false 9391096 621070 830 0553380958 9780553380958 1230 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396730m/830.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1157396730s/830.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/830.Snow_Crash 3.91 20695 Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.

In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosaNostra Pizza 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.
]]> 545 3.99 59996 5374 1992 5 2 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...]]>