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Good smart story, liked the characters and the Tron-like premise, the ending was a little dicey but overall a good read

This is the book that solidified my future view. A pivotal and modern Sci fi, that is practically required reading for the genre.

There was a bunch of computers and cars. It was fun. Would read again.
It was way easier to read than,

Great book.

Great book, thanks!

Just finished reading Snow Crash for the sixth (or more) time, and as always was completely captivated by the story. Possibly the best fictional story ever, surely the best distopian/cyber future book ever written.

Stands alone as a fast-paced trip in a near future world. Never dull, but you better hang on, because this is a constantly changing landscape and a varied and dangerous cast of characters. I've never read anything quite like it and I thoroughly enjoyed it all the way to the finish

As expected, and quick turn around. Thank you.

An entertaining yarn, both blessed and cursed by it's 'near future' setting. Stephenson managed to nail some technologies well before they eventuated, but he also demonstrates the dangers of extrapolating current tech. This adds an amusing and slightly nostalgic air that wouldn't have applied in the early 90's. The story itself seems a tad linear to me now and it feels like there is at least one missing chapter but Stephenson's word-craft is such that I felt it a worthy read.

Great read!

great book.. great story.. solid binding.

Considered by many to be a foundational novel of the cyberpunk genre, this novel hs an essential core story thy is compelling and engaging. The characters are well-developed and fun. The dystopian industrialist future and virtual reality tropes are familiar, and some re surprisingly dated, but keep in mind this we one of the first of this genre. Highly recommended, an interesting contrast to William Gibson and other peers.

A fun read

Everything you would expect from Neal Stephenson

Looking forward to my next Stephenson read, enjoyed every page and character. Thanks Neal!

The most stunning novel I'd read at that time. It just knocked me out!

The info on ancient Sumer was surprising. A good read

Such a fun read. I could do with less of the dense history sections, but otherwise very thrilling and enjoyable!

Not as good as I had hoped.

This month, I've read my first William Gibson ("Neuromancer"), Philip K. Dick ("Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"), and Neal Stephenson ("Snow Crash"). William Gibson is that guy who wears black all the time and never talks in class, but you ran into him on a rock climbing outing and he actually seems pretty OK. Philip K. Dick is the guy down the hall who talks all the time and seems really nice, but you're kind of worried about him. And Neal Stephenson is the CS major who shows up to your party with his own bong and sits on your futon BS-ing until 3am, but you invite him to your next party anyway because the stuff he says is so random and you sort of enjoyed it in spite of yourself. His explanations for how the mythology ties in with the technology are especially ridiculous. But it's such a loopy ride and you have to give him credit for even attempting to pull together so many threads into something coherent. Stephenson's arrogance as a coder comes through pretty strongly, but in the doofiest way imaginable (programmers' brains are primed to interpret raw binary! Wahhht?) As for his prose, your mileage may vary; the first few chapters, where he's doing most of his world-building, are the most difficult in this regard. I read the sample and said "Nah", but I eventually went back for the rest. Some people absolutely love his style, though; I'm not enamored, but it wasn't a dealbreaker, either. One critical error he did make was tying the book into a time; his future is already in our past. You may find this totally frustrating. It might help to approach the book from a fantasy or speculative alternate history perspective. And while the book gets fairly dark in tone at times, there's a lot of flat-out silly, Wile E. Coyote stuff throughout. Actually, I learned from the afterword that "Snow Crash" was originally envisioned as a digital graphic novel, and then everything made a LOT more sense. Think of it as a comic book in words, and it's a lot easier to just sit back and enjoy the ride.