Review:The number and quality of stories in this book is excellent, and the book itself is of such quality that it can be passed down from generation to generation. If one can find a copy for the bargain price I did, so much the better. Read more

Review:A sorry example of the laziness and irresponsibility of many trade editors today -- and it's especially shameful in a publication targeted to students and youngsters.

First, the basic text is dreadful: though unidentified, it's the long-discredited translation signed by "Mercier Lewis" and rushed into print in 1872 by the London firm of Sampson, Low. As modern scholars have documented on numerous occasions, Verne's original French was politically censored, drastically abridged, couched in... Read more

Review:enjoyed the book, have ordered the second book. not in the same regard as the Game of Thrones even though the last book of Thornes was not nearly as good as the first books, seems he got borded as i did Read more

Review:Like everyone else I love Neal Stephenson, own all of his books blah blah. I have been reading for 40 years and love SF. This just fell short for me. Not enough challenging ideas not enough humour and it just lacked something. Read more

Review:enjoyed the book, have ordered the second book. not in the same regard as the Game of Thrones even though the last book of Thornes was not nearly as good as the first books, seems he got borded as i did Read more

Review:I originally went on Amazon looking for thr paper bag and couldn't find any but this is a really good book. You have a short story that gets right to the point and has the feel of a full novel. John did a great job with this one. Read more

Review:It's been a long time since I was disappointed in a Stephenson book. This one just feels like he's writing it for his own amusement, spending most of its time poking fun at government bureaucracy and offering giggly sex stories with a maturity level somewhere between middle school and 90's sitcom. Normally spot on with his depictions of technology, this time it's hand wavy at best, ending up with "something something super cooling plus quantum stuff equals magic." This from an author who wrote... Read more

Review:Superb! A vision of the future of a future where humans are still very human but reality is well..... Peripheral!
So many ideas, down to earth yet soaring. From the hillbilly trailer down by the creek to the baroque RV of a strangely Victorian London future, a great engrossing tale.
Couldn't put it down.
Gibson is still the King! Read more

Review:This book was a huge disappointment. I loved Snow Crash & Diamond Age, but I couldnt' even finish reading Zodiac. It's not nearly as engaging as the other books, and most of the time plain out boring. I don't recommend it. Read more

Review:The second in Neal Stephenson's trilogy The Baroque Cycle, "Confusion" is much faster paced and more action packed than it's predecessor Quicksilver (which I nevertheless enjoyed immensely).

Jack Shaftoe leads a band of vagabonds around the Middle East, and across the Pacific in search of Spanish Gold. Along the way he escapes from slavery, steals a shipload of "Solomons's gold", looses it all to a warrior queen and becomes King of an Indian province after a bizarre battle using phospho... Read more