Typical Stephenson he makes you work to get into the story and stay there. But once initiated he pulls you through the complex and rich world in ways that speak to both sides of your brain. I find myself sneaking away from other tasks to read, in the morning its better then coffee for me!

The last time I picked up Snow Crash a couple of years ago, I abandoned it after reading 2-3 pages. I was coming out of an overdose of Cryptomonicon, which I had abandoned halfway, after numerous efforts at reading it.

However, two years later and having achieved what I could call, some sort of reading maturity, I think this book is great, as far as science fiction goes. You will like it especially if you are a computer hacker.