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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 in 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.
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Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson
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- Released
- 1993
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- Title
- Snow Crash
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Neal Stephenson
- Publisher
- Spectra
- Released
- 1993
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 470
- ISBN10
- 0553562614
- ISBN13
- 9780553562613
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Religious Topics, Humor, Science Fiction, Classics, Science Fantasy, Gifts for men, Dystopia, Communication, Future, Internet, Cyberpunk, Mafia, Viral Infections, Samurais, Hackers, Nanotechnology
- First published
- 1992
- Original title
- Snow Crash
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- 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 in 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.