Neuromancer vs Snow Crash: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Cyberspace, Hackers, Virtual reality, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Science Fiction, Fiction

Cover of Neuromancer

Neuromancer William Gibson · 1984 ★★★★☆ 3.9 318 pages · ≈ 5 h 53 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Snow Crash

Snow Crash Neal Stephenson · 1992 ★★★★☆ 4.0 440 pages · ≈ 8 h 09 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 4.0 — either is a safe pick by score.
Neuromancer is the quicker read — about 5 hours vs 8 for Snow Crash.

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