Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

440 pages

English language

Published July 5, 1992 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-553-08853-3

Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named Raven who hints that it is a form of narcotic. Hiro's friend and fellow hacker Da5id views a bitmap image contained in the file which causes his computer to crash and Da5id to suffer brain damage in the real world.

This is the future we now live where all can be brought to life in the metaverse and now all can be taken away. Follow on an adventure with Hiro and YT as they work with the mob to uncover a plot of biblical proportions.

19 editions

ajft@bookwyrm.social reviewed Snow crash by Neal Stephenson (Roc)

A re-read of an old favourite

5 stars

Revisiting an old favourite, mostly because the teenager in the house had it recommended to them. As good as always, but now seeming oddly dated at times. Ex-vietnam characters' ages place it in the early 2000s, but that now puts it 20 years ago

nix reviewed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Nearly Perfect

4 stars

An absolute classic masterpiece of cyberpunk with social commentary and themes just as relevant today as when it was written. Marred by its creepy obsession with a 15 year old character.