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Snow Crash was my first cyberpunk read and probably will not be my last - it certainly won't be my last Neal Stephenson book.The main character in Snow Crash, Hiro Protagonist, is an ex-pizza delivery driver for the mafia. I didn't find this annoying at all, I actually found it really interesting how he tied everything together.This is an addicting read that I highly recommend. Stephenson has a very creative prose which makes this book almost impossible to put down at times.
While Hiro is in the metaverse, a virtual reality 'Second Life' of sorts, he discovers a virus called Snow Crash. This is one of those books that will put you in a time machine - you think you've only been reading for 20 minutes when in fact it has been an hour. He collects information, uploads it and makes money off of it if customers find the information he uploads useful.
I found myself late to work more than once because I would attempt to read just a few passages before rolling out of bed only to find that I just couldn't peel myself away. Snow Crash is no ordinary virus however; it affects people in real life - outside of the metaverse. It's Hiros mission to figure out more about the virus.Snow Crash moves at a break-neck pace.
One of the more common complaints I see in other reviews is how he tends to digress, especially when he talks about topics like ancient Sumerian culture. I can't wait to read more of Stephenson's work.
It was like the book version of a video game. I couldn't put it down, was late for work. More do you want. no, I don't give "5"s.
are the kind of quirky names used by people all over cyberspace. However, it can stand by itself as a great novel. This book will always be paired and compared with William Gibson's Neuromancer. The quick pacing of the storytelling and the piecemeal revelations about characters' backgrounds, motivations and beliefs gave the novel layers as if I were slowly penetrating the author's conscience. The anonymity that the Internet offers is clear in the names of the characters. Hiro Protagonist and Y.T. It's a fun novel written by a man that has also written code in his past life. It's much better than Pride and Prejudice.
Superficial development and banal, stereotypical portrayal of all major characters. If the book didn't have a somewhat interesting plotline, it would have nothing to recommend it to the mature reader (i.e. any reader who is not a teenage boy or a man with a teenager's mentality).
Loved the story and all the geek that is involved. Didn't care so much for all of the language though. Would recommend to other geeks looking for a fun read.
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