Snow Crash

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Summary: As good as it gets!
Review: Brilliant! Neal Stephenson pulls out all the stops in this one. Everything present in Snow Crash, from the plot to the metaverse, is fascinating. Unlike the equally brilliant Neuromancer, Snow Crash has a positive upbeat feal and a, dare I say, happy ending. In my mind, Stephenson is clearly the next great cyberpunk writer(Gibson being the first).

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Summary: Awesome
Review: I really enjoyed this book alot. I actually wound up reading it twice. I cannot understand for the life of me why Neal's books are usually put in the Science Fiction catagory. It is just pure enjoyment if you ask me.

All of Neal's books are well written and enjoyable to read.

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Summary: An incredible book
Review: Snow Crash, is without a doubt, one of the most adventurous techno-thrillers I've ever read. Stephenson has managed to interweave fact, mythology, and his own fiction to create a plot so intertwined and multi-faceted that you'll probably never fully understand it. :) But that's okay, because Stephenson has also packed the book full of exciting fight scenes, huge explosions (well, one at least), sex, and special effects. The world Stephenson creates in Snow Crash is both incredibly fantastical and fully believable. One must wonder how often Stephenson himself got lost in the plot while writing this book. So, if you enjoy a good techno-thriller, an exciting action novel, or just an all-around incredible book, give Snow Crash a try.

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Summary: Unfulfilling.
Review: This exciting, imaginative tale is marred by its homogenous characters and puerile sensibility.

For example: two-thirds in we're finally given a good look at Raven, the story's mysterious bad guy, who turns out to be just another foul-mouthed boor with a bad 'tude.

And, as they say, it's all downhill from there: the remainder is almost unreadable, as the author turns to insipid, highly contrived monologue/action sequences to come up with an ending - ANY ending, I imagine. This is an extreme disappointment after the blazing, highly readable opening chapters.

Oh, well - there are some interesting bits: some of the satire is funny, the technology is funky, and the premise, although poorly executed, is fascinating. Still, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.

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Summary: Review #275: In case the first reviews didn't convince you.
Review: Read it four times, more than any other book. Unbelievable. Highly visual. Godlike. Steal a copy today!

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Summary: Good book, but start instead with The Diamond Age
Review: I liked this one, but enjoyed another of Stephenson's books, The Diamond Age, quite a bit more. Most people with children would probably agree. I suspect that the Amazon reviewer who put Snow Crash in the Sci-fi top 25 list is on the young side.

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Summary: Save your time and money
Review: While Neil Stephenson shows some promise in this book, which will later show up as full-blown talent in Cryptonomicon, this is one of his works that is best avioded. The characters are two-dimensional, the setting is poorly thought out, and the "science" behind the eponymous drug and the mysterious illness related to it is no contrived and patently impossible as to cause a reader physical pain. There are some cute moments and good ideas in this book, but not enough to redeem it. This is one of Stephenson's earlier works, and it shows, do yourself a favor, skip this and move onto his later writings, which are much more polished.

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Summary: The Other Cyberpunk Book
Review: Snow Crash might seem like a really wierd book at first with humour and hitech. However, as the plot evolves you will get hooked, like a piece of meat in the slautherhouse! Hiro and Y.T. will charm you with fast fighting and fast talk.

"William Gibson meets Douglas Adams" is quite a good description, and I think anyone who likes either one of these two will have a blast with "Snow Crash".

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Summary: Cyberfiction meets Techno Thrillers with great results
Review: Snowcrash was recommended to me by two different people on the same day and boy were they right. This book provides an interested,if sometimes disturbing, view of the future. Stephanson's prose are gritty, clean, and surprisingly smart. He knows how to write a fast paced and sophisticated book. If you like irony and juxtaposition this is a great book. Not traditional science fiction but a cross between SCI-FI and Techno-thriller.

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Summary: its not a movie yet?
Review: This is a fantastic book. I could'nt put it down. The charactors & story are as clever as Gibson's. You never stop cheering the odd cast of Hiro's. I am suprised that Keanu hasn't been looking at a script of this sci/action/thriller. Of course the big screen is never as good as your own imagination so buy it & read it. You will not be disappointed.