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Snow Crash, Anyone read it?
*mipadi*
post Aug 12 2006, 11:19 AM
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Has anyone here ever read the novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson? It's kind of a nerdy book, but I imagine some people here are nerdy enough to have read it.
 
 
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post Aug 14 2006, 09:14 AM
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Seriously, no one? Shame. Someone should read it. It has everything: computers, philosophy, religion, Sumerian mythology, politics, economics... It's a good read.
 
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post Aug 16 2006, 12:50 PM
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I don't think I'll ever read it. It's too nerdy.
 
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post Aug 16 2006, 01:39 PM
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Yeah, and you're just too cool to read stuff like that.
 
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post Aug 16 2006, 01:48 PM
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No, I'm not that nerdy to read stuff like that. wink.gif
 
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post Aug 16 2006, 02:42 PM
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You don't even know what it's about. tongue.gif
 
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post Aug 17 2006, 12:16 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 14 2006, 4:14 PM) *
Seriously, no one? Shame. Someone should read it. It has everything: computers, philosophy, religion, Sumerian mythology, politics, economics... It's a good read.

I mostly read romance, horror and such. rolleyes.gif
 
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post Aug 18 2006, 01:21 PM
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I really need to get around to reading this as well. We tried to get it passed through the school board in order to read it for Lit Guild, but they declined it. There's nothing bad in it, is there? huh.gif I couldn't imagine what. pinch.gif
 
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post Aug 18 2006, 01:22 PM
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Not really anything bad. There's one scene that refers to sex. That's about it.

The relevance of the novel should far outweight that.
 
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post Aug 18 2006, 01:24 PM
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Bahh. I detest our school board. They decline every book we give them. We're reduced to reading less-exciting books. We barely get by in our discussions. _dry.gif
 
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post Aug 18 2006, 01:26 PM
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It's a shame, it's a good novel to discuss. It's pretty complex, but complexity leads to better discussion.

I never read it through my high school, either. I first read it because my friend's dad was an English professor and used it in a class he taught; he thought I'd like it so he loaned it to me. I've reread it at least three times since then, maybe four.
 
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post Aug 18 2006, 01:28 PM
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I heard oh it but never read it.
Peopl have told me it was a pretty good book.
 
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post Aug 30 2006, 12:54 AM
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Shame no one around here has read it—it's very interesting and deals with a lot of issues present in today's society. It's a good read if anyone's looking for something to read.
 
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post Aug 30 2006, 12:59 AM
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I have it reserved at the library! I'm picking it up tommorrow.
 
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post Sep 5 2006, 10:59 AM
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Did you ever pick it up?

I'm nearly done with it (for the fourth time, at least), so if you want to discuss, that'd be cool.
 
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post Dec 29 2006, 03:51 PM
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*Bump*

i just started this book today (Christmas <3) and i'm already reall yinto it... if for no other reason that constantly trying to make my brain pronounce Da5id is mental excercise
 
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post Dec 30 2006, 10:49 AM
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^ XD.gif There are soooo many names in there that I just.. chose to not even attempt to pronounce. Haha.
 
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post Jan 1 2007, 12:00 PM
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QUOTE(I Shot JFK @ Dec 29 2006, 3:51 PM) *
*Bump*

i just started this book today (Christmas <3) and i'm already reall yinto it... if for no other reason that constantly trying to make my brain pronounce Da5id is mental excercise

It's pronounced "David". No explanation is given for the use of the 5; best idea I've heard is that 5 == V in Roman numerals.
 
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post Jan 2 2007, 07:55 AM
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^ Yea, i worked that out, and felt clever. hehe.

Finished the book... that WAS good, so thaks for the recommendation
 
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post Jan 17 2007, 12:19 AM
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So, any thoughts? I discover something new in Snow Crash every time I read it.
 
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post Jan 17 2007, 08:23 AM
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The fact that i actually want my child to be Y.T.

Do we ever hear her real name, ad I've just forgotten it, or not? Also, I realy want to know what happens to her...

I've studyied glossolalia once before (only the Biblical incedent), and I thought it was interesting to think of sounds as being kind of the fundamental bits of human programing, because if you think about it, it really makes sense... all our brains do is put them in order.

i alos thought the idea of the digital drug was really interesting, given that when the book was written, the internet wasnt as huge or as widely used by the average joe as it i now... I can actually see it happening if someone thinks hard enough about it. It also mad eme think of cb in way... i suppose forums like this are just the first step towards a metaverse...

Oh, and i want an avatar of a giant walking penis.
 
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post Mar 25 2007, 02:37 AM
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Hiro Protagonist is the epitome of bad-assitude.
 
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post Mar 25 2007, 06:03 AM
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^ Yea. And his name is Hiro Protagonist.

More than awesome.

^ Yea. And his name is Hiro Protagonist.

More than awesome.
 
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