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Old 08-25-2009, 02:25 AM   #15
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The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
That's a good one, as is Snow Crash, another early Neal Stephenson sci-fi novel. I thought the beginning of Snow Crash was particularly funny, and I guess, ironic. The Gulag Archipelago is also full of irony. Kurt Vonnegut is ironic -- my favorite is The Sirens of Titan, perhaps. Brave New World -- the title is especially ironic.
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