Neuromancer with nanotech and lazy, badly edited, self-indulgent writing and plot. One could possibly praise Stephenson for explaining how his nano-tech works when nobody else does, but that would be a mistake, because the way Stephenson explains it, it just won't work.

Even worse than the plotting and writing is the conclusion Stephenson draws about the Chinese, which is blatently condradicted by everything the Chinese do in the novel...what a waste of time. Even more frustration occurs because it could have been good - some interesting ideas and characters go to waste.