Some great concepts
4 stars
The book ranges a pretty wide variety of topics, probably more interesting to readers who program.
Paperback, 470 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2008 by Bantam Spectra.
Snow Crash
4 stars
(6 reviews)
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.
Robbie A reviewed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
Review of 'Snow Crash' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
This story had an interesting cyberpunk world, an engaging concept, cool characters, and great writing, so I loved it. I did have a few pet peeves about it, like the fact that anyone who works with code in any way (i.e. programmers/developers) are all always referred to as "hackers" and the idea that all "hackers" have an intrinsic subconscious understanding of binary code, which is definitely not the case. Plus the underage objectification and sex thing with YT wasn't cool—at least it was kept to a minimum, I guess?
Other than that, this was an awesome and very enjoyable story that I would recommend to anyone who likes futuristic fiction.
