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I'm about done reading this for the first time. Can we have a Snow Crash thread? It's kind of blowing my mind.

Favorite characters? Mine's probably Y.T.

>> No.5144533

are you going to read house of leaves next? lmao

>> No.5144550
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>>5144533
>tfw when I'm going to read house of leaves next
WHY DO YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE SUCH ASSHOLES

>> No.5144553

>tfw Y.T. was your first /lit/ waifu

>> No.5144580

>>5144532
>>5144553

>Not jaunita

Shit taste, guys. Stephenson is one of my favourite fun authors, but he still cant do a well-paced ending to save his life. Snow Crash is probably the most fun to read, Cryptonomicon is probably better.

But god damn, the first chapter is the most hilariously over-the-top cyberpunky thing that has ever been devised.

>> No.5144608

>>5144533
>>5144550
I'm reading house of leaves now. What's the joke?

Also OP, I listened to the audiobook of Snowcrash, didn't read it, and I liked it but felt it sloped downwards at an even pace until the end was lousy.
The godfather whose name I forget was my favorite, I think, or one of his henchmen who made me laugh.

>> No.5144741

>>5144580
>first chapter

Shit yes, I remember reading it after Count Zero, which was the first book in the genre I had been exposed to. Blew my 14 year old mind.

>> No.5147013

>>5144580

The ending is really weird. I'm the OP, I just hit the end on my way home. It's... yeah, it's paced strangely. The final fight between Hiro and Raven is great, but the way he kinda just uses SnowScan as a Hack Ex Machina is pretty weak and not explained well enough.

>>5144608

You mean Uncle Enzo! Yeah, Enzo's final stand was fucking amazing, and easily my favorite part of the ending was the entire airport scene.

>>5144741

First chapter was just like "woah what's happening". I was also exposed to the genre with Gibson, but I started with Burning Chrome.

>>5144608
>>5144550
>>5144533

I don't get this joke, but the next book on my stack is Neuromancer.

>> No.5147077

>>5147013

I read neuromancer then snow crash.

I thoroughly enjoyed both. You should as well.

I fucking love Hiro, I like Enzio, I like Hiro's ex. and of course YT

I love the sarcastic feel of a lot of the book, the language they throw around, and the characters' stories and development.

The wording is like a gritty electricity.

And I love the word "loglo"

>> No.5148052

OP read The Diamond Age next.

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>>5144532
I was hooked after the first chapter.
All characters are likable.
Very fun and exciting
Might be because he originally wanted Snow Crash to be a graphic novel
The ending wasn't amazing, but it's still an enjoyable read.


Overall, it's some good cyberpunk filled with absurd idioms and nonstop fun.

>> No.5148074

>>5148070

how does it go to the toilet in that suit

>> No.5148119

Diamond Age >>>>> Snow Crash
And that's coming from someone who loves Snow Crash.
>>5148070
>The ending wasn't amazing, but it's still an enjoyable read.
Stephenson is chronically unable to write a legitimate ending.

>> No.5148133

>>5144532
>Favorite characters?
>Snow Crash

so, /lit/, who's your favorite cardboard cutout 'no really, it's not shit, because he's being ironic! It's a satire anon, so clever!'.

>> No.5148136

>>5148133
eat my ass loser

>> No.5148145

>>5148136
I 'enjoyed' Snow Crash, but its overly satirical style is a little annoying and juvenile (it would make a great Graphic Novel or cartoon, though). The whole McGuffin thing about a 'visual virus' is pants on head retarded and the crammed in summaries of Sumerian mythology are completely beside the point. Even if they were woven into the story, or the plot mechanics of the virus, in some meaningful way (they aren't), they would still just barely be justified as parts of the novel, the way they are presented.

>> No.5148205

>>5148074
woe to he who goes to the toilet in that suit