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Snow Crash

Snow Crash

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Summary

THE 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH NEW， NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED MATERIAL

After the Internet， what came next？

Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons， where anything and just about everything goes。 Newly available on the Street - the Metaverse's main drag - is Snow Crash。 A cyberdrug that reduces avatars in the digital world to dust， but also infects users in real life， leaving them in a vegetative state。

This is bad news for Hiro， a freelance hacker and the Metaverse's best swordfighter， and mouthy skateboard courier Y。 T。。 Together， investigating the Infocalypse， they trace back the roots of language itself to an ancient Sumerian priesthood and find they must race to stop a shadowy virtual villain hell-bent on world domination。

In this special edition of the remarkably prescient modern classic， Neal Stephenson explores
linguistics， computer science， politics and philosophy in the form of a break-neck adventure into the fast-approaching yet eerily recognizable future。

'Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century' William Gibson

'Brilliantly realized' New York Times Book Review

'Like a Pynchon novel with the brakes removed' Washington Post

'A remarkably prescient vision of today's tech landscape' Vanity Fair

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Reviews

Matthew WK ，

2。5 stars - can't see myself recommending it to anyone。 Opening was a lot of fun， got bogged down with all the Sumerian gods， artifacts， etc。。。and it took some effort to push through。 Kind of fun， but kind of a slog。 Considering it's impact on originally being published， most likely suffers from not holding up quite well to the passing of time。 2。5 stars - can't see myself recommending it to anyone。 Opening was a lot of fun， got bogged down with all the Sumerian gods， artifacts， etc。。。and it took some effort to push through。 Kind of fun， but kind of a slog。 Considering it's impact on originally being published， most likely suffers from not holding up quite well to the passing of time。 。。。more

Hannah ，

If you like Sci fi， this book is a good read。 Heavy handed with the satire though

Bernard Wozny ，

Most people rave about this book because Stephenson first mentioned the term METAVERSE。 This is only part of this novel and not the main plot。 The real thrill is unraveling the computer virus， and what it infects and how it infects it。 All I can say is WOW！

Flora ，

Most try hard book I’ve ever read。Terrible story telling， annoying and disconnected in every possible way。 Wanted to throw the book across the room every time I picked it up to read。

Deborah Sheplawy ，

I don't care how great the 'ideas' are in a novel， it's still a form that， for me， requires at least some gesture toward beauty， insight or emotional resonance。 I don't care how great the 'ideas' are in a novel， it's still a form that， for me， requires at least some gesture toward beauty， insight or emotional resonance。 。。。more

Hannes Buchwerk ，

Gutes Konzert und viele witzige und spannende Ideen。 Nur leider wurde ich vom schreibstil immer wieder raus gebracht。 Vieles hat sich nicht harmonisch angefühlt und die Geschichte hat oft gescriptet gewirkt， also dass Dinge zu gut zusammen gepasst haben und so etwas Unglaubwürdig herüber kam。 Nachdem der Mittelteil etwas eintönig war hat das ende nochmal mit etwas Spannung angezogen mit von der Story jedoch auch nicht überzeugt。

Michelle Kennedy ，

love the story but not a big fan of the writing style

Tom Fletcher ，

DNF

Mykhailo Chalyi ，

Трохи наївна класика ;）

Miguel ，

Awesome for the details and wild imagination， considering it was the early 90's。 Without spoiling， I felt the ending fell a little flat。。。 Awesome for the details and wild imagination， considering it was the early 90's。 Without spoiling， I felt the ending fell a little flat。。。 。。。more

