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Snow crash author stephenson7/8/2023 review of Quicksilver & The Confusion. The official Web site for Neal Stephenson.Written as Stephen Bury (with his uncle J. I am still waiting for avatars and the whole 3D experience of the "metaverse" (Internet) as described in this book. Another aspect of the novel that I like is Stephenson's ability to point out what's still physically necessary despite cyberspace - such as couriers and pizza delivery. Now that I'm thinking about it, it is time to get another copy of this book and read it again. I like a lot of what he imagines in the near future. In a lot of ways, this books is more accessible than Neuromancer and probably more technically correct, but then Stephenson is what they call second generation cyberpunk. Hiro Protagonist, a pizza delivery driver/hacker and Y.T., a female skateboarding courier, join forces to find out about a new designer drug that can crash hackers and computers alike. This is another great virtual reality novel, one which I read shortly after Gibson's "sprawl" trilogy. ( Jump over to read reviews of Quicksilver and The Confusion)
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