Snow Crash

STEPHENSON, NEAL

ISBN 10: 0241953189 / ISBN 13: 9780241953181

Published by PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, UK, 2011

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Synopsis:

"This Snow Crash thing--is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?"
Juanita shrugs. "What''s the difference?"

The only relief from the sea of logos is within the well-guarded borders of the Burbclaves. Is it any wonder that most sane folks have forsaken the real world and chosen to live in the computer-generated universe of virtual reality?

In a major city, the size of a dozen Manhattans, is a domain of pleasures limited only by the imagination. But now a strange new computer virus called Snow Crash is striking down hackers everywhere, leaving an unlikely young pizza delivery man as humankind''s last best hope.

The perfect cyberpunk sci-fi read, Snow Crash is an equally worthy successor to William Gibson''s Neuromancer and predecessor to Ernest Cline''s Ready Player One.

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What readers are saying about Snow Crash:

''It''s hard to believe Neal wrote his books when the published date claims. He''s always so right about the future, and I keep on hoping he''s so wrong'' Goodreads Reader Review

''Snow Crash is to Books as The Matrix is to movies (with only the absolute BEST parts of Tron and Da Vinci Code thrown in)'' Goodreads Reader Review

''Loved it! Can''t recommend it highly enough. Everyone should read this book. Go do it. Do it now. It''s just awesome. You won''t regret it'' Goodreads Reader Review

''It''s hilarious and mind-blowing. From the first page to the last, I was amazed at just how much influence this book has had on TV, movies, etc.'' Goodreads Reader Review

Review: From the opening line of his breakthrough cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson plunges the reader into a not-too-distant future. It is a world where the Mafia controls pizza delivery, the United States exists as a patchwork of corporate-franchise city-states, and the Internet--incarnate as the Metaverse--looks something like last year's hype would lead you to believe it should. Enter Hiro Protagonist--hacker, samurai swordsman, and pizza-delivery driver. When his best friend fries his brain on a new designer drug called Snow Crash and his beautiful, brainy ex-girlfriend asks for his help, what's a guy with a name like that to do? He rushes to the rescue. A breakneck-paced 21st-century novel, Snow Crash interweaves everything from Sumerian myth to visions of a postmodern civilization on the brink of collapse. Faster than the speed of television and a whole lot more fun, Snow Crash is the portrayal of a future that is bizarre enough to be plausible.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Snow Crash
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, UK
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good