Tom ，

A hugely influential post Cyberpunk work that introduced the concept of the Metaverse。 It has a huge cult following in Silicon Valley。Warning: spoiler alert！！Set in 21st century Los Angeles， Snow Crash introduces a lawless， violent and anarchic world where the mafia， mega corporations and endless franchises have filled the power vacuum left by a washed-out federal government。 The army， church and security services have long since been privatised， traditional manufacturing is dead， and Corporate A hugely influential post Cyberpunk work that introduced the concept of the Metaverse。 It has a huge cult following in Silicon Valley。Warning: spoiler alert！！Set in 21st century Los Angeles， Snow Crash introduces a lawless， violent and anarchic world where the mafia， mega corporations and endless franchises have filled the power vacuum left by a washed-out federal government。 The army， church and security services have long since been privatised， traditional manufacturing is dead， and Corporate America only really excels at pizza delivery， entertainment and software。 Snow Crash is a vertiginous tale of corporate greed pushing many of the traditional Cyberpunk tropes to their extreme。Hiro Protagonist is a deliverator， an armed delivery driver， who delivers Pizzas for CosaNostra Pizza， a mafia controlled mega-corporation whose business interests span everything from pizzas to a data mining。 Hiro is also a hacker。 He freelances for what is now a privatised CIA， and as a founding member of The Black Sun， an exclusive club in the multiplayer virtual world of the Metaverse， he is a respected character in the anarchic tech community。 His katana sword wielding skills come in use both in the Metaverse and in the real world of lawless Los Angeles。 When one of Hiro’s friends， Da5vid， is given a datafile named Snow Crash in the Metaverse – thinking it is a recreational drug – and then dies as a result of brain damage in the real world from viewing it， the quest to unearth the origin of the drug begins。 Hiro partners up with Y。T。， an equally fierce female deliverator， and with help from the Mafia， they start to hone in on the tech entrepreneur L。 Bob Rife and his franchised church business which seem to play a crucial role in the spreading of the drug/virus， a mind-controlling weapon targeting programmers in particular。As a key Post Cyberpunk text， Snow Crash incorporates trademark Cyberpunk themes such as nefarious mega-corporations， the mafia， dystopian claustrophobia， console cowboys， drugs and music。 Stephenson however pushes the format to an extreme， almost absurd and consequently often humorous level。 Whether it is the extremity to which deliverators will go to ensure a fast delivery， the relentless proliferation of franchise businesses， or the size of L。 Bob Rife’s superyacht， formerly the the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier， the wheels seem to come off the narrative at every turn of the page。 Snow Crash is representative of a fast-paced， exuberant style of over-abundance which can also be found in the accelerationist dynamic that drives Charles Stross’ Accellerando （2005）， as well as the abject consumerism of Bret Easton Ellis’ American Psycho （1991）。 Snow Crash is in many ways a parody and critique of the neo-liberal politics of Reaganomics and Thatcherism。 Stephenson’s Metaverse has not only lend its name to today’s online metaverse –a network of 3D virtual worlds – but it also accounts for his cult status in Silicon Valley: the book was required reading for the team behind the development of Xbox Live， and it has directly inspired the online virtual worlds of Active Worlds （1995） and Second Life （2003）。 In Snow Crash users plug in via their computer and a set of googles， entering the virtual world from a first-person perspective， interacting with avatars in an urban environment that also hosts independently run programs known as daemons （popularised in The Matrix）。 Hiro primarily uses his time in the Metaverse to communicate with his tech friends， keeping up with the latest gossip。 Some users choose to wear portable terminals and goggles around the clock， spending all their time immersed in the Metaverse， yet another example of Stephenson’s signature style of excess。 。。。more

Ashley Kennedy ，

My book club read this for our November meeting and it seems like none of us cared for it very much。 I admire the world-building （and can appreciate how much more fantastical and innovative it must have been at the time of publication; nowadays the "metaverse" is a much easier concept to grasp） but the writing did not move me and I found it hard to follow at times。 My book club read this for our November meeting and it seems like none of us cared for it very much。 I admire the world-building （and can appreciate how much more fantastical and innovative it must have been at the time of publication; nowadays the "metaverse" is a much easier concept to grasp） but the writing did not move me and I found it hard to follow at times。 。。。more

Jorien ，

Never been a great fan of science fiction but this one was so amazing。 It took a while to get into it but then you ask yourself。。 Has Silicon Valley really been visionary or have they just been copying this book。。。

Arnold ，

Epic

Levi Tőkés ，

It started real slow。 The worldbuilding was rich， but the story lacked focus。 Then， about 200 pages in， things popped into place and git interesting。 Unfortunately， that was short lived， as exposition took center stage for a long time， which was followed up by a lot of conviluded action。 And towards the end， a lot of things happened that fit under the “well isnt that convenient” umbrella。 Also， I kind of hate how the entire thing ended。 There is zero closure for the main characthers， as for the It started real slow。 The worldbuilding was rich， but the story lacked focus。 Then， about 200 pages in， things popped into place and git interesting。 Unfortunately， that was short lived， as exposition took center stage for a long time， which was followed up by a lot of conviluded action。 And towards the end， a lot of things happened that fit under the “well isnt that convenient” umbrella。 Also， I kind of hate how the entire thing ended。 There is zero closure for the main characthers， as for the story itself， it all goes into flames like a generic 80s action film。 Disappointing really… 。。。more

