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Title: Zodiac by Neal Stephenson ISBN: 0-553-57386-1 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (76 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Rabble-rousing, highly-entertaining "eco-thriller"
Comment: Oh, what's not to love about Neal Stephenson? This man is one of the most brilliant science fiction writers of our time, and he's done himself proud once more with _Zodiac_. Anyone who enjoys cutting wit and is passionate about protecting the environment will greatly enjoy this novel, which portrays the exploits of one Sangamon Taylor and his friends.
Taylor must face angry Satanists, the Mafia, the FBI, and various enraged corporate assassins and beaurocrats as he attempts to foil the plot of a mad-scientist genetic engineer, and try to find the sources of PCB contamination in Boston Harbor.
But wait, there's more! Not only is this a brilliantly-written novel, but it's also a quick primer on ecological issues as well, explaining in basic terms why certain contaminants are so deadly and evil, and how they affect living organisms.
I immensely enjoyed this book on a variety of levels, little tree-hugger and humor-addict that I am.
Rating: 5
Summary: Much better than Stephenson's later work
Comment: Zodiac is a fun book that takes a boring subject like ecology and makes it 'cool' (for lack of a better word). Instead of hand-wringing eco-hippies shoving data down people's throats till they puke, S.T., the main character, is a wise-acre, quick thinking, media-manipulating environmentalist who gets things done--and makes some major enemies along the way.
Consistently, Stephenson's best books take place in 'the real world;' frankly, I found Snow Crash amusing but slow, and Diamond Age was a bear to get through. In both cases, the techno ideas were great but pages of explainations bogged down the stories. Here, the science is slipped in comfortably, much in the same way it was for "Interface," which he co-wrote under the name Stephen Bury. I have to say, I hope Stephenson starts writing books about here and now again instead of wasting his talents on futurist sci-fi.
Rating: 5
Summary: techno-gumshoe
Comment: This is actually my favorite Stephenson book. As a writer, his curse is usually that he lets the plot go spiraling wildly out of control. Stephenson's books usually don't so much end as grind to a halt. Zodiac is a pleasant exception. Its taut plotting and brevity is clearly modeled on the great detective novels of Dashiell Hammet et al, and doesn't stray into self-importance, and it still has all the wit that makes his books so much fun. Great reading!
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Title: The Diamond Age : Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson ISBN: 0553380966 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Snow Crash by NEAL STEPHENSON ISBN: 0553380958 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson ISBN: 0380977427 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson ISBN: 0060512806 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 05 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: In the Beginning...was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson ISBN: 0380815931 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 09 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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