Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (English) Paperback Book

Description: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Metaverse is cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverses main drag - is Snow Crash, a cyberdrug. Trouble is Snow Crash is also a computer virus - and something more. Because once taken it infects the person behind the avatar. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A new look for cult author Stephensons unstoppable sci-fi classicAfter the Internet, what came next?Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverses main drag - is Snow Crash, a cyberdrug. Trouble is Snow Crash is also a computer virus - and something more. Because once taken it infects the person behind the avatar. Snow Crash bleeds into reality.Which is really bad news for Hiro - freelance hacker and the Metaverses best swordfighter (he wrote the code) - and Y. T. - skateboard kourier, street imp and mouthy teenage girl - because reality was shitty enough before someone started messing with it . . .Exploring linguistics, religion, computer science, politics, philosophy, cryptography and the future of pizza delivery, Snow Crash is a riveting, brake-neck adventure into the fast-approaching future. Notes Reissue with new jacket design. Back Cover A cross between Neuromancer and Thomas Pynchons Vineland. This is no mere hyperbole San Francisco Bay Guardian After the Internet, what came next? Enter the Metaverse - cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverses main drag - is Snow Crash, a cyberdrug. Trouble is Snow Crash is also a computer virus - and something more. Because once taken it infects the person behind the avatar. Snow Crash bleeds into reality. Which is really bad news for Hiro - freelance hacker and the Metaverses best swordfighter (he wrote the code) - and Y. T. - skateboard kourier, street imp and mouthy teenage girl - because reality was shitty enough before someone started messing with it . . . Exploring linguistics, religion, computer science, politics, philosophy, cryptography and the future of pizza delivery, Snow Crash is a riveting, brake-neck adventure into the fast-approaching future. Brilliantly realized. Stephenson [is] an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow New York Times Book Review A fantastic, slam-bang-overdrive, supersurrealistic, comic-spooky whirl through a tomorrow that is already happening. Stephenson is intelligent, perceptive, hip Timothy Leary Like a Pynchon novel with the brakes removed Washington Post [thumbnail of Diamond Age] Author Biography Neal Stephenson is the author of the three-volume historical epic The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion and The System of the World) as well as the novels Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age (winner of a Hugo Award), Snow Crash, Zodiac, Anathem and Reamde. He lives in Seattle, Washington. Review Stephenson excels in marrying geekspeak with riotous action * Guardian *A cross between Neuromancer and Thomas Pynchons Vineland. This is no mere hyperbole * San Francisco Bay Guardian *Brilliantly realized. Stephenson [is] an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow * The New York Times *A fantastic, slam-bang-overdrive, supersurrealistic, comic-spooky whirl through a tomorrow that is already happening. Stephenson is intelligent, perceptive, hip * Timothy Leary *Like a Pynchon novel with the brakes removed * Washington Post * Review Text Stephenson excels in marrying geekspeak with riotous action Review Quote Stephenson excels in marrying geekspeak with riotous action Promotional "Headline" A new look for cult author Stephensons unstoppable sci-fi classic Details ISBN0241953189 Author Neal Stephenson Year 2011 ISBN-10 0241953189 ISBN-13 9780241953181 Media Book Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title SNOW CRASH NEAL STEPHENSON Language English Residence Seattle, WA, US Format Paperback Pages 448 Publication Date 2011-06-02 UK Release Date 2011-06-02 Edited by Franny Choi Birth 1916 Death 1990 Affiliation IST Austria Position Assistant Professor Qualifications PsyD DEWEY 813.6 Audience General NZ Release Date 2011-09-11 AU Release Date 2011-09-11 Alternative 9780141924045 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:36641030;

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