Tyler ，

2nd review:（still 2 stars）Yes， the first half or so of the book really borders on Great; the atmosphere is unique， both the metaverse and the "real" world; especially the real world -- Enzo， the Mafia， Mr。 Lee's Greater Hong Kong， the extensive franchises for everything。 YT is interesting， Hiro is interesting， the general idea of the Snow Crash virus is interesting。It breaks down， however， about the time it is all 'explained'; there are long middle sections that talk about speculative religious 2nd review:（still 2 stars）Yes， the first half or so of the book really borders on Great; the atmosphere is unique， both the metaverse and the "real" world; especially the real world -- Enzo， the Mafia， Mr。 Lee's Greater Hong Kong， the extensive franchises for everything。 YT is interesting， Hiro is interesting， the general idea of the Snow Crash virus is interesting。It breaks down， however， about the time it is all 'explained'; there are long middle sections that talk about speculative religious fiction， that seems to shout "This is real！" or "This is plausible！" for extended tracts。 For me， it is boring -- I'm reading a sci-fi book where the hero's name is Hiro Protagonist who was once a sword-wielding pizza deliver driver。 You don't gotta explain it to me。 I'm onboard。 It becomes deleterious because it's so lengthy: the novel asks you to really look into how Neat and Plausible this is， wherein it breaks down。e。g。（view spoiler）[*Note that this objection only arose after the overly long 'discussion' about this process between Hiro and the 'librarian' program*: As someone who has worked in assembly [i。e。 'binary'] level programming， it doesn't make any sense that his subconscious would 'be able to decode' it。 You need a reference abstraction: zeroes and ones don't have meaning except what we， as programmers， decide they mean。 Is the binary 'bitmap' referencing text encoded in ASCII， in EBCDIC？ Is it representing a picture， music？ If it's code， is it written for an x86 processor？ An IBM mainframe？ If it's not， then all that's needed is knowing '1' and '0' which doesn't require any programming knowledge。 The author talks like he knows about the hacker subculture， but this is not very esoteric knowledge and while it could still be a great plot point， it's probably best to not hinge all the story on it being valid and then shining a light on its nonsense。（hide spoiler）]And so as the story sorta loses the freshness of what makes it so great， all that's left is some pretty uninteresting and disjointed plot that very well may have caused you to lose your suspension of disbelief。 But the start， the opening few chapters， is superb and I gotta say that opening with the Deliverator is quite possibly one of my favorite I have ever read。=====UPDATE ~2 Years later:Over the two years since reading this， certain scenes and senses of atmosphere from this book have come back to memory more often than any others I've read。 At the time， when I reviewed this， I was more focused on the bad things than the good， and I think this is definitely worth a re-read。 The audiobook， in particular， and the atmosphere， listening to it at night while going to sleep， were spectacular。 So， gonna give it another go in 2019。=====Original:the first half was a lot better than the second half 。。。more

Sverian ，

only made it to chapter 20 before quitting。 Feels like a cartoonish YA novel wrapped in pseudo intellectualism。 Hated all the characters。 Neuromancer was far superior/more mature。 gets a one star due to being incredibly overrated。 Probably a decent YA novel in there somewhere。

