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Snow Crash

By: Neal Stephenson
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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About this listen

 Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison - a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.


In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about Infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous...you'll recognize it immediately.

©1992 Neal Stephenson (P)2001 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction Cyberpunk Linguistics Espionage Technology Computer Science Dystopian Imperial Japan

Critic Reviews

"Brilliantly realized...Stephenson turns out to be an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the 21st century." (William Gibson)
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couldn't finish. too hard to get a grasp of. weak characterization nice dig at the corporatism in America and lax gun laws though.

weird

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A genuinely enjoyable read, but I could have done without a certain "romance" element near the end.

Great for it's time?

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Exciting techy action story.
The sound effects and babbling voices between chapters and seemingly slotted in at random are very annoying. Cringe worthy.
Sound is generally a bit grainy but vocal performance was well done.

Good story, bad production

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Fantastic book - creative, funny, exciting and so well written. And a superb narrator does it justice. Highly recommended!

Brilliant

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if anyone wants to make it into a movie 🎬 I would watch it

more please

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The story is pretty rambly and complicated in places but that's what I'd expect from cyberpunk novel! Im sure the narration was great back when first released but the sound effects overlayed on the narrator voice were pretty annoying and made it hard to listen after a while.

Pretty good story and retro narration effects

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Would you listen to Snow Crash again? Why?

It was great but once is enough

What was one of the most memorable moments of Snow Crash?

The crisp narrative style and the punchy narrator. Hilarious and engaging combination

What does Jonathan Davis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

The book is tough going for the first half. Davis' style reveals Stephenson's dry humour exquisitely

Any additional comments?

Highly recommended for something different

A riot

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despite it's technical failings, SNOWCRASH has a compelling core about data, religion and suburban banality

cheesy dated cyberpunk adventure fun

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A really enjoyable read. I loved the humour and highly imaginative analogies which fit in with this irreverent view of a future world. It did get a bit lost at focusing on some unnecessary details, and at times I was unclear which world we were in. But the highlight was the characters that Stephenson develops.

Jonathan Davis's performance was excellent, his style really suited the feel of the story - well done.

A crazy ride

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Audio is a little rough, but it doesn't get in the way of a good story.

My only gripe is the audio quality.

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