@futurebird with him specifically, I always wonder how much is some kind of "meta-irony" on top of whatever satire or social commentary he wants to make with a given book. 
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You might remember the opening line “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” William Gibson, Neuromancer -
I've been reading all of Williams Gibson's novels back to back and the thing that surprises me the most is that this guy...@GoblinQuester I need to re-read Diamond Age, but I really liked it at the time. I know at the time my grasp of English was not as good as now, so there was definitely some misinterpretations on my part.
I re-read the beginning a few years ago, and still liked it, but got distracted and never finished again.
I understand his books are not for everyone though, but as @futurebird said, the style has changed a lot since, so maybe you'll like his other books better.
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I've been reading all of Williams Gibson's novels back to back and the thing that surprises me the most is that this guy...@futurebird hehehe. I read SC twice, and did the same for Cryptonomicon. In both cases, the ending left me saying "That's it?!" aloud, even the second time.
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I've been reading all of Williams Gibson's novels back to back and the thing that surprises me the most is that this guy...@futurebird I've mostly read his earlier books (Snow Crash, Diamond Age, etc.). I did not get the feeling you got at all, that's very interesting.
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I've been reading all of Williams Gibson's novels back to back and the thing that surprises me the most is that this guy...@futurebird I know a lot of people dislike Neal Stephenson's endings as they tend to be rather abrupt. He was asked about this a long time ago in a Slashdot interview, and basically said he ended his books exactly as intended and liked it that way.