Science fiction
Snow Crash
A pizza deliveryman who is also a master hacker finds a dangerous new drug that works inside a virtual world. It leads him into a conflict among franchised city-states, an eccentric media tycoon and a sword-wielding young courier.
- First published
- 1992
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want zany, idea-packed cyberpunk with a satirical eye on corporations and religion.
Skip this if you dislike long info-dumps about language and history that interrupt the action.
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