スノウ・クラッシュ

Recommended by a friend, now I recommend to you.

i dont read many things more than twice, but when i do, its snow crash

Fantastic book.

Ecellent read

I have not read a ton of sci-fi books, but I heard this was recommended and gave it a shot.
The plot and characters are really out there... very complex and not something you would ever expect.
The book was interesting and captivating at most times, but it really slows down when it gets to explaining an underlying psycho-linguistic theory (connecting the origin of humanity and development of language) that moves the plot. It feels as though the book was written around this theory and not the other way around, don't know if it's such a good thing.

If you like sci-fi and also have deep interest in ancient civilization and language theory - this book could be just for you!
If not, still a very nice book but not a must...

This book is ok. I love anything about futuristic dystopian worlds and read anything close to that genre. This was a teeny bit child like in the design of it's characters though. The writer makes reference to a 15yr old girls arse at least 4 times in this book may I add xD

How could you even ask me how this is? You should know! Give the kindle version to your AI algorithms! Let them get excited about 90's cyberpunk as the rest of us are.

Excellent cyberpunk!

Thought I would enjoy it, but it turned out to not be my taste in reading material.

One of the best Cyberpunk novels every written. Entertaining and fast moving.

I found this novel fantastically ahead of it's time--being penned in '92. The cast of characters was VERY WELL thought out, and it held incredible promise as it began and reached a prolonged fever pitch...but why did the finale have to de-evolve into the archaicly redundant "final battle?"

One very funny passage about office memo but too much of a teenage male fantasy to appeal to me ... lots of violence and even though it takes place in the "metaverse" still offputting. Strong, Sassy 15 year old girl is the saving grace for this technophobe.

Warning - spoiler alert!!

This book was written over 20 years ago, and I am writing this 2 days after the terror attacks in Paris which have resulted in 129 dead and 99 critically injured. I finished reading the book at about the same time as these attacks occurred. In the book many refugees are heading for America, and some very bad people are manipulating the situation. I know how it all finishes in the book, but am not at all sure how the similar situation in Europe will work out in reality.

Stephenson has also done a very good job of constructing a world with a highly developed online component, which comes across as futuristic even now, despite the developments in that field since the book was published in 1992. The future world depicted is believable, and there is another factor which struck me - the inability of a particular minor character to keep up with the changes in society sufficiently to understand the life of her teenage daughter. This has always been an issue in society, of course, but in a society changing as rapidly as the one depicted here, or even in ours, here in reality today, many suffer from "Future Shock" in the sense Alvin Toffler meant it.

This is one of the rare books that has been put in my "Read Again" collection, because it is so clever and complex that I doubt whether I have grasped all of it properly.

Fun read and although getting old still applies to today's technology.

I started off a bit lost but still a great book.

One of my favorite books of all time. A super fresh-feeling sci fi with cyberpunk undertones that will make you keep reading until you reach the end. The writing style is very unique and interesting, which could be a turnoff for some, but I just ate it up.

A great plot that keeps you guessing and a world you won't want to leave when it's done.

Overrated

Great book. Anything from Stephenson is always good. This mixes sci-fi with ninja s*** as well as computer hacking and knowledge and throws in the mystique and love. Solid read.

This book is as I wrote above. It started off fun and almost as a comedic parody of books in the cyberpunk genre. It was considerably interesting and unique. I feel as if it had promised too much. The ending fizzled out with a whimper, almost as though the author just lost all ambition to finish it properly. I found myself repeatedly wishing I was reading Altered Carbon instead of Snow Crash during the last third of the novel. It was just ok, nothing grand in my opinion.

The word "unique" is so often bandied about that it loses its meaning. This book is unique. Haven't read anything this fresh and original in a long long time. Not exactly science fiction and not exactly dystopian, its a whirlwind, slap-you-in-the-face, didn't-see-that-coming kind of book. It left itself wide open to a sequel although one is probably not forthcoming. Starts with a bungled pizza delivery, for heaven's sake! Now anyone reading that sentence might say, "well that's not for me" but they would be wrong. Super duper character development and a fascinating only slightly twisted view of the near future. Get it and read it. It is a great book.

I love it that the villain is a thinly veiled L. Ron Hubbard. Crooks like that need more exposure to ridicule.