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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Sat, 03/20/2004 - 5:14pm — eddycurrents

Just finished it, as an audiobook. An excellent piece of sci fi, kind of like cyberpunk, set in a kind of near future or alternate present. His style aggressive and laden with similes and vivid descriptions -- very neo-American. The characters are interesting and the plot is adeqaute, but its the world he set up and the story background that sucks you in. When he talks about an online universe I can relate, having played an MMORPG for a year.

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Mon, 04/05/2004 - 10:55pm — EHardage

Re:Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

I loved Snow Crash, especially the interaction between ancient Sumerian and hacking. I can't think of anybody besides Neal Stephenson who can pull so many seemingly disparate threads into a compelling story (and one with some hilarious scenes as well).

Have you read The Diamond Age or Necronomicon? You'd probably enjoy those as well. Diamond Age is set several years after Snow Crash; Necronomicon spans the period from WWII to the present. Both have some really intriguing storylines involving cryptography, nanotech, virtual reality, AI...I thoroughly enjoyed them.

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