![]() ![]() And we do mean just around the corner-because while some of the inventions seem a tad far-fetched (cybernetic guard dogs, really?), it's hard not to see parallels to our own world in the corporate world, security-patrolled suburban enclaves, and uneven distribution of wealth that fill this book. ![]() Welcome to Snow Crash, which takes the above-mentioned ideas (along with many more), whirls them all together, and produces a fast-pasted, irreverent romp through a future that's just around the corner. Pour in a lot more…even a little more…Okay, there you go. ![]() Jostle the ingredients to make room for a few more: virtual reality, global conspiracies, memetics, linguistics, and dystopia. ![]() Sprinkle in some Sumerian mythology, Catholicism and other flavors of Christianity, and a bit Aleut culture, then toss in a couple of motorcycles, guns, and tech trinkets. Oh, and you're going to need the biggest brain blender you can conjure, because we're going to be cramming a whole lot of ideas into this one.įirst pour in some hackers and skateboard punks next, a few dashes of detective work and World War II history. Imagine that you are making a smoothie-an idea smoothie, to be exact. ![]()
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