Snow Crash-Neal Stephenson

[toodamnloud]

It's the near future. The United States exists as a rump state, just another statelet competing with Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong, New South Africa, and the Mafia. Going through this mess, just trying to make a living by delivering pizza and selling information to the Central Intelligence Company in Langley are Hiro Protagonist, and YT, Kourier

Comments

[lectrix_lecti]

It's got Semitic languages, Biblical references, the history of the Near East, MMOs, samurai swords, action, adventure, compelling characters, and memetics.
What's not to like, eh?

It couldn't have gotten any more tailor made for me without a gay love story.
Hiro/Raven fanfic...?

For some reason, this great book keeps coming up in discussions everywhere lately, and now I desperately want to re-read it but can't find my copy.

Since my copy was falling apart after too much reading anyway, this is a splendid opportunity to get a shiny new one.

Now go read the Baroque Cycle! *fangirls*

[fivestar]

I know so many people who adored this books and I just could not get into it. I think I just may not like the genre. I read Pattern Recognition of his too and although I did finish it, I never felt a part of it like I do most thinks I read.

Makes me sad. I wanted to love it too.

[gruyere]

Pattern Recognition is by William Gibson, not Neal Stephenson.

[fivestar]

Man. I can't even get the authors straight!

[gruyere]

To the lions with you!

[ipsenaut]

I absolutely love this book, though Zodiac is the only other novel of his that I've read. This book doesn't just anticipate MMO culture, but general BoingBoing-esque geek chic.