The world of Snowcrash seems to become more likely every year.
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Replying to @Plinz
I realized that I have still not yet read Snowcrash. I wonder how it has stood the test of time? Still fresh? I wonder how it compares to stuff from Peter Watts such as Blindsight, Echopraxia etc? (He also wrote this piece on the current situation: https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=9224 )
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Closest P. Watts book would be "Maelstrom" from Rifters trilogy. Watts doesn't go that deep when it comes to ideas about society, culture etc And Snow Crash is a more fun (most Watts book are devoid of fun).
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Interesting. I have to say I disagree on the fun aspect. Reading through Blindsight, Echopraxia and the related novels was some of the most fun times I have had. Have not read the Rifters stuff yet.
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they are bleak and depressing in setting. They are fun to read. Snow Crash is hackers/sword fights/road chases/patomic bombs. "FUN" in a sense what 12-16 year old boys would consider fun.
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Snowcrash is a classic, up there with Neuromancer, so you have to read it. The style is deliberately cartoonish and over the top (which Stephenson does much better than realism), choosing satire as the medium to get deeply relevant technological and sociopolitical ideas across.
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Also it’s the book with the most appropriately named main character
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