This is the second time I read this book, and I loved it even more this time around. Sagamon Taylor is a hilariously funny protagonist, and I love the way Stephenson sends him out on an all-or-nothing rampage against corporate polluters. This book came early in Stephenson's career, and suffers a little bit from the problems he had in Snow Crash and Diamond Age. I did feel like he was trying to pack TOO much into the book at times. Sometimes you can feel a little whipsawed just trying to follow the plot, and it relies on a few too many implausible coincidences to wrap the whole thing up neatly at the end. But I loved it anyway. If I taught an undergrad course in STS, I would totally teach this book. Well, maybe after tenure.

lo dejé en el capítulo 7 pk no entendía nada. demasiados nombres y muy poco contexto. spg k algn de boston lo entenderá mejor k yo

A quirky scientist/"Toxic James Bond" for the environmental group "G International" cruises Boston harbor in his Zodiac boat, looking for chemical hot spots. When he finds on that mysteriously disappears again, he is on a search that puts his career in danger, and then puts his life in danger.
More science-based adventure thriller than science fiction, it is still a fun little romp through the Hub of the Universe and my old stomping-ground.

[Fulfills several possibilities on my St. Mary's County Library Summer Reading Challenge bingo board. Fulfills part of several Seasonal Reading Challenge tasks, primarily Task 25.10 - BellaGBear's Task: OLD LOVE AND NEW LOVE. Another book towards my goal of Read All The Books 2017 Edition - A New Hope]