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've read two of his books: Snow Crash and Seveneves.
They were alright. The most interesting part of Snow Crash was the exposition around Sumerian culture; the main plot was just too weird and a little boring for my tastes.
Seveneves was more on-the-nose, politically. There's some pretty obvious stand-ins for modern figures, including Hillary Clinton and Neil Degrasse Tyson. Characters take turns holding the "idiot baton" as necessary to move the plot forward. Contrary to many reviews that dumped on it, I actually liked "Part 3" but hated "Part 2".
As others have said, politically he's not as Left as most but it's still there.