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Snow Crash

By: Neal Stephenson
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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Publisher's summary

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 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.

©1992 Neal Stephenson (P)2001 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Brilliantly realized...Stephenson turns out to be an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the 21st century." (William Gibson)

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Nuclear powered cyborg guard dogs? I'm in!

It's a future with few laws. Some of the most important rules are set by what would seem to be small corporations, like when you order a pizza from Uncle Enzo and he has to personally fly in to give you a pizza if it doesn't arrive in 30 minutes or less, the driver darn well better get the pizza to you in 30 minutes. It doesn't matter what havoc you must cause or how many "rules" you have to break.

So much going on in this book, and so many great moments. When one of those nuclear powered cyborg guard dogs sees the girl that once helped him is in trouble... I just get the chills.

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Good story, terrible ending

I have never read this author before. It was a good story. The author is an amazing futurist. It was written in 1993 and the things he guesses at, both technology and politics, is truly amazing. However, the ending is terrible. Apparently, he had no idea how to end the novel so he just stopped writing.

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Bizarre with some interesting concepts

Slow start, picks up near the middle. Could do with less bad language. A bit Bizarre but interesting concepts.

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Starts slow but picks up quickly.

I have been hearing about this story for years now. Finally got to it. I am glad that I finally got around to it. I wish there was a series of these.

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great book

narration had a few moments of redo audio that put me off. story was great though.

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Great sci-fi

Beautifully created world and an awesome storyline, somethings were "funny" but overall a great book

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great book. amazing world. I would love a sequel

loved it. ready to read more of his books. couldn't stop listening for hours at a time.

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Strange audio choices

I really like Jonathan Davis narrations but the audio quality of this book seems poor. The chapter breaks are loud, obnoxious, and really take you out of the moment. The quality was distracting and took away from the experience

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Kept me entertained

Would you listen to Snow Crash again? Why?

I might lister to this again. There were lots of details in this book and I'm sure I missed some.

What did you like best about this story?

The way the author completely reimagined the United States was very creative.

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Great

Loved this. First audiobook by Stephenson. I thought the performance and character voices were great.

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