For some reason or another this book wasn't too terribly high on my list of books to read. But, when I found a nice, cheap copy at Powell's I decided to check it out.
Sangamon Taylor is a chemist working for a GEE (Group of Environmental Extremists) and when he is not busy plugging the drainage pipes of chemical companies or making chemical companies look silly, he is zipping around Boston Harbor in his Zodiac taking water samples. Something, or rather some Corporation, is killing lobsters in the harbor and it's up to S.T. to get to the bottom of things.
It's a contemporary novel to be sure but like Snow Crash, it was a fast and fun read. Plus I learned way more about PCBs than I probably wanted to.
I've often said that Neal Stephenson can't write an ending but this time he does. Granted, it's not that great of an ending but at least it has a sense of closure about it.
Sangamon Taylor is a chemist working for a GEE (Group of Environmental Extremists) and when he is not busy plugging the drainage pipes of chemical companies or making chemical companies look silly, he is zipping around Boston Harbor in his Zodiac taking water samples. Something, or rather some Corporation, is killing lobsters in the harbor and it's up to S.T. to get to the bottom of things.
It's a contemporary novel to be sure but like Snow Crash, it was a fast and fun read. Plus I learned way more about PCBs than I probably wanted to.
I've often said that Neal Stephenson can't write an ending but this time he does. Granted, it's not that great of an ending but at least it has a sense of closure about it.
