"Ian sympatico" <ijamie at sympatico.ca> writes: > > If anyone has not read Zelazny yet I don't know why they are on this list! ? Surely there are at least a few people here who haven't read any Zelazny. Right? Also, I like both Steve's and Zelazny's books, but in general, they don't feel that similar to me. I suspect I'm in the minority; anyone else in there with me? > Neal Stephenson's first book the Diamond Age was fantastic. His second book > was not bad, can't remember the name. His last book Cryptonomicron > (spelling?) I couldn't get through. -snip- I've read only _Cryptonomicon_ (no 'r' at the end), which I liked a lot. (I couldn't tell if Inner and Outer Q<mumble> were real or not. I had to do a little Googling to find out.) I hear that he doesn't do endings ([well] / [at all], take your pick), but Crypto's was ok by me. - tky