Noelle Sheldon ，

A really interesting idea with cool characters and action

Jeramie Vens ，

I am DNF'ing this book about 1/3 of the way into it。 There are several issues with it， but at the very top is the constant and overt sexualization of Y。T。， a 15 year old girl。 There are constant references to her ass and figure， and many other objectifying remarks made about her by both protagonists and antagonists。 None of this adds anything worthwhile to the story being told and just make for a very uncomfortable read by the reader。In addition to the sexualization of a minor， this also has man I am DNF'ing this book about 1/3 of the way into it。 There are several issues with it， but at the very top is the constant and overt sexualization of Y。T。， a 15 year old girl。 There are constant references to her ass and figure， and many other objectifying remarks made about her by both protagonists and antagonists。 None of this adds anything worthwhile to the story being told and just make for a very uncomfortable read by the reader。In addition to the sexualization of a minor， this also has many very racist references throughout， especially against Asians。 It is constantly enforcing negative stereotypes every chance it gets， and everything about the Japanese samurai culture stuff just feels very offensive to me in the way it is portrayed。 Y。T。's name is pronounced "whitey，" and the joke about her not being white comes up over and over again for no reason and it just was annoying。Finally， in addition to all of that， the writing just isn't that good。 All of the chapters feel like they just cut-off mid thought， the plot keeps jumping around and is hard to keep track of， and the character motivations are all over the place and not consistent at all。I really wanted to like this book。 I am a fan of sci fi and cyber punk。 I wanted something along the lines of the Matrix movies or a grittier Ready Player One。 Instead I feel like this is just some high school kid fan-fiction about his dream hacker girl who is hot and able to surf on highways grabbing cars， and he is the greatest swordsman ever to live。 And clearly the main character is the hero so lets name him Hiro Protagonist。The writing is lazy， the editing is lacking， and the topics are very problematic。 Overall this was not a good book and I don't plan on exploring anything else by this author。 。。。more

Nasima Ali ，

Here because of John ScalziI was sent to read this book by the KPS （Scalzi）。 It's the sci-fi novel that I should have read 30 years ago， but perhaps there's more to appreciate now。 Certainly we still have not reached the level of tech that Stephenson has envisioned。 Equally wonderful are his quirky postulates about religion， viruses， astronomy， and language。 Had to skip some of the monolouging （and minus 1 star） for that。 It was humorous as well。 Here because of John ScalziI was sent to read this book by the KPS （Scalzi）。 It's the sci-fi novel that I should have read 30 years ago， but perhaps there's more to appreciate now。 Certainly we still have not reached the level of tech that Stephenson has envisioned。 Equally wonderful are his quirky postulates about religion， viruses， astronomy， and language。 Had to skip some of the monolouging （and minus 1 star） for that。 It was humorous as well。 。。。more

Mike Gonzalez ，

Ok so you know how you can never step into the same river twice because it will be a different river when you do， so I read this book again 30 years later and it’s a totally different river or wait I’m the river I am the one that changed， not the book。 Anyway I guess this is one of those books that gets better when you get smarter。23

James Wang ，

An impressive sci-fi novel to be published in 1992， Neal Stephenson creates an intricate world that somehow merges virtual reality， methods to brainwash and manipulate people， katanas， the Mafia， and Rat Things。 On the surface， it appears to be a very promising book， especially with Stephenson’s satirical and witty humor。 However， despite the world-building， Stephenson’s writing is lackluster with incomprehensible fight scenes that were too simplistic （I quote “something happens to the back of h An impressive sci-fi novel to be published in 1992， Neal Stephenson creates an intricate world that somehow merges virtual reality， methods to brainwash and manipulate people， katanas， the Mafia， and Rat Things。 On the surface， it appears to be a very promising book， especially with Stephenson’s satirical and witty humor。 However， despite the world-building， Stephenson’s writing is lackluster with incomprehensible fight scenes that were too simplistic （I quote “something happens to the back of his jacket”）， inaccessible passages talking about Sumerian language， and no explanation for how the world came to be or why places like Mr。 Lee’s Greater Hong Kong。 There was so much more that could be showcased or explained， especially about Uncle Enzo’s role， Ng， and even the weaponry that sounded wicked but made no sense…especially ReasonThere’s a scattering of characters that are only there to progress the plot forward and even with such a cool name like Hiro Protagonist， one would think he would have more personality than a half-Japanese katana-wielding hacker。 And not to mention the casual racism that readily made itself apparent throughout the descriptions， like when all the Asians were made to strip bare for Bruce Lee and his pirate crew。。。Overall， it was quite a dense and disjointed book that I had to trudge through to finish。 I felt disconnected with the world， the events， and the characters。 While I appreciate that there was plenty of action， the alacrity of the writing did not sufficiently convey the imagery or the scenes。 The exposition wasn’t embedded into the writing well and pages of infodumps followed by weird scenes of raw sex， WWII references， unnecessary romance， and random "quests"。 The redeeming qualities of this novel are the way Kouriers travel by “pooning” passing vehicles and have skateboards that can ride on any terrain （or people）， Raven’s glass knives， and the occasional tongue-in-cheek humor。 But I really wish the story had been better articulated。 。。。more

