Snow Crash

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eBook, 467 pages

English language

Published Aug. 26, 2003 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:
978-0-553-89819-4
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OCLC Number:
232304957

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(4 reviews)

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison -- a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cyber-sensibility to bring us the gigantic thriller of the information age. In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's Cosa Nostra Inc., but it the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous... you'll recognize it immediately.From the Paperback edition.

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reviewed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

What techie futuristic fun!

Had a great time reading this once I made it past the beginning, because I had to adjust to a whole different world. But it is almost plausible, very futuristic, and also interprets the past in ways that fun and interesting to think about. Excellent read.

reviewed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Eh!

My girlfriend lent me this to read on the plane when I had a long flight. Overall entertaining, I didn't feel like I was slogging through (mostly), but it takes itself Way too seriously for a book whose main character is named Hiro Protagonist.

reviewed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

It was fun

I will admit it took a while for me to warm up to it, but it's actually pretty entertaining and has some cool ideas re: what it means to be a "hacker".

Subjects

  • Science fiction, American.
  • American fiction--20th century.