I love Blindsight too, looking to read more Stephenson though

• The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
• Vita Nostra by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko

Both are underrated or underrepresented

I liked his second book more. This book is full of spiders

I really liked them, I agree its a very slow build up, but suits for certain moods and timing

• Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines the Search for a Planetary Intelligence by James Bridle
• The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker