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@lproven the old vagina dentata story given ... teeth.
#SciFi Neal Stephenson presented something more subtle in #Snowcrash but the amount of cleverness and prehensility imagined still seems ... out of reach.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat #Snowcrash

Liebes Fediverse:
Durch das Hören der @browserhistory zum Metaverse suche ich das folgende Hörbuch:
Snow Crash von Neal Stephenson (auf Deutsch)
Laut https://www.buecher-magazin.de/rezensionen/hoerbuecher/thriller-und-krimis/snow-crash müsste es von Detlev Bierstedt gelesen worden sein.

#FediHelp #Hoerbuch #Audiobook #NealStephenson #SnowCrash

Head-mounted #VR hardware will never happen, says #NealStephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’
#ScienceFiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “#metaverse” in his 1992 novel #SnowCrash, has argued he and others who believed immersive environments would require head-mounted hardware got it wrong.
‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’
20 years into the future, devices like #smartphones will still dominate.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/neal_stephenson_death_of_metaverse/

@blabberlicious #Snowcrash is #SciFi and more of a warning than a #blueprint #NealStephenson #Metaverse

Today on NovaLandia: "No, Zuckerberg Didn't Create the 'Metaverse'"

Over the last week, or so, or, since Fall 2025, Meta has been in the process of sunsetting their entry into the metaverse on the VR side of things, and cementing it as a mobile-only sort of experience...

https://mkultra.monster/tech/2026/03/18/zuckerberg-and-the-metaverse/

#metaverse #zuckerberg #virtualreality #meta #snowcrash

I'm tyding my stuff and questions arise e.g.
Why do I have two copies of "Snow Crash"
Why are they next to each other on the shelf? I think I would have noticed when I put them there. It doesn't fit my normal chaotic ways.
I'm definitely getting old.
Anyway the local library or one of the many charity shops nearby will have a copy of "Snow Crash" soon.
#tidying #books #NealStephenson #SnowCrash #cyberpunk #ScienceFiction

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, or Charles (Charlie) Stross never predicted this!

#PizzaSignal #SciFiPizza #PizzaPunk
#Neuromancer #SnowCrash #HaltingState #Rule34
#WilliamGibson #Gibson #NealStephenson #CharlesStross
#SciFi #Distopia #Distopian #Cyberpunk

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5750716-pentagon-pizza-report-hegseth/

Half of #Florida is
#Fallout #FL Present Day dystopia
and the other half is
#Snowcrash dystopia.

Amid prepping and playing a Cyberpunk Red session with a friend, I've been rereading Snow Crash.

At 77% through, I'm noticing a pattern of a ton of the violence having a sexualization aspect to it with many of the YT chapters having a "should we check his hard drives?" aspect to them. To use a meme, there's a lot of "writer's barely disguised fetish" going on, or at least the appearance of it. Like, "human shark" going for a crotch bite, what?

#Reading #Bookstodon #Cyberpunk #SnowCrash

Got a Kobo Clara Color for Christmas today. Doing a reread of Snow Crash on it.

Reading 80s cyberpunk in 2025 is sure a mood. The references to videotape and CRTs as things that would still be in use adds a certain retro feel to them these days.

The corporate takeover stuff like "Judge Bob's Judicial System" as a franchise definitely still feels poignant though.

#Reading #Bookstodon #Cyberpunk #SnowCrash

Getting some real Snow Crash vibes from this one.
#AUSA2025 #snowcrash #ratthing

first edition paperback
#nealstephenson #cyberpunk #snowcrash #terminationshock

first edition paperback
#nealstephenson #cyberpunk #snowcrash #terminationshock

first edition paperback
#nealstephenson #cyberpunk #snowcrash #terminationshock

first edition paperback
#nealstephenson #cyberpunk #snowcrash #terminationshock

If you're a Snow Crash fan, you might be interested in these (expired) listings of related goodies at auction. I'm linking to the artwork for the aborted graphic novel which led to Snow Crash, but check out all six lots.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/snow-crash/neal-stephenson-and-tony-sheeder-2

#SnowCrash

I read #SnowCrash by #NealStephenson recently, thinking it had been a long time since I first read it. On the basis that I didn't remember any of it, I must have confused it with another of his novels.

