Last January I posted a list of science fiction books recommended on i09. Recently i09 posted their list of The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2011.
The first book on the list is also on my 'to read' list, Reamde by Neal Stephenson. "Neal Stephenson's new novel Reamde seems like it could never
work: it's an epic-length thriller packed with infodumps about obscure
ideas and 200-page gun fights. But the book is fantastic. Stephenson
stages a crazy narrative collision between Chinese virus-writing gamers,
a millionaire videogame entrepreneur, Russian mafia, rural American
anti-government "wack jobs," and a murderous Welsh terrorist. With those
kinds of characters in play, and a lot of dry humor, Stephenson
absolutely hits it out of the park. Not only is Reamde a
terrific high tech thriller, but it's also a profoundly interesting take
on what it means to be American in the twenty-first century."
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