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Snow Crash - Wikipedia. Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1.

Like many of Stephenson's other novels it covers history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, religion, computer science, politics, cryptography, memetics and philosophy. Stephenson explained the title of the novel in his 1. In the Beginning.. Was the Command Line" as his term for a particular software failure mode on the early Apple Macintosh computer. Stephenson wrote about the Macintosh that "When the computer crashed and wrote gibberish into the bitmap, the result was something that looked vaguely like static on a broken television set—a 'snow crash' ".

Stephenson has also mentioned that Julian Jaynes' book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind was one of the main influences on Snow Crash.[1]The book presents the Sumerian language as the firmwareprogramming language for the brainstem, which is supposedly functioning as the BIOS for the human brain. According to characters in the book, the goddess Asherah is the personification of a linguistic virus, similar to a computer virus. The god Enki created a counter- program which he called a nam- shub that caused all of humanity to speak different languages as a protection against Asherah (a re- interpretation of the ancient Near Eastern story of the Tower of Babel). Snow Crash was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award in 1.

Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1. Background[edit]The story begins in Los Angeles in the 2. United States. The federal government of the United States has ceded most of its power and territory to private organizations and entrepreneurs.[4]Franchising, individual sovereignty, and private vehicles reign supreme over the landscape. Mercenary armies compete for national defense contracts while private security guards preserve the peace in sovereign, gated housing developments.

Highway companies compete to attract drivers to their roads and all mail delivery is by hired courier. The remnants of government maintain authority only in isolated compounds where they transact tedious make- work that is, by and large, irrelevant to the dynamic society around them. Much of the territory ceded by the government has been carved up into sovereign enclaves, each run by its own big business franchise (such as "Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong", or the corporatized American Mafia) or the various residential burbclaves—suburban enclaves that were inspired by the quasi- sovereign gated communities legalized in California by the Davis–Stirling Common Interest Development Act.[citation needed]This arrangement resembles anarcho- capitalism, a theme Stephenson carries over to his next novel The Diamond Age. As described in both novels and the short story "The Great Simoleon Caper" (1.

US dollar to the extent that trillion dollar bills—Ed Meeses—are nearly disregarded and the quadrillion dollar note—the Gipper—is the standard 'small' bill. Hyperinflation encouraged people to use electronic currency which is exchanged in encrypted online transactions and is hence untaxable. For physical transactions, they resort to alternative, non- hyperinflated currencies such as yen or "Kongbucks" (the official currency of Mr. FR-EE Love Full Movie. Lee's Greater Hong Kong). Hyperinflation has also negatively affected much of the rest of the world (with some exceptions like Japan), resulting in waves of desperate refugees from Asia who cross the Pacific in rickety ships hoping to arrive in North America. The Metaverse, a phrase coined by Stephenson as a successor to the Internet, constitutes Stephenson's vision of how a virtual reality- based Internet might evolve in the near future.

Resembling a massively multiplayer online game (MMO), the Metaverse is populated by user- controlled avatars as well as system daemons. Although there are public- access Metaverse terminals in Reality, using them carries a social stigma among Metaverse denizens, in part because of the poor visual representations of themselves as low- quality avatars. Status in the Metaverse is a function of two things: access to restricted environments such as the Black Sun, an exclusive Metaverse club, and technical acumen, which is often demonstrated by the sophistication of one's avatar. Plot summary[edit]Hiro Protagonist is a hacker and pizza delivery driver for the Mafia. He meets Y. T. (short for Yours Truly), a young skateboard Kourier (courier), during a failed attempt to make a delivery on time.

Y. T. completes the delivery on his behalf and they strike up a partnership, gathering intel and selling it to the CIC, the for- profit organization that evolved from the CIA's merger with the Library of Congress. Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named Raven who hints that it is a form of narcotic. Hiro's friend and fellow hacker Da.

Da. 5id to suffer brain damage in the real world. Hiro meets his ex- girlfriend Juanita Marquez, who gives him a database containing a large amount of research, positing connections between the virus, ancient Sumerian culture and the legend of Tower of Babel. Juanita advises him to be careful and disappears.

The Mafia boss Uncle Enzo begins to take a paternal interest in Y. T. Impressed by her attitude and initiative, he arranges to meet her and offers her freelance jobs. Hiro's investigations and Y. T.'s intelligence gathering begin to coincide, with links between the neuro- linguistic viruses, a religious organization known as Reverend Wayne's Pearly Gates and a media magnate named L. Bob Rife beginning to emerge. Juanita's research showed that the ancient Sumerian ur- language allowed brain function to be 'programmed' using audio stimuli in conjunction with a DNA altering virus. Sumerian culture was organized around these programs (known as me) which were administered by priests to the populace.

Enki, a figure of legend, developed a counter- virus (known as the nam- shub of Enki) which when delivered stopped the Sumerian language from being processed by the brain and led to the development of other, less literal languages, giving birth to the Babel myth. L. Bob Rife had been collecting Sumerian artifacts and developed the drug Snow Crash in order to make the public vulnerable to new forms of me which he would control.

The physical form of the virus is distributed in the form of an addictive drug and within Reverend Wayne's church via infected blood. Beyond The Reach Full Movie In English. There is also a digital version to which hackers are especially vulnerable as they are accustomed to processing information in binary form. Hiro heads north to where the Raft, a huge collection of boats containing Eurasian refugees, is approaching the American coast.

Rife has been using the Raft as a mechanism to indoctrinate and infect thousands with the virus and so import it to America. Y. T. is captured and brought to Rife on the Raft, who intends to use her as a hostage, knowing her connection to Uncle Enzo. With help from the Mafia, Hiro makes it onto the raft and recovers the nam- shub of Enki which Rife had been concealing. With help from Juanita who had previously infiltrated the Raft, the nam- shub is read out and Rife's control over the Raft is broken. Rife flees the Raft, taking Y.

T., and Raven attempts to activate the digital form of Snow Crash at a virtual concert within the Metaverse. Hiro is able to neutralize the virus and Y. T. escapes. After a confrontation with the Mafia, Raven is injured, and Rife is killed as he attempts to flee on his private jet.

Y. T. is reunited with her mother and Hiro and Juanita appear reconciled. Characteristic technologies[edit]Various technologies are employed in this fictional world, and help define it. Among these are: Rat Things[edit]Rat Things, also known as semi- autonomous guard units, are cybernetic personal defensive guards found in and around Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong. Engineered from pit bull terriers surgically augmented with cybernetic components, Rat Things are named for their long, flexible tails.