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A comment on Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read?.

Re:Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read? by marenkay on Sunday July 15, 2018 @02:12PM (#17536300)
Read "Neuromancer" by William Gibson, also "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson.

Both offer something beyond just being Sci-Fi.

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Re:Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read? by gtdthrow on Sunday July 15, 2018 @02:50PM (#17536437)
+1

Anything Gibson, especially Sprawl Trilogy Anything Stephenson, though I particularly liked Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and Snow Crash, In the beginning was the command line.. oh, I like everything by him.

Seriously though, In the beginning was the command line and Cryptonomicon are basically an ode to 90s hacker culture, the true neckbeard type of CS. Love that aesthetic, culture and ethics.

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