Stephenson's epic, comic cyberpunk novel is deeply knowing
about the hacker psychology and its foibles in a way no other
author of fiction has ever even approached. His imagination, his
grasp of the relevant technical details, and his ability to
communicate the excitement of hacking and its results are
astonishing, delightful, and (so far) unsurpassed.
Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer
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