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briandmyers  ·  3125 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's create a list of essential scifi books

I think Neal Stephenson had just two really good sci-fi books in him, "Snow Crash", and "The Diamond Age". After that he seemed to produce mostly straight fiction. He's a good writer, but not so good at winding up to a satisfying ending.