Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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. Praise for Snow Crash 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
Neal Stephenson is primarily a fiction writer who has won numerous honors for his speculative fiction works. Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle, and Anathem are some of his more well-known works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780613361620 |
| ISBN 10 | 0613361628 |
| Title | Snow Crash |
| Author | Neal Stephenson |
| Series | Bantam Spectra Book Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Econo-Clad Books, Div. of American Cos., Inc. |
| Year published | 2000-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 440 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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