I want to read Neal Stephenson sci-fi or at least try. Is Snow Crash where I should start?
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37 sats \ 0 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 21 Jun
I highly recommend Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle (trilogy) as well. If you're into investing or economics at all, The Baroque Cycle is really interesting
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 21 Jun
I enjoyed Snow Crash (it was the first Stephenson book I read). Cryptonomicon is also great, but it's pretty long. I've read some of his more fantasy kind of stuff but didn't enjoy it very much.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 21 Jun
I love Snow Crash, but at the time, it was also one of two of his books that were available. I think Cryptonomicon is probably his best, but Snow Crash may still be a better point of entry.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @crrdlx OP 17h
That's exactly the plan, thank.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 21 Jun
Not sci-fi, but his essay on "In The Beginning Was The Command Line" was considered one of the great pro-linux pieces of the late 90s. Not sure how well its aged, but it was good at the time.
For his SciFi, Snow Crash is his classic, but personally I think I preferred Cryptonomicon.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @crrdlx OP 17h
Plan to read both, then check this article at some point too. thanks
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @000w2 22 Jun
Bitcoiners should start with Cryptonomicon
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @crrdlx OP 17h
I will read that one for sure. Got Snow Crash at the library yesterday, so I'll do that one first just because it's in hand.
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