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What does /lit/ think of Snow Crash, is it pleb tier genre fiction as the cover suggests or does it have literary merit?

>> No.10018508

>>10018502
It's atrocious meme pop sci fi garbage. It's Ready Player One tier.

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>>10018502
>dude i wanted to write some cyberpunk shit but i a WAAAAY to cool for it so its like a kind of parody but is not
>And i cant write and ending to save my balding fucking head

>> No.10018530

>>10018502
Stuff about memetics was fun and not even that dumb. Acid comic-book cyberpunk is not actually a bad genre, Stephenson just didn't milk it enough.

The whole book feels like someone retelling their awesome tabletop campaign and realizing that it sounds lame unless you've played in it in the middle of the story.

>> No.10018548

>>10018502
Makes fun of sci fi pretty good.

>> No.10019077

First half of the book is great, second half is bleh, the ending is absolute shite but it goes by fast.

Still worth a read if you ask me.

>> No.10019348

>>10019077
>First half of the book is great, second half is bleh, the ending is absolute shite but it goes by fast.
I haven't read it in about 10 years, but that's the recollection that I have as well. The book starts great, then kind of meanders, then goes of rail, the end. It's still a very entertaining book.

>> No.10019728

>>10018502
it's fun. something you can read while delivering pizza.

>> No.10020272

>does it have literary merit?
nah is fun for nerds tho


his prose is p laid back
reads like a b movie from the 90s

im reading it for the first time too

>> No.10021320

>>10019728
nice