July 23, 2024 |  Genres:  Cyberpunk   Science Fiction  

Snow Crash

In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosoNostra 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.

This was a really visionary book for its time. I'm amazed at how many things were spot on in this book about modern capitalism, technology, and society. I'm even more amazed at the depth of detail this book goes into for each of those categories. It's a really enjoyable read for the most part, export this one section close to the end that in my opinion was just a massive information dump. Other than that, great book and a staple of the cyberpunk genre