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It wouldn't be the first prescient thing Neal Stephenson has put in a book. Whenever I see Google Earth, I think of Snow Crash.
by jf 16y ago
It wouldn't be the first prescient thing Neal Stephenson has put in a book. Whenever I see Google Earth, I think of Snow Crash.
- astrange 16y agoWhat do you mean? I don't remember any of the interesting parts of Snow Crash being about 3D globes with search results on them.
- waterlesscloud 16y agoSee excerpt here (also links to interview with a google earth cofounder explicitly crediting snowcrash for inspiration) http://ogleearth.com/2005/09/snow-crash-redux/ http://ogleearth.com/2005/09/snow-crash-redux/
- acon 16y agoSince Google Earth was inspired by Snow Crash I'm not sure you can classify it as prescient in the same way.
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