Curtis Trueblood ，

Interesting。 Some good parts。 Some bad parts。 Read like what a kid of the 70s would have wanted to read in the 90s。 And in a way predictive of the now。

solo ，

early '90s: 4★。 not exactly up there with Gibson， but it made quite an impression， Metaverse （vs the reality of the early '90s， mind you） and all。2020 re-read: 3。5★ rounded down。pretty cool all around， some quite memorable characters， plenty of action， so - par for the course and very decent overall。 unfortunately， it was a little late to the party， a little secondary， a bit too long for its own good （admittedly things only went downhill for Stephenson in that department since then - he just can early '90s: 4★。 not exactly up there with Gibson， but it made quite an impression， Metaverse （vs the reality of the early '90s， mind you） and all。2020 re-read: 3。5★ rounded down。pretty cool all around， some quite memorable characters， plenty of action， so - par for the course and very decent overall。 unfortunately， it was a little late to the party， a little secondary， a bit too long for its own good （admittedly things only went downhill for Stephenson in that department since then - he just can't get a grip and his editors are apparently powerless）， and by the time it veered into the Sumerian global conspiracy territory it had me cringing a little - both times， actually。admittedly， there's cyberspace re-imagined as the [possibly more plausible and certainly much more relatable] Metaverse。 i'm just not sure that was a good thing， and by the looks of how life appears to be desperately trying to imitate art nowadays - that seems to be teetering between resolving into a pointless flop and a travesty， so。。。 but it sure did seem cool back in the day。 :） 。。。more

Amber ，

I was curious to read this book after learning that Mark Zuckerberg hit the name idea for the Metaverse from this book。 After reading it…wow， he must be incredibly tone deaf to think it’s clever name or reference。 This book is incredibly dystopian， and hilariously so。 The idea of America becoming so oriented around the art and science of pizza delivery is so laughable and…weirdly perfect。 I also loved the chapter about YT’s mother’s experience in the office， it felt like the inevitable future of I was curious to read this book after learning that Mark Zuckerberg hit the name idea for the Metaverse from this book。 After reading it…wow， he must be incredibly tone deaf to think it’s clever name or reference。 This book is incredibly dystopian， and hilariously so。 The idea of America becoming so oriented around the art and science of pizza delivery is so laughable and…weirdly perfect。 I also loved the chapter about YT’s mother’s experience in the office， it felt like the inevitable future of corporate office culture。 The book was very clever and had some really interesting ideas about linguistics， memes， and the importance of diverse ideas to protect against “brain hacking”。 Feels like a pretty striking message to be referencing for the Meta Corporation， given all the evidence Facebook et al do the not help our brains and just develop echo chambers。 It was an absurd book with intriguing characters， just a little too tech dude bro energy。 I think cyberpunk isn’t my flavor of sci-fi despite generally loving dystopian。 。。。more

Brian O'Connor ，

For all the premise and setting promises I found this book to be a bit of a boring let down。 A sword-wielding， motorbike-riding， computer-hacking Protagonist in what amounts to a fast paced detective story。 Sounds great。Somehow though， all I felt was boredom。 Whether it’s Hiro cutting down enemies in the metaverse or YT zipping through traffic on her （admittedly very cool） high-tech skateboard， it never really gripped me。 Even the “eureka” moment was a bit of a let down。To be honest I feel like For all the premise and setting promises I found this book to be a bit of a boring let down。 A sword-wielding， motorbike-riding， computer-hacking Protagonist in what amounts to a fast paced detective story。 Sounds great。Somehow though， all I felt was boredom。 Whether it’s Hiro cutting down enemies in the metaverse or YT zipping through traffic on her （admittedly very cool） high-tech skateboard， it never really gripped me。 Even the “eureka” moment was a bit of a let down。To be honest I feel like this book relies too heavily on the rule of cool， and not enough on its own merits as a story。 With that said some of the jokes， characters and even plotlines are great， but that only serves to make it more disappointing when they don’t deliver。Also the theme of ideas being viral is such an interesting one with so much potential but it just falls flat。 Sad。 。。。more

Someone That Reads ，

A very insightful view of a potential future world， and a compelling overall story。 I only don't give it 5 stars due to a bit much info-dumping and a very abrupt ending that didn't feel like it wrapped up everything。 A very insightful view of a potential future world， and a compelling overall story。 I only don't give it 5 stars due to a bit much info-dumping and a very abrupt ending that didn't feel like it wrapped up everything。 。。。more

