Spectra

• Difference Engine, The by William Gibson, Bruce Sterling (1991)

  [7/10]

  "An exciting story that also has lots of food for thought."

• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)

  [7/10]

  "Stephenson smoothly conflates religion, linguistics, and programming into his storyline. Obviously, he did a lot of research for Snow Crash and much of that research appears in large blocks of exposition. I found the information interesting, but readers who like steady action will probably dislike the information dumps."

  Average score: 7.00