Snow crash novel that coined the term metaverse to get hbo. Its not like snow crash in that it doesnt take place in the future, but it is like snow crash in that it has fabulous twists and turns and delightful building of tension. While i read a good portion of snow crash in bed before going to sleep at night, it is definitely not your typical nightly reading. Ive picked up all his books i could get my hands on, and will buy cryptonomicon as soon as i get some free time. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The last half is a mad, actionfilled rush to the conclusion. Find books like snow crash from the worlds largest community of readers. Hiro protagonist, much like wade, is a nobody in the real world, just a pizza. You may be saving a life, and i guarantee that if you donate even just one.
Snow crash by neal stephenson goodreads share book. If anything hit two of those three categories i included it as long as it is an awesome book of course. Like many of stephensons other novels it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics and philosophy. William gibson is another brilliant cyberpunk author. Buy snow crash book online at low prices in india snow crash. Snow crash project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
From the opening line of his breakthrough cyberpunk novel snow crash, neal stephenson plunges the reader into a nottoodistant future. What are the things about snow crash that interest you. Like most of the other works in the genre, its set in the east, specifically japan. Much like ready player one, marie lus warcross is about an online game. Understandably, although it is an ambitious, intelligent, and entertaining novel, snow crash couldnt possibly live up to my expectations. Ive just read ready player one and i would like to know if you know more similar books. Snow crash is a smart, cool, funny, witty, and actionpacked adventure featuring a pair of unlikely heroes who must save the world from infocalypse. If you enjoy rollercoaster rides, snow crash is definitely for you. Dec 16, 2019 david heaney has been a vr enthusiast since before the oculus kickstarter, inspired by science fiction books like snow crash. Snow crash book the seattle public library bibliocommons. May 29, 2018 our picks for the best dystopian books of all time range from contemporary young adult sagas to classics by margaret atwood and george orwell. Stephenson may be the most intelligent writer who has ever lived, and snow crash is certainly one of the best books ever written. Snow crash has injected humour and selfreflection in a genre that was in desperate need of a dose of selfderision.
Snow crash novel that coined the term metaverse to get. I started it a few times but didnt like the sound of the recording. Snow crash was written in the years 1988 through 1991 as the author listened to a great deal of loud, relentless, depressing music. In a fiction imitates fiction, the metaverse comes to life in second life. In my opinion, stephensons snow crash is the scificyberpunk book that most closely resembles the world of ready player one, so if the cyber universe of rp1 is what most attracted you to that book, you really should check out snow crashs metaverse.
A novel and millions of other books are available for instant access. Stephensons snow crash, originally published in 1992 by bantam books, is dystopian in nature, and like many of his other novels, covers history, linguistics, anthropology. Snow crash mp3 cd audiobook, mp3 audio, unabridged. You will never again look at toilet paper quite the same way afterwards. It is a world where the mafia controls pizza delivery, the united states exists as a patchwork of corporatefranchise city states, and the internetincarnate as the metaverselooks something like last years hype would lead you to believe it should. If i liked neal stephensons the diamond age and snow crash. The 38 books that i devoured and destroyed this year medium. Snow crash is neal stephensons third novel, published in 1992. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading snow crash. Michael bacall adapting scifi drama snow crash for hbo. The ideas in that book, and in most good science fiction, are what set it apart. He comes from a software engineering background, but now writes for.
Raven, a mysterious man who sets off geiger counters and drives around like a lone hells angel, starts offering people in the virtual world a drug called snow crash. Or, a young ladys illustrated primer, cryptonomicon, anathem, the. Snow crash from neal stephenson, as well as a more recent book from him edit. Aug 26, 2003 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. Top 10 plane crash books best book recommendations, best. If you liked snow crash by neal stephenson, here are some books like this. It reached the point where snow crash had to be one of the very best books i had ever read, if not the very best, if it had any chance of meeting those lofty expectations. What do you think about the possibility of a snow crash tv adaptation. Handpicked recommendations to other books that have a similar writing style or theme to the snow child. Snow crash is like if a smart dude with a head wound wrote a scifi book, but only half way through realized he had a serious brain bled. Apr 03, 2018 hiro protagonist, much like wade, is a nobody in the real world, just a pizza delivery boy, but in the metaverse, hes a warrior prince. But like most of the business books ive read i wound up. Or, a young ladys illustrated primer, cryptonomicon, anathem, the forever war. David heaney has been a vr enthusiast since before the oculus kickstarter, inspired by science fiction books like snow crash.
