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My vote goes to Shadowrun. They managed to write even catalogues of high-tech equipment in an entertaining way. Creating characters was fun, as well, but whenever we tried to play it, it always capsized after a single unsatisfying session.
I had a love hate relationship with Shadowrun- Like you said the rulebooks were tons of fun to read (I find it interesting they kind of foreshadowed the modern day "comments" section on blogs and catalog pages) but the sessions always seemed to end up being:
"I shoot him... "
"No damage- he shoots you."
"No damage. I shoot him again."
"Oh you got- err wait- no damage."
"Hey wait while you guys are having this fight can I hack into something?"