Snow Crash in Building a SciFi/Fantasy Library

Aug 10, 2008 Stephen rated it it was amazing

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6.0 stars. On my list of All Time Favorite novels. While reading this book, I was constantly thinking to myself "WOW, what a great concept" and "HOW did Stephenson think that up?" Without giving away too much in the way of spoilers, I was particularly amazed at the way the author took computers, vitual reality and the metaverse and tied it into ancient religions, philosophy and the origin of language. I thought this aspect of the novel was absolutely mind-boggling. Add to that a great anti-hero, ...more

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Aug 05, 2010 Stephen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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6.0 stars (One of my all time favorite novels). While reading this book, I was constantly thinking to myself "WOW, what a great concept" and "HOW did the author think that up." Without giving away too much in the way of a spoiler, I was amazed at the way the author took the work of computers, vitual reality and the metaverse and tied it into ancient religions and philosophy. The relationshipo conceived by the author on that point alone was mind-boggling. Add to that a great anti-hero, a superb v ...more

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Dec 17, 2009 Armand rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-sci-fi-fantasy, read-2009, source-used

A dense and weirdly technical thrill ride of a book with a truly confident narrative. It's not perfect, but I'm giving it five stars for vision and chutzpa.

Postmodern, funny, some times a little too full of coincidences and two-dimensional characters, Snow Crash is ultimately a winner, and it's influence can be felt in the science fiction and cyberpunk communities to this day. ...more

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Aug 21, 2008 Travis Bird rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, speculative-fiction

I found this interesting in the way that the action moves from one complexly-described situation to another. "Hiro Protagonist" is an entertaining character to travel with. ...more

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