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About the book
One of Time’s 100 best English-language novels.
A mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous, you’ll recognize it immediately.
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 CosoNostra 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 cross between Neuromancer and Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland. This is no mere hyperbole.”—The San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century.”—William Gibson“Brilliantly realized . . . Stephenson turns out to be an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow.”—The New York Times Book Review
People recommending Snow Crash
What readers say about ‘Snow Crash’
Austen Allred on Snow Crash
“"One of my favorite books of all-time."”
Ev Williams on Snow Crash
“On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.”
Mark Zuckerberg on Snow Crash
“"Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book]."”
Ryan Shea on Snow Crash
“One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"”
Tobi Lütke on Snow Crash
“"Loved it."”
Sergey Brin on Snow Crash
“"Ten years ahead of the time anticipated what's going to happen."”
Fred Wilson on Snow Crash
“"A lot of what we [at USV] invest in and how we look at the future comes from [this book]."”
Cameron Winklevoss on Snow Crash
“"Love [this book]! We stole from mrb."”
Jensen Huang on Snow Crash
“Jensen Huang credits [this book] for conjuring the metaverse.”
Nolan Bushnell on Snow Crash
“"[One of my ten favorite books] I might think of if I were asked the question at an interview this minute."”
Larry Page on Snow Crash
“Entrepreneur.com article.”
Adam Savage on Snow Crash
“"It's a tough call because I prefer other books of [this author]. But [this book] is so important within the history of science fiction."”
