{"product_id":"snow-crash-9780553380958","title":"Snow Crash","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 best English-language novels - A mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous, you'll recognize it immediately\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison--a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and \u003ci\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/i\u003e is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eIn reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosoNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/i\u003e is] a cross between \u003ci\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/i\u003e and Thomas Pynchon's \u003ci\u003eVineland\u003c\/i\u003e. This is no mere hyperbole.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the twenty-first century.\"\u003cb\u003e--William Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brilliantly realized . . . Stephenson turns out to be an engaging guide to an onrushing tomorrow.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553380958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e45548 \/ Snow Crash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 27\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Neal Stephenson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638753095836,"sku":"9780553380958","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_629e02d0-92f7-4e33-bcba-620982feb048.jpg?v=1603848090","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/snow-crash-9780553380958","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}