Weird (but fun) cyberpunk story. The world that Stephenson built & the characters within were all interesting. The plot itself was enjoyable, & I enjoyed the connections with linguistics & religion. I personally enjoyed the humor in this book, but I feel it wouldn't work for everyone. There were times where the prose was written such that I had some difficulties telling what was happening. However, I overall enjoyed this book ( )

I can see why people like it. An engaging pro-hacker set in an interesting world. Although it wraps up rather suddenly. ( )

Not for all tastes. Dystopian cyberspace novel with ancient myths, and the two main characters are a hacker with a samurai-like avatar and a skateboarding delivery girl. Very strange but sort of fun. Hard to finish it. ( )

I probably would have rated this book higher if I hadn't read [b: Vellum: The Book of All Hours|490966|Vellum (The Book of All Hours, #1)|Hal Duncan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388280313s/490966.jpg|1214913] first, which deals with a lot of the same ideas in a very different way. They're both awesome books, though. ( )

I've heard that Snow Crash is better enjoyed with a knowledge of other Sci-Fi books, since it's a parody. I still found it enjoyable though, even with my non-existing experience with the genre.
The plot is a stretch, it doesn't really make any sense. The author attempts to draw parallels from computers and technology with ancient sumerian theology, but to me it sounded forced, and yes, I get that viruses are connected with blah blah blah in this and that way but please do get back to the sword fights and skateboarding.
The two main characters are a katana wielding guy with dreadlocks--he also happens to be a hacker and helps the mafia deliver pizzas. The other is Y.T., a fifteen year old skater punk, serving as a Kourier. These two make for an interesting duo.
I think it makes up for its incomprehensible plot by being bizarre, surreal, and kitsch. It uses a lot of slang, some of which I had to search up.
The book was published in 1992, which is astounding because much of its content refers to modern concepts. In 1992, computers were bulky, clunky, dumb yellow-white boxes with very limited computing power. Of course, some of its predictions are awkward, but such is to be expected for a book produced three decades ago. It made up the terms "metaverse" and "avatar," and I've heard influenced a lot of important people, like the creators of Google Earth.
The ending wasn't bad. It was abrupt and unexpected. There's no epilogue, we don't get to see the aftermath, it just slides into the author's acknowledgements and about page. ( )