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One of Time’s 100 best English-language novels • A mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous—you’ll recognize it immediately

Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison—a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.

In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse.

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“[Snow Crash is] a cross between Neuromancer and Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland. This is no mere hyperbole.”—The San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century.”—William Gibson

“Brilliantly realized . . . Stephenson turns out to be an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow.”—The New York Times Book Review

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“Stephenson has not stepped, he has vaulted onto the literary stage with this novel.”—Los Angeles Reader

“[Snow Crash is] a cross between Neuromancer and Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland. This is no mere hyperbole.”—The San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century.”—William Gibson

“Brilliantly realized . . . Stephenson turns out to be an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow.”—The New York Times Book Review

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Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison--a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about Infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous...you'll recognize it immediately.

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Paperback: 440 pages
Publisher: Del Rey (2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553380958
ISBN-13: 978-0553380958
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.2 x 8.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 1,501 customer reviews
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Ben Gruber

Set in a not-too-unrecognizable dystopian future where conglomerates run entire neighborhoods like mini fifedoms

August 15, 2016

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How many books have you read where the Hero/Protagonist's name is Hiro Protagonist? If you think that means the book is just a satire and the characters are one-dimensional, you couldn't be more wrong. Set in a not-too-unrecognizable dystopian future where conglomerates run entire neighborhoods like mini fifedoms, Hiro is a super hacker in the Matrix like world much of the population inhabits, as well as the real one. One of the best books I've read on a recommendation, and glad I did. Still holds up after multiple readings. Neal Stephenson at his absolute finest, you'll be hooked on his style as soon as you're finished with this one. Waiting for the movie adaptation still, seems like it's in development hell for a while. Until then, read the book - it's got humor, history, religion, anthropology, futurism, and a lot more for any reader willing to peek into Stephenson's world.

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I haven't read anything of Stephenson's since Seveneves. Before that my only other exposure was with Anathem.

With those two books as my previous experience I was a little hesitant to dive into one of Neal's massive tomes with endless paragraphs of info dump and esoteric scientific explanations.

I was PLEASENTLY surprised to find none of that. Yes, there are large chunks of Stephenson's verbose prose. But while action packed and with an amazing world that only Stephenson can build this was still "light" compared to those novels.

A semi-dystopian future where the US is chopped into different enclaves and the mafia are the good guys this story blends real world action with VR/Matrix/Ready Player One simulated drama.

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Jessica P

Interesting story, but a very dense read

June 7, 2016

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Overall, I really enjoyed this book. After having finished Ready Player One somewhat recently before reading this, I marveled at the similarities considering the books were written something like 25 years apart. And the fact that this one was written in the early 90s is not lost on me, as there were many futuristic components that are eerily similar to what we have in our world today.

The biggest downfall of me was that this book was so incredibly dense. On the one hand, Stephenson created a fictional world based on the real world where I live (Los Angeles) and described it with immense detail. (And I can totally see the city/country heading this way, btw.) But on the other hand, there was so much description to slog through that I found myself re-reading some things over and over trying to absorb it and not always quite getting it. Definitely a gripping story overall, but was left many times confused as to what was going on.

Plus In the end, there were many questions left unanswered, but it is what it is. Would still recommend it for anyone who likes Futuristic Sci Fi.

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Dennis Koenig

I was amazed that the book was written in the early 90s

August 28, 2017

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When I read Snow Crash, I was amazed that the book was written in the early 90s. It accurately describes many of the technologies we now not only have, but have access to every day. For this alone, it is worth a read. Stephenson predicted a lot of what we now take for granted in day to day life and it is really kind of awesome.

From a prose stand point, this is not the easiest book to read. There is plenty of tech jargon (some of it made up) and a lot of linguistics vocabulary you might need to parse as you are reading. Also, his description of the corporate states is a little head scratching at first, but I feel pretty confident in saying that if you ignore it early on, you'll get it by the end.

Otherwise, it is an entertaining yarn. I didn't like it as much the 2nd time I read it, but I still think it is a very good book.

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Michael Beverly

A Classic that needs to be made into a series.

May 30, 2018

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I just read this again for the second time after having read it first about a year ago.
First off....someone needs to make this into a series.
Please.
It's a great story and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the cyberpunk type science fiction.
The only complaint about this work will be that the author gets into a bit of a detailed description that some people might find slow, but he does it in little chunks, so it's doable.
The action-adventure stuff is great and fast moving.
The "coming-of-age" aspect is good, the dual hero aspect is really well done.
The villains are terrible.
The tech is great to read about.
Highly recommend this.

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Synapse001

Aged in places, but fine work

January 17, 2018

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The work has agreed and it shows in some small details, like payphones and in some bigger details like franchise expansion. The worst problem is YTs age and sexual assault. Reading it when I was 26 years old, I didn't notice, now it's blatant and shines like the loglo of a in novel franchellete and is painfully glaring.
As for the story, it still feels solid with the tech still holding its own which is saying something for a science fiction story that is nearly 25 years old. I'd love to see a modern rewrite like John Scalzi did with Fuzzy Nation. Our even if Neal would do it again. I'd love to see it as the 1000 page more nuanced story that he is capable of now.

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Chuck Grimmett

Philosophy, cyberpunk, and alternate reality all woven into one.

December 15, 2016

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This was my first Neal Stephenson book. I picked it up after hearing about it on the Tim Ferriss podcast. It was a good read overall, but the dialogue was a little sophomoric.

I think the virtual reality, cyberpunk, and dystopian corporate future themes were well thought out, but the interpretation of Babel and the separation of languages was a little too out there for me.

If you are looking for a Neal Stephenson book to read, I recommend you skip this and go straight to Seveneves unless you are really into cyberpunk and virtual reality.

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Taylor

Entertaining but directionless

July 19, 2016

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I enjoyed the conversations with the Librarian--the religious/historic events and how they intertwine and shed light on the issue at hand. I was hooked with style of the first chapter about the Deliverator (and later the chapter from the doggie's POV). Aside from doggie-POV, it was confusing why the author employed such differing writing styles in different chapters. Overall, I kept having the feeling that I didn't know where the plot was going. You could argue that's a good thing (e.g it's unpredictable), but I just never felt like I got the "point" of the book. It was entertaining in many places.

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Michigoon

Snow Crash is The Future

Seeing this book at a 4-star rating as of this review, seems criminal. Snow Crash is one of the most fun and forward-looking books ever written.Read more

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Kay Dee

Racist, Sexist, Condescending

Is nobody else going to point out how racist this book is? I LOVED this book when I read it as a teen in the 90s, so I was excited to experience it again.Read more

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Maybe his other books are good.

One of the most frustrating books I've ever read. I don't really understand what the fuss is about. Maybe his other books are good.

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Perhaps the best SciFi writer I've ever read

Perhaps the best SciFi writer I've ever read. This being his short dimensional vision and Diamond Age being the deeper vision of the age. I highly recommend this novel.

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Futurist thriller with religious themes

An excellent book that at first I worried was going to be too much like Ready Player One (I realize it was actually a precursor of the latter) but it was very different, and...Read more

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Defective product.

The pages in this book are out of order. There is a massive binding error.

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Dave Bechtel

One of the funniest/best Cyberpunk books I've read. If ...

One of the funniest/best Cyberpunk books I've read. If they do a sequel to "Ready Player One" the movie, they should adapt this as a screenplay!

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Mind-blowing

Still as amazing and relevant as it was thirty years ago.

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Bad printing 2017 del ray trade edition, and the book isn't that great

I tried. Even with the misprint and pages all over the place (way to go 2017 del ray printing). Someone suggested the writer to me and I got about 10 chapters in.Read more

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