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From the opening line of his breakthrough cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson plunges the reader into a not-too-distant future. It is a world where the Mafia controls pizza delivery, the United States exists as a patchwork of corporate-franchise city-states, and the Internet--incarnate as the Metaverse--looks something like last year's hype would lead you to believe it should. Enter Hiro Protagonist--hacker, samurai swordsman, and pizza-delivery driver. When his best friend fries his brain on a new designer drug called Snow Crash and his beautiful, brainy ex-girlfriend asks for his help, what's a guy with a name like that to do? He rushes to the rescue. A breakneck-paced 21st-century novel, Snow Crash interweaves everything from Sumerian myth to visions of a postmodern civilization on the brink of collapse. Faster than the speed of television and a whole lot more fun, Snow Crash is the portrayal of a future that is bizarre enough to be plausible.

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On a personal note, this is probably the only book I’ll ever read...more...]]> 5 14 false false Wed Feb 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:01:30 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 11:34:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 9 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 20:35:45 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 17:12:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 05:49:17 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 08:13:59 -0700 2008
I really enjoyed the quality of the narration; Mr. Davis does an excellent job rendering the voices of the various characters within the story.

This was a fun read for the most part ... although the heavy exploitation of various stereo-types might be ...more...]]> 3 4 false true Mon Sep 08 18:20:07 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 12:15:02 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 18:20:07 -0700 2008 1
First and I guess foremost you have to understand that I read slowly. Like if people knew how slowly I read they would be like "that guy's retarded, and I don't mea...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Jan 31 11:44:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 11:44:22 -0800 2008 the raves I shouldn't have expected anything other than what it was: rollicking, techy, ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon May 21 17:49:31 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 16:59:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Nov 21 07:22:25 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 07:38:46 -0800 2007 Most cyberpunk novels were written before the transformational effect the internet had on telecommunications. There has been an overwhelming impact on the web, technology and information as well. The first thing anybody seems to think about when he gets up in the morning is to check his email...more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 15:33:09 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 15:33:09 -0700 2007 ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 13:52:42 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 07:32:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 26 07:24:17 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 13 09:24:31 -0700 2009
***Post reread***
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they'rrrre hereee....
Hiro Protaganist, an interesting character.
altho i relate more to Vasily Chernobyl and the Meltdowns--
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