Snow Crash.Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer, known primarily for his science fiction works in the postcyberpunk genre with a penchant for explorations of society, mathematics, currency, and the history of science. . 2001. Read by Jonathan Davis. Abridged. 4 tapes, 6 hrs. Time Warner AudioBooks. 1-58621-111-0. $24.98. Cardboard, plastic; plot, author, reader notes. A This story of Hiro Protagonist, the leather kimono'd, sword-fighting pizza delivery “Pizza box” redirects here. For the computer form factor, see Pizza box form factor. Pizza delivery is the service of delivering a pizza to a customer. Pizza delivery presents hazards such as robbery and murder. man, freelance hacker, and concert promoter, and his feisty young courier girlfriend Y.T., provides an example of near-sensory overload. The novel overflows with cyber-tech and mystical concepts and is often difficult to follow. But Davis is a perfect fit here, as his wonderful fully voiced reading captures the spirit of Stephenson's novel. It matters little that you may get lost in the story line. You'll hear wit, technology, Sumerian myth and Judeo-Christian philosophy blended into a wildly entertaining melange mé·lange also me·lange n. A mixture: "[a] building crowned with a mélange of antennae and satellite dishes" Howard Kaplan. that takes place in this world and the Metaverse. Listeners will learn about a drug called snow crash that's on everybody's wish list for one reason or another. Stephenson describes weaponry that only a mind like his could come up with. There is gore aplenty a·plen·ty adj. In plentiful supply; abundant: "There were warning signs aplenty for their candidates as well" Michael Gelb. but wit and humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was are woven throughout. Miles Klein, Frisco, TX |
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