A classic, in many ways his best. And the image of Hammurabi stolen from Julian Jaynes's Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind is just a hoot!
Starting to not have a problem at all with things I'm not the target market for.This book struck me as silly like an 80s Schwarzenegger sci-fi, not necessarily a bad thing, but not what I was looking for :-)
I stand by my earlier five star rating. An absolutely mind blowing book. Snow crash is both a parody of the cyberpunk novel and one of the best examples of cyberpunk. Mix in a generous sprinkling of religion and philosophy and there you have it, a five star book. One of Stephenson's best, and he has...
Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for the mafia. Oh, and he's also a hacker and a katana-wielding swordsman as well. Set in a futuristic world where technology has taken the world by storm, Hiro is soon embroiled in a game where reality and virtual worlds collide - and death is imminent in all directi...
My second audiobook. Johnathan Davis is an excellent narrator. I was not sure if anyone could live up to Libba Bray and was pleasently surprised. Audiobooks take FOREVER to get through, but I'm enjoying the practice and I get to use my commutes to read which I enjoy. I really liked this book. It did...
Very much a cross between Thomas Pynchon and William Gibson. That description of the novel, which is on the back of my book, is entirely accurate.It has its roots in a failed graphic novel and while Stephenson's prose is very good, I think that the story would have been better suited to that medium...
"post-cyberpunk"; "Hiro Protagonist" explores concept of 'mind virus'; language as viruswith YT, girl on hoverboardfloating trash island in middle of pacificthe net as ether
Great read, and yet unfortunately not my kind of novel. I guess cyberpunk just isn't my thing, but hey, I had to give it a try to find out, right? And ultimately, I'm glad I did. After finishing Snow Crash, I totally understand why this book is considered Stephenson's greatest classic. Awesome chara...
A fun read, though a little too over the top at times. A bit like an action flick: some fighting, some sex, and a ludicrous save-the-world plot to tie it all together. Although the book tries to go intellectual at parts with some pseudo-history, technology, philosophy, linguistics, math, and science...
This book reads like a Car topped out a 180 MPH that hits a steep hill and slows down because nobody is hitting the gas.Look, I love me some Sci-Fi. I love all the gizmos, ludicrous speeds, and boldly goings. Yes, the attraction to the genre is reading about all these amazing concepts. 'Snow Cras...
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