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See allThis book is awesome. It reminded me of 1984 quite a bit since it deals with a futuristic culture, but instead of complete oppression like Orwell wrote about, Burgess depicts a society which still has lots of corruption. The complete disregard for human rights will shock you, but the punishment will shock you even more. The ending of the version I read left in an extra chapter that had been left out of previous American editions, and I must say that it leaves the reader with much more closure about the situation at the end of the book. I highly recommend this edition over others because of that. It's a real bezoomny book! Your glazzies will leak kroovy all over - it's horrorshow.
Not a huge fan of the style. It's just a bit too cartoon for my taste - would make a great anime. It's action-packed and rather techie, but I would have preferred if it was a bit heavier on the tech and a lot less heavy on action. Stephenson delivers this rather well with some of his other work, such as the Cryptonomicon.