eBook, 467 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 26 Agosto 2003 da Bantam Books.
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 cyber-sensibility to bring us the gigantic thriller of the information age. In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's Cosa Nostra Inc., but it 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 mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous... you'll recognize it immediately.From the Paperback edition.
Really enjoyed reading this whilst on holiday in Peru, didn't have many books with me so read it twice.
La prima metà del libro è un capolavoro, dalla seconda metà diventa sempre più difficile leggerlo fino alla fine. Parte con 150 pagine su sumeri per poi complicarsi e non far capire più niente, oltre a perdere la bellezza della scrittura iniziale che si addentra in descrizione di tecnicismi cybepunk superflui e sempre meno entusiasmanti. Le ultime 200 pagine ti spingono ad abbandonarlo, devi resistere a un caos di scrittura di vari eventi in cui hai ormai perso e non compreso i dettagli della storia.
Just started reading this and it's quite amusing. I have read some chapters on a pizza delivery journey with a twist.
My girlfriend lent me this to read on the plane when I had a long flight. Overall entertaining, I didn't feel like I was slogging through (mostly), but it takes itself Way too seriously for a book whose main character is named Hiro Protagonist.
I will admit it took a while for me to warm up to it, but it's actually pretty entertaining and has some cool ideas re: what it means to be a "hacker".