Thierry ，

First， a word of warning: I have an instinctive suspicion about books that have reached any sort of "cult status" as this one has。 Don't know why， don't ask。。。Problem is， this distrust is often vindicated， has it has been with this book。Snow crash has been on my reading list for ages， and I finally got to it。I'm happy to have read it。 But only because I won't have to read it ever again。Where to start ？The characters are cardboard caricatures， maybe because this was initially intended to be a com First， a word of warning: I have an instinctive suspicion about books that have reached any sort of "cult status" as this one has。 Don't know why， don't ask。。。Problem is， this distrust is often vindicated， has it has been with this book。Snow crash has been on my reading list for ages， and I finally got to it。I'm happy to have read it。 But only because I won't have to read it ever again。Where to start ？The characters are cardboard caricatures， maybe because this was initially intended to be a comic book so they had to be sketchy and two dimensional？Among the protagonists， we have the hero， who is named Hiro。 Hiro Protagonist （not kidding。。。）。 Subtle eh ？ I guess it says a lot about the opinion of the author about the intellect of the targeted audience。。。A lot of reviewers found this book hilarious。 I really don't get it。 Apart from the chapter on toilet tissue regulations to be applied in federal building， which draw a smile from me， I did not find it funny at all。The writing style。 Oh my。。。 the writing style。。。 It's full of catchy phrases that make for a good excerpt:"Not that she would ever be caught dead at a Mom's Truck Stop。 If， like， a semi ran her over with all eighteen of its wheels in front of a Mom's Truck Stop， she would drag herself down the shoulder of the highway using her eyelid muscles until she reached a Snooze 'n' Cruise full of horny derelicts rather than go into a Mom's Truck Stop"or like the first chapter"The Deliverator belongs to an elite order， a hallowed subcategory。 He's got esprit up to here。 Right now， he is preparing to carry out his third mission of the night。 His uniform is black as activated charcoal， filtering the very light out of the air。 A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door， but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly napalmed forest。"Understand: here we are speaking of the pizza delivery guy。。。Well catchy phrases don't make a writing style。 In any case not a good one。Maybe the use of made-up words （Burbclaves， of Franchulates anyone ？） or the concept of a completely privatized world， where everything is run by private franchises （Narcolumbia， Snooze 'n' Cruise， Metacops，and so on。。。） ， maybe that constitutes a writing style ？ I that case it is as subtle as the hero's name。。。Speaking of the hero， he is as subtle as his name indicates:"It's always been a mystery to Hiro， too， but then， that's how the government is。 It was invented to do stuff that private enterprise doesn't bother with， which means that there's probably no reason for it。" Nice。。。He feels like a model for a statue of "THE HACKER" straight out of an adolescent wet dreams。 And， wait for it。。。 He literally goes into gunfights with knives。。。 ！But that's okay because the arch-villain's henchman goes to the fight with a。。。 harpoon。。。 AND glass knives。。。 Seriously ？？？The story （without spoiling it， or just a little， which is charitable because it could dispense you from reading this book） is on par with the rest。You have to wait near the middle of the book to learn what this is about， and when you do， its time for a hefty dose of TSOD （temporary suspension of disbelief） to swallow it。It's a sort of mashup of ancient history （Sumer， Early Christianity）， bull-crap mystico-fantasy ideas about workings of the mind （you can program the mind of someone using words from a language that predates civilization）， hacking （hackers being especially vulnerable since they understand binary， they are more vulnerable to reprogramming。。。 sic）， and religion （and also "Jokes。 Urban legends。 Crackpot religions。 Marxism。"） being a mind virus from outer space。。。Well。 Enough said。Reading this book was a loss of time。You want good cyberpunk SF: go back to William Gibson， or Kage Baker， but stay away from this。 。。。more

Mohamad ，

took about 200 pages to get good， took another 100 pages to get really good。 overall fun read， ending wasn't the best。YT was the most enjoyable character。 took about 200 pages to get good， took another 100 pages to get really good。 overall fun read， ending wasn't the best。YT was the most enjoyable character。 。。。more

Ricardo Urresti ，

This is the sci-fi novel that introduces the metaverse， but there are several other intriguing aspects， specially the Sumerian tables and discussion about languages。 Fun to read。

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