The book that introduced us to the original Metaverse
“This Snow Crash thing–is it a virus, a drug, or a religion?”
Juanita shrugs. “What’s the difference?”
It is astounding that Neal Stephenson could envision a world that seamlessly merges the physical and the virtual – way back in 1992
‘Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza in real life, 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’
It isn’t an easy read.
Absolutely not. It paints a world so outrageous yet believable.
It takes you through a journey that requires you to stay invested – an unsteady narrative with overwhelming information
It makes Neuromancer seem like a Kindergarten book
A kaleidoscope of a sci-fi nightmare, social criticism and a bereft society, it intrigues me like none other
Sci-fi influences art influences reality
If you are a fan of the genre, as Naval says, make this one of the books you read.
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