I've been recommended "Fall; or, Dodge in Hell" and was looking for some thoughts on Neal Stephenson, the author. You guys seem to be pretty on point with these things, so I figured this was a good place to ask.
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I loved Cryptonomicon. Excellent book, although I first read it in 2001, so it is now dated. If you can get yourself into a 1990s mindset it can work for sure.
Anathem was decent. This one took a TON of setup and world building (and language!) but the payoff was worth it.
Snow Crash. I read late, and did not find it to be particularly memorable. I don't intend to ever read this again.
I also read most of the Baroque Cycle, but man, I can take some setup for payoffs (I mean I read all of ASOIAF) and there were indeed some brilliant moments in there, but I ended up giving up. I might try again, but it's a slog and could use some editing to get to the point faster.
Haven't read "Fall".
So really, I'd love to read some more of his work, but when I read general summaries of stuff I haven't read I get put off for one reason or another.
If you want something having to do with mind uploading you might try The Reality Dysfunction by Peter Hamilton (First book in Knight's Dawn trilogy). Not without its faults, but good overall in my opinion.