Snow Crash

Snow Crash is a 1992 Neal Stephenson science fiction cyberpunk novel.

Stats

• Publication date: 1992
• Author: Neal Stephenson

Details

People

Fido

(c?) A cyborg security dog.

Hiro Protagonist

(c?) A hacker and early investor in the Metaverse.

L. Bob Rife

(c71) Dies when Fido strikes his jetʼs engine.

Y.T.

(c?) A Kourier.

Things

nam-shub

A spoken phrase capable of reprogramming the human mind. Used by ancient Sumerian priests to control agricultural slaves at scale.

Metaverse

A virtual world with finite real estate maintained by computers networked across the globe through which people conduct business.

Narrative

Chapter summaries

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56		Mr. Lee, Ng, and Uncle Enzo describe nam-shubs.	Mr. Lee, Ng, Uncle Enzo
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68		Hiro replaces the Snow Crash broadcast with a harmless advertisement.	Hiro
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History

• 1992: Originally published.

See also

• Wikipedia:Snow Crash

External links

• bk4, reboil.com