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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
I've read 19 of the 20, (Neil Stephenson is the odd book out) and have met 14 of the authors. This list is more congruent with my personal top 20 than most such attempts I've seen.
My personal feeling is that Neuromancer should not be considered stand alone: it needs to be evaluated as part of the "Sprawl" series, with _Count Zero_ and Mona Lisa Overdrive_.
What didn't you like about Neuromancer? I don't consider it fully successful, but was impressed when I realized what was being communicated by what was not said.
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Dennis
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It was Difficult for me to read, to care about the character. to care what the next page said. there are only 3 books that I've gone so far as saying I hated, Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is one of them. It is amazing in its own right when you think about it conceptually. but the book is just horrible, more than 1/3rd of it is the delusions of the character who are wrought with fever. but I actually finished it. and if it werent for the ending I would have nothing good to say about the author at all.
but this book, from what I remember, everything was just wrong. the sentences just didn't mesh. Necromancer is one of 2 books that I was not able to finish.
Anyway. someone mentioned the accidental time machine by Joe haldeman, Another of his Recent books, it was pretty good. but I liked Marsbound more (even though marsbound routinely gets worse ratings. I have a thing for female main characters) but Camouflage was really good. it's the only book by him that approaches the quality of the forever war.