Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

ISBN 10: 0140232923 / ISBN 13: 9780140232929

Published by Penguin Books, 1994

First Penguin/ROC edition, second printing. A very good paperback signed on the publisher's title page. The spine is noticeably creased, however the book has been very carefully read and is otherwise clean and unmarked. A few dings to the edges and there is a very old price sticker affixed to the rear as pictured. A nice example of a signed and relatively scarce edition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1742150021035

Synopsis:

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 man as humankind's last best hope.

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
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition