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Not quite up to his masterpieces (Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Trilogy), Reamde is still a wonderful work of speculative fiction. The protagonist is first a draft dodger and then a smuggler of marijuana from B.C. the the USA, and then a co-founder of a giant software company whose principle creation is a massive internet game. As always, Mr. Stephenson astonishes the reader with his erudition and encyclopaedic knowledge of just about everything. Probably this needs no recommendation to readers of Stephenson's previous books; and for those new to this author, I would suggest beginning with "SnowCrash" rather than this one. Once hooked, you'll read them all.

As one well acquainted with s-f and also with the worlds of software development and artificial intelligence, I was enormously pleased to have found this book. It's full of action and very compelling, but the best thing about it, in my opinion, is the innovative narration. I like my s-f to be written with style, as in Neal Stephenson and William Gibson. Daniel H. Wilson belongs in this pantheon. I can hardly wait for his next book.