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Neal Stephenson is my hero. Everyting he had written is wonderful.His last trilogy got a little too long for me,however.This is one of my favorites, tho I would also highly recommend the Diamond Age(about nanotechnology), and especially Zodiac(about a stoner/chemist MacGyver-type eco-warrior
Although this was released a few years ago, it was a fresh breath of air to read something in this genre and not have a love triangle of some sort in the plot, but rather a focus on friendship and a mother-daughter relationship. A great read.