I first read this back in the 90s when it was new and quite speculative, and called it one of my favorites for over a decade.

Massive amounts of methane are released from under the ice, causing the global temperature to rise. Sonic hurricanes form over oceans just warm enough that they never dissipate; looping around, over and over, spawning children that grow just as fast.

Layered over top a cyberpunk existence of VR living (and dying), self driving cars and snippet journalism, it seemed pretty far fetched back then. Yet again and again my mind goes back to this novel, especially the part where the hurricane made it as far as Seattle. And now we have those self driving cars, the rapidly arriving VR and a recent weekend forecast that had us bracing for Typhoon Songda.

Is this a subtle novel? No. Is their near-future our almost-present? Not entirely. But it will absolutely make you think, and just enough is coming true to make it quite timely for a 20+ year old book.