This might be the best sci-fi book out there about nanotechnology. But Stephenson has so many good ones that this one isn't his best book - some of the characters lose their way, and it drags in the middle. 

Oh, and one more good recommendation we forgot while we were recording - check out Blood Music by Greg Bear if you want a biological twist on nanotech!

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As always, no spoilers until the end when we get into the full plot explanation and discussion.

Similar books we recommend: 

• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• Cory Doctorow
• Prey by Michael Crichton

This episode is sponsored by Har Megiddon by Ron Bennett.

If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for the episode:   

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:47 Book setup
• 1:49 Sponsor - Har Megiddon
• 2:22 Our review 3.25/5
• 3:53 Great sections - and stinkers
• 4:47 Incredible technology
• 7:33 Hard to visualize?
• 9:38 Dances with Wolves
• 10:17 Labor saving devices
• 13:59 Neal's infodumps
• 19:25 Book structure
• 25:47 Sponsor - Har Megiddon
• 26:08 Similar books we recommend
• 28:40 Spoilers section - book summary
• 31:30 Spoilers section - discussion