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> Author Neal Stephenson has been credited for inspiring today’s virtual world startups with his novel Snow Crash. Uh, shouldn't that be "Cryptonomicon"? Enco
by zavulon 16y ago
> Author Neal Stephenson has been credited for inspiring today’s virtual world startups with his novel Snow Crash.
Uh, shouldn't that be "Cryptonomicon"? Encouraging first sentence.
I'm very excited about this though. I thought "Anathem" was Stephenson's best since Snowcrash. I wonder how many pages the total effort is going to be.
- jamesbritt 16y agoHave you read either book?
- jacquesm 16y agoDid you read his comment ? > I thought "Anathem" was Stephenson's best since Snowcrash. Apparently that's a 'yes', since he has read Snowcrash.
- jamesbritt 16y agoI read it and commented before it was edited to include that bit about Anathem. The original post made no mention of reading any book.
- jacquesm 16y agoAh ok... I can't stand those 'silent edits' that make you look like a fool.
- jamesbritt 16y agoYeah, it's bad form to alter a post in reaction to a critical comment, and not indicate there has been a change.
- masklinn 16y ago> Uh, shouldn't that be "Cryptonomicon"? Doubtful. There are no (t much anyway) virtual worlds in Cryptonomicon, though there is a "startup". Snow Crash, on the other hand, has the metaverse. So the qualification seems perfectly correct as far as I'm concerned. I don't find that interpretation much more encouraging, though, as I'm not sure wtf they're talking about (second life?) and where they're trying to go with that.
- whimsy 16y agoSnow Crash also has a startup - Hiro helped write the metaverse... as a startup, if I recall correctly, but I might not. He is also, as his business card says, "Last of the freelance hackers."
- jacobolus 16y agoRaven, the guy who is his own personal sovereign might also be considered a startup of sorts. At least, he created a rather unique business model single handed. :-)
- zavulon 16y agoYeah I guess I missed the "virtual worlds" part and focused on "startups" part
- mkramlich 16y agoSnow Crash came long before Cryptonomicon, and the former dealt more with virtual reality than the latter (IIRC). However, Neuromancer and the other Gibson Cyberpunk novels came well before Snow Crash. Also, Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings.