The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises...
Now in a gorgeous new hardcover edition featuring never-before-seen material, the "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations...
Weaving contemporary imagery with Sumerian myths and virtual reality, this fast-paced novel of life in the near-future information age offers a hip vision of what's right around the corner in cyberspace.
In near-future Los Angeles, a stranger new designer drug called Snow Crash is making zombies of everyone, and a deadly computer virus is striking down hackers everywhere. Hiro Protagonist, Last of the free-lance hackers, greatest swordfighter in the world, stringer CIA, is the...