John's review
Interface
by Neal Stephenson
John's review
Interface by Neal Stephenson
John's review
rating:
This story was written as tremendous bit of political fiction in 1994.
However, in keeping with Stephenson's other works, this book has proven to be far too real a prediction of the future. The micro-detailing of the american populous, the tremendous lengths a campaign can go to for spin, even the heightened interest in Biometrics all featured heavily in this book were fresh and decidedly "sci-fi" fourteen years ago.
Now they're common place.
While I enjoyed this book and it's characters, I'm afraid it suffered from Neal's predictable lack of a proper ending. He can weave such amazing tales, but seldom finishes them as satisfyingly as I'd like.
Perhaps, though, my unhappiness is not with his endings, so much as the fact that his stories DO end.
However, in keeping with Stephenson's other works, this book has proven to be far too real a prediction of the future. The micro-detailing of the american populous, the tremendous lengths a campaign can go to for spin, even the heightened interest in Biometrics all featured heavily in this book were fresh and decidedly "sci-fi" fourteen years ago.
Now they're common place.
While I enjoyed this book and it's characters, I'm afraid it suffered from Neal's predictable lack of a proper ending. He can weave such amazing tales, but seldom finishes them as satisfyingly as I'd like.
Perhaps, though, my unhappiness is not with his endings, so much as the fact that his stories DO end.
