Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash

[direstraits]

Hmm... I'm not sure, man. I'm inclined to think Stephenson books are very similar stylistically speaking. If you can't get through one Stephenson book because you can't stand the way he frames his stories then I'm inclined to think you won't like the rest. But if it's the story you're bothered with, then why not try something a little contemporary in setting e.g. Cryptonomicon?

ds

 

[Freya]

I'm reading Snow Crash - and really enjoying it. I can see me forcing a lot of my friends to read this one.

 

[sparkchaser]

Hmm... I'm not sure, man. I'm inclined to think Stephenson books are very similar stylistically speaking. If you can't get through one Stephenson book because you can't stand the way he frames his stories then I'm inclined to think you won't like the rest. But if it's the story you're bothered with, then why not try something a little contemporary in setting e.g. Cryptonomicon?

ds

I suppose so but Snow Crash was over the top fun while The Diamond Age was just dark and bleak with little of the comedy in Snow Crash.

 

[direstraits]

Hmm... can't remember anything incredibly funny in Snow Crash, but it was immensely fun.

 

[Flintlock Bill]

I want to have a look at this Snow Crash. What's it actually about?

 

[beer good]

I want to have a look at this Snow Crash. What's it actually about?

It's about a katana-wielding pizza delivery boy/hacker and a 15-year-old skater girl who have to save the world from a cyberthreat that has roots all the way back to ancient Sumer. On a somewhat deeper level, it's about the idea that the core code of humanity, the thought patterns that make us conscious, can be hacked and crashed the same way that a computer can be crashed if a virus corrupts the data on the hard drive. It's all very Burroughsian in a way. Except there's also a guy with a nuclear bomb wired to his pulse.

 

[sparkchaser]

Best. Summary. Ever.

 

[Flintlock Bill]

It's about a katana-wielding pizza delivery boy/hacker and a 15-year-old skater girl who have to save the world from a cyberthreat that has roots all the way back to ancient Sumer. On a somewhat deeper level, it's about the idea that the core code of humanity, the thought patterns that make us conscious, can be hacked and crashed the same way that a computer can be crashed if a virus corrupts the data on the hard drive. It's all very Burroughsian in a way. Except there's also a guy with a nuclear bomb wired to his pulse.

Sooooo . . . nothing too complicated or insane then. Excellent.

 

[beer good]

Joe Cornish to direct adaptation of sci-fi novel Snow Crash | Film | guardian.co.uk

A Snow Crash movie? Directed by the guy who did Attack The Block? Yes please. OK, they're not going to be able to do the book justice, but still. This is going to be so cool.

Unless they somehow fail to cast Danny Trejo as Raven, but come on, what are the odds of that?

 

[sparkchaser]

I am not sure how to feel about this. :/

 

[beer good]

Have you seen Attack The Block?

 

[sparkchaser]

No, not yet. Worth it?

 

[beer good]

Oh yes.

 

[sparkchaser]

If it is available on Netflix, consider it watched.