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Dec 13, 2017ryner rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Published in 1992 in the days of the internet's infancy, it evoked in me a wistful feeling of nostalgia (I first hopped online in 1994), and for that I am grateful. I was also appreciative and at times amazed by the sheer number of technological concepts that would prove prescient in the decades following its publication (Second Life, anyone?). Beyond that, though, once the plot began to connect ancient Sumerian texts to modern-day computer hacking, the story had become a bit too all-over-the-place for my liking, and I ultimately lost interest about halfway through. The second law of Ranganathan's five laws of library science is "every reader his/her book." Regrettably, though it appears beloved by many other readers, this was not my book.