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Hiro Protagonist (who has chosen his own name, of course) turns out to be entertaining company, and Mr. Stephenson turns out to be an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow that is as farcical as it is horrific. Stephenson has not stepped, he has vaulted onto the literary stage with this novel. A cross between Neuromancer and Thomas Pynchon's Vineland. This is no mere hyperbole. Belongs to Publisher SeriesGoldmann (45302) Is contained inContainsHas as a student's study guide
In the future the only relief from the sea of logos is the computer-generated universe of virtual reality. Now a strange computer virus, called Snow Crash, is striking down hackers, leaving an unlikely young man as humankind's last hope. No library descriptions found.
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Sin embargo, a pesar de todo lo bueno que tiene, también os digo que hacia el final sí sentí cierto desasosiego al convertirse la trama perfectamente orquestada desde el principio en una historia coral con más personajes de los necesarios para su desarrollo, que encima viven en dos mundos a la vez, que en uno de ellos están en diferentes sitios, y que convierten todo lo que tocan en una espiral de violencia bastante caótica. En las notas del autor al final del libro, confiesa que se le hizo bastante complicado escribirlo; tras leerlo, yo confieso que se me ha hecho ligeramente difícil seguir todo lo que estaba pasando con tanta explosión, tanta gente tan molona y tantas cosas pasando a la vez.
Aún así, es muy buena cosa. (