Neal Stepheson sugestions

[willywoollove]

I've never read any books by Neal Stephenson and I was wondering if anyone one could suggest a good starting point. What book of his should I read first to get a good Idea about his writing? I appreciate any help.

[acheron]

Probably Snow Crash. Among other reasons, it's shorter.

[willywoollove]

Thank You very much... I'm putting it on my wish list.

[KJToo]

I'm about to experience SNOW CRASH for the first time, thanks to an Audible.com gift certificate I received as a gift on a certain winter holiday, but I've read ANATHEM, which left me with the feeling that Stephenson doesn't so much write novels as philosophical and mathematical essays strung together by a story. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed ANATHEM a great deal, I just think it could have been about 20% shorter without sacrificing narrative or character. If SNOW CRASH is similar I'll very likely enjoy it as well, but it's also likely to be the last Stephenson novel I read.

[Randy H]

You'll find that Snow Crash is nothing like Anathem.
I also recommend The Diamond Age after reading Snow Crash.

[willywoollove]

I got snow crash in my reading queue. Counting the book I'm reading now, there are 4 books ahead of it.