Snow Crash

Paperback Published on: 02/06/2011
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Snow Crash
A Neon Dream
Set in a future where the United States is divided between warring franchises, Snow Crash opens with an introduction to one of the two main characters – fr... READ MORE
Ollie, Senior Bookseller

Synopsis

"This Snow Crash thing--is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?" Juanita shrugs. "What's the difference?"

The only relief from the sea of logos is within the well-guarded borders of the Burbclaves. Is it any wonder that most sane folks have forsaken the real world and chosen to live in the computer-generated universe of virtual reality?

In a major city, the size of a dozen Manhattans, is a domain of pleasures limited only by the imagination. But now a strange new computer virus called Snow Crash is striking down hackers everywhere, leaving an unlikely young pizza delivery man as humankind's last best hope.

The perfect cyberpunk sci-fi read, Snow Crash is an equally worthy successor to William Gibson's Neuromancer and predecessor to Ernest Cline's Ready Player One.

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What readers are saying about Snow Crash:

'It's hard to believe Neal wrote his books when the published date claims. He's always so right about the future, and I keep on hoping he's so wrong' Goodreads Reader Review

'Snow Crash is to Books as The Matrix is to movies (with only the absolute BEST parts of Tron and Da Vinci Code thrown in)' Goodreads Reader Review

'Loved it! Can't recommend it highly enough. Everyone should read this book. Go do it. Do it now. It's just awesome. You won't regret it' Goodreads Reader Review

'It's hilarious and mind-blowing. From the first page to the last, I was amazed at just how much influence this book has had on TV, movies, etc.' Goodreads Reader Review

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241953181
  • Number of pages: 448
  • Dimensions: 196 x 127 x 27 mm
  • Weight: 309g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

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Snow Crash
So many laugh out loud moments
I don't usually find myself laughing out load when reading, but this book really had me, I would find myself chuckling on my own and that would make me lau... READ MORE
Hesther
Snow Crash
A Scifi Classic
Hiro has resigned from his job as a pizza delivery guy, and is going back to his first career as a tech scavenger. He is the creator of The Black Sun, a vi... READ MORE
Half Man Half Book
Snow Crash
One of my favorite sci-fi novels for years!
This is one of the best cyberpunk/dystopian-style sci-fi novels that I've read; it's got some great, vivid detail about a William Gibson-esque near-future ... READ MORE
Karen511
Snow Crash
Tron, without the Neon
It's possibly a shame, but I came to this recently and directly off the (incredible) peak of Ready Player One and then the slightly lesser Armada. Ernest C... READ MORE
Gaz
Snow Crash
Snow Crash Mark Zuc didnt invent the meta verse, but he proably read this book.
Snow Crash is a pivotal work that redefined cyberpunk in the early 1990s. The novel embodies the genre's core fusion of high technology and low life within... READ MORE
Leguti Basasta
Snow Crash
Cyberpunk feels
In this seminal 1991 novel, YT (a teenage skateboard courier) and the aptly named Hiro Protagonist, The Deliverator - Last of the freelance hackers. Greate... READ MORE
Kait L