[jordanb]

Stevenson's endings are "pregnant endings" as in the Aeneid:

https://old.reddit.com/r/mythology/comments/196r7mn/i_just_f...

It's not a bad way to end a book in principle.

I can't actually recall how snowcrash ends, I think I was losing interest by the end.

[cwillu]

Swordfight (which is very stephenson to have in the ending) and nuclear-powered robot dogs showing extreme loyalty to the person who saved one of them from overheating.