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This is very creative, especially the world building of the metaverse and the virus itself. Seems scary realistic and the characters are great and well-conceptualized. Very layered with lots of social commentary and enveloping.
As this book goes the content is all relevant but confusing. The language stuff, Sumerian mythology and Tower of Babel bits, can’t say I understood it and got bored. There are also some racial stereotypes that don’t age well.
I heard this was becoming a tv show I think an ...more
As this book goes the content is all relevant but confusing. The language stuff, Sumerian mythology and Tower of Babel bits, can’t say I understood it and got bored. There are also some racial stereotypes that don’t age well.
I heard this was becoming a tv show I think an ...more
This book started with an interesting idea. You have your hero protagonist (lazily named Hiro Protagonist, just in case you forget who to root for) who tries to get to the bottom of a mystery involving a virus that infects both computers and people themselves, named Snow Crash.
If you want to know what the book is about, read the description or the many other reviews that rehash the plot. I'm not going to do it here.
I really hate it when I get through the majority of a book and realize that I jus ...more
If you want to know what the book is about, read the description or the many other reviews that rehash the plot. I'm not going to do it here.
I really hate it when I get through the majority of a book and realize that I jus ...more
This was a strange book. It seemed like a weird research project about how knowledge is a virus that is spread by religion and a story was tacked on about the future/past collapse of the United States into racist city-states and the people who live in it. However, if the start about super high tech, competitive mafia pizza delivery jobs doesn't turn you off, you might like this book.
The world building is great, the characters are ok, the story is weird. ...more
The world building is great, the characters are ok, the story is weird. ...more
A fun and imaginative romp but feels more than a little outdated in 2014.
Lots of interesting ideas in this book but the plot jumps all over the place and requires the narrator to explain explicitly what's happened. Felt more like an action movie than anything else at times (in a bad way)
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Dec 03, 2011
Travis
rated it
it was amazing
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Oct 29, 2015
Tiffany
marked it as to-read
May 27, 2016
Emily
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Jul 09, 2016
Steph
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Dec 16, 2016
Lily
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Jun 29, 2017
Austyn
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Sep 06, 2017
Stephanie B.
marked it as to-read
Apr 14, 2022
Elle
rated it
really liked it
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Jan 01, 2025
Nicola
marked it as to-read
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