Snow Crash

5W Neal Stephenson, New York, 2022. SIGNED.

Notes

Snow Crash, published in 1992 by Neal Stephenson, is a groundbreaking cyberpunk novel that blends satire, futuristic technology, and linguistics. The book follows Hiro Protagonist, a hacker and pizza delivery driver, who uncovers a digital drug called Snow Crash at affects both computers and human brains. The novel envisions a corporatized, anarchic future where the Metaverse serves as a virtual reality escape a concept that later influenced real-world discussions on virtual worlds and the internet.

Neal Stephenson is a prolific writer known for his deep explorations of technology, history, and society. His depiction in Snow Crash significantly shaped modern ideas about virtual reality, influencing platforms like Second Life and Metas vision for a digital world. The book also introduced concepts like avatar its modern sense and anticipated the blending of digital and physical economies. Stephensons work is often credited with helping to define the cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk genres, making Snow Crash a major influence on tech culture and speculative fiction.

Description 

Purple hardback boards with black canvas spine. Original dust jacket. Signed.