Like many of stephensons other novels it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics and philosophy stephenson explained the title of the novel in his 1999 essay in the beginning. After reading snow crash i became a neil stephenson fan. Will hbo max finally be able to deliver the delicious, steamin series that nobody else could, or is the project going to. Snow crash is not the kind of book written for people looking for a quick escape into an alternate world. Please, if you have books youd like to donate, consider your local jail. If you like snow crash you might like similar books neuromancer, the diamond age. Snow crash classic neal stephenson wit and an uproarious ride through a future that seems close enough to taste. At least not if youre me and prefer to read lighter books that may or may not influence part of your. In twentyfirstcentury america, a teenaged computer hacker finds himself fighting a computer virus that battles virtual reality technology and a deadly drug that turns humans into zombies. The people in those walls are suffering, they are marginalized people, the very people who can be most profoundly impacted by good literature. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available.
In reality, hiro protagonist delivers pizza for uncle enzos cosonostra pizza inc. But no, he does a stuka into the far wall of the pool, it sounds more like an explosion than a. If you like fiction with complicated characters, antiheros, and sword fights, youll like snow crash. I actually liked snow crash as a novel, despite the 100 or so. It follows in the footsteps of cyberpunk novels by authors like william gibson and rudy rucker. Snow crash by neal stephenson, first edition abebooks. Click on a title, author name or category to see similar books. Praise for snow crash snow crash is a cross between neuromancer and thomas pynchons vineland. The personal website of author neal stephenson, unless its been hacked. What really sets snow crash apart from other books in the genre is its humorous slant on the future of america and virtual reality. Snow crash never quite feels like its written by three different people, but the. If snow crash is a virus, what hiros writing up is kind of like medicine. Jan 17, 2017 snow crash is not the kind of book written for people looking for a quick escape into an alternate world.
He also mucks around with making himself an invisible avatar hard to do unless youre a pro and updating his motorcycle software. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus thats striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neonlit streets on a searchanddestroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. Our picks for the best dystopian books of all time range from contemporary young adult sagas to classics by margaret atwood and george orwell. Science fiction twenty first century information technology california san francisco space and time reality cyberspace. Stephenson now resides in a comfortable home in the western hemisphere and spends all of his time trying to retrofit an office into its generally dark, unlevel, and asbestosladen basement so that he can. As boing boing puts it, penguin books has launched an ingame publishing venture in the online world second life, leading with neal stephensons seminal snow crash naturally, since snow crash s metaverse inspired second life. It is an older recording, so it is not up to par with current releases. Like many of stephensons other novels, it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics and philosophy. A stunning thrillerfantasyscifi chimera like nothing ive read before. Buy snow crash by neal stephenson online at alibris. In reality, the burbclaves are miniature nation states, metacops take major credit cards and the cosanostra controls the pizza franchise.
If you liked snowcrash, youll probably like reamde. Snow crash npr coverage of snow crash by neal stephenson. In some ways there is no other book like snow crash. Grabs you quickly, thrusts you head long into world thats so preposterous that he cant possibly. Its fine to not enjoy reading a book, but maybe you need a little perspective here. Its maybe my favorite of stephensons books, super fast paced and exciting. The diamond age and snow crash felt like smart adventure books set in a scifi world. A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door, but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly napalmed forest. 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. If i were forced to make a decision as to which book is better ready player one or snow crash, i would pick snow crash with little to no hesitation.
With books like snow crash, cryptonomicon, and his baroque cycle series, the author has become an icon for all those readers who enjoy treaties on topics like cryptography, mathematics, history of science, and philosophy. As boing boing puts it, penguin books has launched an ingame publishing venture in the online world second life, leading with neal stephenson. And even without them, itd still be a witty and entertaining read. Neuromancer, count zero, mona lisa overdrive, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, brave new world. The issue was not necessarily with the narrator but the quality in general. But no, he does a stuka into the far wall of the pool, it sounds more like an explosion than a crash.
Neal stephenson is such a writer and snow crash is such a novel, weaving. He calls it snow scan, and its a program that will protect hiros computer and hiro himself from exposure to snow crash. Snow crash, the cobweb, interface, the big u, zodiac, and in the beginning. Jul 17, 2014 that depends on what you think snow crash is like. Funny then to later discover that the novel was written after a comic book attempt at the same story fell apart. Despite being written in 1992, there is still a lot in that book that resonates with today and makes it feel.
Neal stephensons 1992 novel snow crash conjured a dystopian future in which people. All this, in my mind, makes of snow crash the groundbreaking novel it is. I devour everything he writes, then i wait a while and read it again. One of times 100 best englishlanguage novels a mindaltering romp through a future america so bizarre, so outrageous, youll recognize it immediately only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparisona writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read snow crash.
The first half of the book is an introduction of the characters and the discovery of a technological and biological virus named snow crash, which a person can get through blood, exposure, or by looking at diseased data in the metaverse, a kind of populated, mall like cyberspace. Take a look at even more movies and tv shows that were so nice they made em twice at least. Snow crash is a science fiction novel by american writer neal stephenson, published in 1992. Snow crash 1992, which helped earn the word cyberpunk a place in history, is set in the nottoodistant future where the mafia controls pizza delivery, the u. I assume that by books like snow crash you mean books based on the theme of virtual worlds.