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Snow Crash by Neal Stevenson

Snow Crash is an awesome story that is set in the future. It starts out with the main character, Hiro Protagonist, working as a pizza delivery guy. It seems a bit strange for him, since he is a mixed guy, with dreadlocks, dressed in black combat wear, and carrying 2 katanas on his back.

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There's the real world, where America is split up into so many burbclaves -- suburban enclaves, almost all absolutely identical -- and the Federal government is just one small (and still mighty inefficient) nation-state among many others. Then there is the Metaverse, the Internet as it might very well look in the future, a world that can be accessed through any computer, in which one can move about as an avatar, looking as one wishes (within certain limits -- such as: one's avatar can't be taller than one actually is, to prevent the Metaverse being crowded by giants).
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Now, back to me...

The story goes on to be a crazy ass tale of saving a young girl, "Y.T", from the dangerous dude, Raven. With bad guys trying to distribute a virus into the metaverse, appropriately called Snow Crash. This basically kills the user on the other end of the computer, with a virus string of Sumerian origin.

If you want an interesting read, this book is definately for you! I give it an 8 out of 10.

*que the music*

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12/18/2006, 10:34 am

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