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Also Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" deals with a very similar society. I recommend both, though probably would recommend "Snow Crash" to this crew more readily.
by Carrok 11y ago
Also Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" deals with a very similar society. I recommend both, though probably would recommend "Snow Crash" to this crew more readily.
- Karunamon 11y agoInterestingly enough, the "metaverse" of Snow Crash was the direct inspiration for the Second Life game mentioned in the article.
- LargeWu 11y agoAlso REAMDE, which features T'RAIN, the fictional successor to WoW.
- jqm 11y agoI bought and read Snow Crash based on an earlier recommendation from HN. Just to give an alternate opinion, so no one wastes (my opinion) money like I did... I thought the book was absolutely horrible. I like fantasy, I like alternate reality, I like novel concepts... but the parts have to match up and make coherent sense. Snow Crash didn't. At all. The story was contrived, the characters unrealistic, the whole thing didn't really fit together in a way that made sense to the point it ruined it. Sorry for the negativity... but I didn't like the book at all.