Neal Stephenson
What’s inside
Snow Crash is a sci-fi novel portraying a future America fragmented into corporate city-states, where a computer virus and drug called Snow Crash threatens both the virtual world and reality.
You’ll Learn
- Insight into potential future technological landscapes
- Understanding of the implications of virtual reality
- Exploration of language and mythology in a tech context
- Reflection on corporate and government power dynamics
Key Points
- America’s corporate-dominated landscape
- The Metaverse and its hacker culture
- The protagonist Hiro, a pizza delivery guy and hacker
- The computer virus and drug Snow Crash
- The convergence of reality and virtual reality
- The Sumerian language’s role in the plot
- The struggle against a dangerous oligarch
Who’s it For
- Science fiction enthusiasts
- Cyberpunk fans
- Technology buffs
- Readers interested in social commentary
About the author
Neal Stephenson is a prolific author known for his speculative fiction, exploring themes of science, technology, and history with complexity and depth.