Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson
Step into the Metaverse, a cyberspace where anything goes. Snow Crash has hit the market - a cyberdrug and computer virus that infects the user behind the avatar. Follow Hiro, a freelance hacker and the Metaverse's top swordfighter, and Y.T., a mouthy teenage girl, as they navigate a reality altered by Snow Crash. With themes spanning linguistics, religion, computer science, politics, philosophy, cryptography, and even pizza delivery, this fast-paced adventure is a glimpse into the not-too-distant future.
Publish Date
2003-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
2003-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 1992
Goodreads rating
4.02
ISBN
9788416035830
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Recommendations
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Recommendations
It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. – source
Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. – source
Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. – source
2000-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting – source2021-08-18T06:17:27.000Z
@hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! – source2022-06-10T00:21:56.000Z
Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me
- 2001
- Jurassic Park
- Sphere
- Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories)
- Snowcrash
- I, Robot – source2018-01-08T01:20:59.000Z
@Spacekatgal 1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
3. Snow Crash – source