i think you should both read
Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix. the whole time i was reading excession i was thinking, "this is good, but nowhere near as good as schismatrix"
( freshlegs, Thu 14 Nov 2002, 19:47, archived)

I love Sterling...
top man.

Returning to where this started... I loved Cryptonomicon. Really blew me away.
( chaotic_illuminator wanking enthusiast, Thu 14 Nov 2002, 20:05, archived)