HACKER Q&A
📣 doublemint2203

Has anyone here read Snow Crash?


Has anyone here read Snow Crash?


  👤 qp11 Accepted Answer ✓
I didn't like it. Preferred Vernor Vinge's Rainbows End with similar themes yet much less dystopic.

👤 bediger4000
Yes, good book, but out of date. How many snow crashes have you seen? I can recall triggering them on retro computers like a Color Computer 3 running OS-9, and a Sun 3, but since then, hardware seems to have changed in a fundamental way that doesn't allow snow crashes.

👤 jantypas2
Of course, and as I recall, it had Perl code in it. Classic SciFi in the sense that you take reality, break one and only one rule, and see what happens as you move through time.

👤 gregjor
Are you trying to ddos HN?

https://hn.algolia.com/?q=snow+crash


👤 giorgioz
Yes I've read Snow Crash, Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, Termination Shock and I'm currently reading Reamde

👤 LargoLasskhyfv
Yes.