Interface by Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George

Originally published under the name Stephen Bury, they rereleased this and The Cobweb under Neal’s real name and that of his co-writer, a historian named J. Frederick.

This was written about five years before Cryptonomicon. The plot is not as tight, but the writing is still very engaging. It’s kind of a “missing link” between his hard-core science fiction like Snow Crash and his only-vaguely science fiction works, like Cryptonomicon.

The plot revolves around a presidential campaign, a secret society called the Network, and chips implanted in brains. Good fun, a worthy read.

I wonder why he published it under a pseudonym?

On the bookstand:
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld Vol. 1) by Philip Jose’ Farmer
What Do You Care What Other People Think? (Further Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard Feynman