does not think that The Big U was >all that good. So I've heard. He's wrong, though -- it's one of his best books. And the decent into chaos there makes more sense in The Big U than it does in much of his other work. -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breath, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'