Snow Crash

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



What a truly amazing book! It's a futuristic thriller, written by a novelist with a stunning power of imagination. Unlike some of his later books, this one is fast-paced, almost to the point where too much is happening at once.

One of the things I really loved about this book is that the baddest bad guy is an Aleut. It's rare to have an American Indian who's not some kind of stereotype, and this guy really isn't. He's just incredibly awesome.

The protagonist of the story is named Hiro Protagonist (yeah!) and he's a half-black, half-Japanese hacker/swordsman. I know, it almost sounds like too much, but it turns out that he's really cool and it's not overdone.

The imagination Stephenson displays in this book is simply stunning. Connecting Sumerian myths to computer viruses and drugs is pretty original, but more than that is the work he's done building his socio-political world.

This book was a great read, and I highly recommend it to people who like thrillers or speculative fiction.



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