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I have read most of William Gibson's works and have enjoyed him immensely. I am anxiously awaiting his new book Spook Country.That being said, I find Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash and Diamond Age to be amazing although the endings were a bit of a let down.
Snow Crash is an amazing book, thank you for saying so. Neal Stephenson can really blow your mind, and I thought that the end was strangely fitting.
Can’t Write Endings
Some readers, or so it would appear, have been dissatisfied with the endings of certain of my novels. These people often come to the reasonable-sounding but totally wrong hypothesis that I am trying, but failing, to write the sorts of endings that they would like to see.
This is not the case. In fact, I always write the endings that I want to, and am as satisfied with my endings as I am with any other aspect of my writing. I just have an opinion about what constitutes a good ending that is at variance with some of my readers.
My biggest problem I have with Neal Stephenson is that he can tell a great story but he can't write an ending. Of course, he thinks his endings are fine.