I'd say it is too edgy to be considered Reddit, and I also don't like the inflationary use of that term...
A lot of reviewers on GR complained about the chapters-long digressions on ancient history, but I quite like the Librarian and Hiro droning on and on about the Sumerians and Enki's masturbatory habits.
I'm about to finish it this weekend in a buddy read with another Anon and so far it's been okayish! It has a few interesting characters and some genuinely funny chapters like the phalanx of turbo-rednecks or the bathroom tissue distribution memo in Fedland. (And of course the kick-ass opening chapters)
Both of the main characters are very much replaceable and just act as a prop to flesh out and coney the ideas Neal is interested in. I wouldn't take the story, for whatever it is, too seriously and just enjoy the ride.
Currently listening to this as an audiobook. It's interesting that there seemed to be lots of books surrounding it which re-interpreted Christian or other myths. Ishmael and Hyperion for example I listened right before.
Snow Crash is alright but not amazing. The descriptions of life in the internet are silly and unintentionally funny.
The cyberpunk genre is really built around an idea of "eyeball kicks" which is a phrase from Rudy Rucker for the ideal style of prose which is crammed with novel, bizarre and entertaining details. This is very entertaining but like eating candy there's no real substance there. Neal as a writer starts with cool scenarios and then works backwards to retrofit his characters with whatever motivation they need to get the scenario to happen.
A funny way to make Gibson sackriders seethe is that the Metaverse and half of the other predictions that Stephenson made in his ironic take on the genre turned out true while literally nothing Gibson shat out happened to pass. Gibson was pure fantasy and the man admitted he doesn't even know how the basic components of a computer work.
Yep. If you can enjoy the book as a sarcastic comedy, the cyberpunk aspects are spot on and it is far more understanding of technology and people in general than Gibson's poorly written slop. God that Pattern Recognition book, the way he writes female characters I am surprised he wasn't cancelled.
I'm reading "Pattern Recognition" right now, and so far the only interesting things that have happened are Cayce using an Apple Cube computer and getting a cigarette burn in her Buzz Rickson jacket made by autistic Japanese fashion designers. I will try to finish it, though.
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I'd drop it and never look back, honestly. If you will believe it the sequels are even worse. His latest book is about what if Hillary Clinton beat Drumpf in the 2016 elections. A bit rich coming from a draft dodger like Gibson.
>that the Metaverse and half of the other predictions that Stephenson made in his ironic take on the genre
other than "the internet", name literally one
Snow Crash is genuinely cringe ironic cringe. Reddit is ironically cringe genuine cringe.
>Hiro Protagonist
Need I say more?
Strong opening chapter but the rest of the book is mediocre. The writing is YA tier but randomly interspliced with an essay on ancient history.
I'd say it is too edgy to be considered Reddit, and I also don't like the inflationary use of that term...
A lot of reviewers on GR complained about the chapters-long digressions on ancient history, but I quite like the Librarian and Hiro droning on and on about the Sumerians and Enki's masturbatory habits.
I'm about to finish it this weekend in a buddy read with another Anon and so far it's been okayish! It has a few interesting characters and some genuinely funny chapters like the phalanx of turbo-rednecks or the bathroom tissue distribution memo in Fedland. (And of course the kick-ass opening chapters)
Both of the main characters are very much replaceable and just act as a prop to flesh out and coney the ideas Neal is interested in. I wouldn't take the story, for whatever it is, too seriously and just enjoy the ride.
It is well worth the read, tbdesu.
>reddit man reads reddit book and posts a review with reddit spacing
>droning on and on about the Sumerians and Enki's masturbatory habits
Only memorable scene tee bee eych
Currently listening to this as an audiobook. It's interesting that there seemed to be lots of books surrounding it which re-interpreted Christian or other myths. Ishmael and Hyperion for example I listened right before.
Snow Crash is alright but not amazing. The descriptions of life in the internet are silly and unintentionally funny.
The cyberpunk genre is really built around an idea of "eyeball kicks" which is a phrase from Rudy Rucker for the ideal style of prose which is crammed with novel, bizarre and entertaining details. This is very entertaining but like eating candy there's no real substance there. Neal as a writer starts with cool scenarios and then works backwards to retrofit his characters with whatever motivation they need to get the scenario to happen.
this pretty much sums it up
it's just a shallow, entertainingly-written, fun book
if you want Very Serious Writing you're looking in the wrong place
reddit - bluepilled safe space for 50-90iq chickenheads conditioned to behave for upvotes
4cheddit - redpilled edgyspace for 110-150iq [self-reported] bullheads conditioned to misbehave for (you)s
And yet, that is a good thing
>I like being in my edgyspace, therefore it's objectively a good thing
A funny way to make Gibson sackriders seethe is that the Metaverse and half of the other predictions that Stephenson made in his ironic take on the genre turned out true while literally nothing Gibson shat out happened to pass. Gibson was pure fantasy and the man admitted he doesn't even know how the basic components of a computer work.
wasn't the metaverse actually named after the vr world in snow crash or some other cyberpunk book? It's been ages since I've read it.
Yep. If you can enjoy the book as a sarcastic comedy, the cyberpunk aspects are spot on and it is far more understanding of technology and people in general than Gibson's poorly written slop. God that Pattern Recognition book, the way he writes female characters I am surprised he wasn't cancelled.
I'm reading "Pattern Recognition" right now, and so far the only interesting things that have happened are Cayce using an Apple Cube computer and getting a cigarette burn in her Buzz Rickson jacket made by autistic Japanese fashion designers. I will try to finish it, though.
I'd drop it and never look back, honestly. If you will believe it the sequels are even worse. His latest book is about what if Hillary Clinton beat Drumpf in the 2016 elections. A bit rich coming from a draft dodger like Gibson.
>that the Metaverse and half of the other predictions that Stephenson made in his ironic take on the genre
other than "the internet", name literally one
Avatar.
that term was already in use when snow crash was written
It sucks.