スノウ・クラッシュ

Quite advanced for its time, still extremely relevant today.

This is a great dystopian tale of the future.Considering that it was written in the mid 1990's the author shows an eerie prescience in the way virtual reality has developed. Couple that with a crash course in Linguistics and the origin of different languages the reader is left with a tale of Anthropological understanding as well as a ripping good yarn.

Just read it. I promise you will like it. If the first few paragraphs sent just grab you, I'm not sure what will.

Classic. Read it.

I wish I could have written this book. I've been toying around with the same plot idea for years but I have no gift for characters which makes it pretty hard to write a novel. Stephenson has a gift for both plot and character along with a breathtaking imagination.

One of the top SF books of all time. Several ideas put forth will become reality very close to the way they are described in this book. NS is visionary.

Amazeballs

There were a lot of fantastic futuristic technological advances except for this one item which, by the way, was what the whole plot centered on. Although, if he would've projected this device into the future, there wouldn't have been a story. Sorry, I'm being vague because I don't want to give anything away.

This is the first book I've read by Neal Stephenson. It's fast paced, descriptive and investigative.

this book is awesome

Great read!

Starts off a little slow, but it builds to a thrilling finish. The story is smart and stimulating. If, like me, you like dystopian sci-fi this might be a book for you.

The dystopic future that would have been born out of the tech boom of 80's, but maybe even more relevant today. A fun ride.

A must read cyber punk novel that thumbs its nose at the status quo. Neal has got himself a fan.

Awesome book. I do hope his view of the future is not accurate, though it is plausible. I enjoyed this book and the linguistic lesson it contained

A huge palette of ancient and current religion, neuro-linguistics, business through mega-corps, church and personal relationships, and city-states the a few city blocks in size, all painted on a VR world .... amazing!

TL;DR - your preferred news feed is a virus.

Some excellent writing from early Stephenson. A good read (and re-read).

While reading this book during my 2016 vacation, I had to check the date of the first publication several times. I was astonished at some of the things described in the book, for they are today realities and not sci-fi anymore. The author reminded me then of Julius Verne, another great visionary. Did Neal Stephenson invented the word "avatar" in this book? Was he the first to dream about a virtual world in which people would socialise via their internet connectivity?
That's the most fascinating thing about this book. The story hooks you quickly and contains the needed elements of a very good sci-fi thriller: future tech together with ancient myths, main characters that are almost super-human in their own particular field of expertise and a world that has few chances to succeed. I enjoyed the plot although at some point the whole story felt a bit stretched, with some elements being forced-in rather than naturally developed from the story. Nevertheless, a good book for switching off, by switching on to the "metaverse".

Brilliant, funny, original, exciting, and thought-provoking. A vividly described not-so-future world, with characters you'll love and ideas you definitely won't see anywhere else.

visionary work.