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545Neal Stephenson58753529002009-01-08T20:52:18-08:002481793842009-01-08T20:52:18-08:00
"...then the guy with the swords goes nuts in the gear shop."
02009-01-06T16:11:42-08:002395352792009-01-06T16:11:42-08:00
that wacky, lovable Y.T.!
02009-01-01T08:12:56-08:002200611832009-01-01T08:12:56-08:00
I always kind of imagined that the MetaCops that arrest YT were Eddie & Lou (from The Simpsons)
02008-12-26T10:54:00-08:00203425542008-12-26T10:54:00-08:00
got a new copy (new cover!) for Xmas; just as good as I remember it
02008-12-25T20:06:06-08:00202331352008-12-25T20:06:06-08:0054falseSat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009Wed Jun 27 06:39:40 -0700 2007Sat Oct 03 15:39:03 -0700 20098
Snow Crash, I thought to myself: "This thing is paced like a comic." Funny then to later discover that the novel was written after a comic book attempt at the same story fell apart.
Snow Crash is the paradigmatic Stephenson novel. Grabs you quickly, thrusts you head long into world that's so preposterous that he can't possibly be making it up, and the drags you along kicking and screaming until you're left startled and somewhat confused at a precipitous ending.
But don't let that fool you. This is probably Stephenson's best, most memorable work. It's certainly my favorite and it's certainly the one that's the most fun. (Which is probably why I've read it ten times.)