Snow Crash

Author : Neal Stephenson
Genre : Science-fiction, Cyberpunk
Pages : 468
Notes : Times 100 Book List

Net diving, online community MMO-style, hacking by coding, what more could I ask for?

Stephenson seamlessly weaves in Sumerian mythology into the story. Throughout the book, you'll come across whole sections quoting and explaining Sumerian myths. No surprise that the story is pro-altheism. In the story, the Christian ideology of speaking in tongues is thrashed. Well, it was a good story anyway.

I did, however, find some characters loosely tied-in to the plot. Perhaps I hadn't been thorough enough, but felt the supporting characters' motives, or lack thereof, odd. I'm the type that likes details like these to be made clear. Oh yes, and there's the no-nonsense ending, which doesn't give us any epilogue or anything.