Snow Crash
A Novel
by Neal Stephenson
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“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
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Co-founder of Twitter and Medium
“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
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Author, entrepreneur, and speaker
“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
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Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Meta Platforms
“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
Source →“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
Source →“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
Source →“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
Source →“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
Source →“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
Source →“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
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Recommended by 36 sources and appears in Cryptography, Cyberpunk, and Science Fiction.
The “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The only relief from the sea of logos is within the autonomous city-states, where law-abiding citizens don’t dare leave their mansions. Hiro delivers pizza to the mansions for a living, defending his pies from marauders when necessary with a matched set of samurai swords. His home is a shared 20 X 30 U-Stor-It. He spends most of his time goggled in to the Metaverse, where his avatar is…
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Recommended by 36 sources and appears in Cryptography, Cyberpunk, and Science Fiction.
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“@EstherCrawford Such a good book!! | @hudsonjameson @monicapuchner Ooh please read Snow Crash, it's a bit of a cliche book to talk about in tech but it's soo good and really changed my thinking when I read it! | @jamaljomaa @tobyordoxford Loved it. I’ve read every book by him! | Childhood sci fi books that most influenced me 2001 Jurassic Park Sphere Rendezvous with Rama ( and several Clarke short stories) Snowcrash I, Robot | Edit: Snow Crash is now one of my favorite books of alltime | I love Snow Crash. | It's a tough call because I prefer other books of Neal Stephenson. But Snow Crash is so important within the history of science fiction. | Snow Crash is an amazing, amazing book. There’s nothing quite similar to Snow Crash. Snow Crash is in a league of its own. | Such a good book but you can?t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn?t work. You have to read it before you?ve been on the internet. | Such a good book but you can’t give it to someone now. I've tried; it doesn’t work. You have to read it before you’ve been on the internet. | Within the computer field, there are classical books I still find impressive, like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. That was really ten years ahead of its time. It kind of anticipated what’s going to happen, and I find that really interesting”
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