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> Snow Crash is by far the most dated book

All cyberpunk is like that, for reasons that are pretty obvious.

> Even Ringworld and the foundation series were better.

Of course. Physical reality changes much more slowly.



I mention other cyberpunk that's not dated, I've read 2 or 3 of the Neuromancer series and that hasn't fared anywhere near as badly, the only glaring plot point I noticed in that is that no-one had mobile phones.

And when I refer to Foundation & Ringworld I meant that they are from the 60s and so have some weird cultural ideals as well as some (unintentional) misogyny & racism in the foundation series.




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