#SF #sciencefiction

The most unrealistic part of #SnowCrash is the suggestion that if your freelance food delivery driver is late or leaves you with someone else's order, the CEO of the place you ordered from will personally come to your house and apologise 😆

#hottake

@strypey
They appear in Neal Stephenson's dystopian SF novel Snow crash.
As does much else.

#NealStephenson #dystopian #SF #novel #snowcrash

I'll have to reread Snow Crash as I'm beginning to think it was prescient as to where the US is heading.

In the book the US has collapsed into various fiefdoms run by corporate entities and mafias. The Feds are just another organisation amongst others.

Well worth a read - the book is fizzing with ideas.

What was slightly disturbing was thinking which current billionaire maps the closest to L Bob Rife.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash

#usa #snowcrash #neilstephenson #cyberpunk

@PavelASamsonov this tooth is a Sumerian curse.

#cantUnSeeIt #snowCrash

If these whackjobs start communicating in Sumerian, we should probably give Neal Stephenson a medal or something.

Guns, God—and Blockchain: Christian nationalists build techno-theocracy in Appalachia: http://archive.today/2025.04.08-235221/https://www.rawstory.com/christian-nationalism-2671692937/ #Dominionism #dystopia #SnowCrash

This line from #SnowCrash stuck out to me

> we’re working on refining our management techniques so that we can control that information no matter where it is - on our hard disks or even inside the programmers’ heads.

Seems like something big tech would stumble over themselves to get ahold of today 😬

@ingo Danke für den Lesetipp.
Mich erinnert’s an Neal Stephensons #SnowCrash. In Dystopien leben ist übrigens scheiße. Lasst uns weiter alles für den überfälligen #Linksruck tun! ✊

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash

#randomthoughts
- #gaming - trying to play #starcitizen is how you learn #patience and #understanding.
- #elitedangerous is an adequate substitute, but after 3k+ hours, its hard to be engrossed anymore.
- #sundayscaries obsoleted by last week's distraction-free work-shopping with my team as we build out our capability and maturity. #anxiety is now excitement. I actually did 5 hours of work today in preparation for the coming week, by choice. Its probably been 10+ years since I chose that end of the work/life balance scale on a Sunday.
- peppermint and chamomile #tea keeps the heart, stomach, and mind #calm
- #Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is more enjoyable than #SnowCrash, probably due to the history and non-apocalyptic relatability.

The scene in _Snow Crash_ where Hiro Protagonist, having temporarily become a gargoyle, socially engineers a motorcycle salesman and scams the fuck out of him... is now possible in this reality.

Something something Torment Nexus something...

h/t @samuteki

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/2/24260262/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses-doxxing-privacy

#surveillance #scifi #doxxing #SnowCrash #privacy #wearable #WearableComputing #WearableElectronics #TormentNexus

20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers.

20 kníh, ktoré ťa formovali. Jedna denne za 20 dní. Bez vysvetlenia, bez recenzie, len obálka knihy.
7/20

#20books20days #20kníh20dní
#bookstodon #Snowcrash #NealStephenson

Ho pre-ordinato l'ultimo libro di #NealStephenson (versione italiana) #TerminationShock

Dello stesso autore ho adorato alcuni libri, ma alcuni li ho trovati un po' mal riusciti. Molto belli #Cryptonomicon e il #Ciclobarocco ; simpatico #SnowCrash (IMHO sopravvalutato dalla critica) e #Zodiac, tra l'altro come l'ultimo è un eco-thriller, ma si vede che è un'opera giovanile.
Il suo migliore IMHO è #Anathem 👍

Vediamo come andrà. Tengo le aspettative basse, così magari ci rimango meno male

Ho pre-ordinato l'ultimo libro di #NealStephenson (versione italiana) #TerminationShock

Dello stesso autore ho adorato alcuni libri, ma alcuni li ho trovati un po' mal riusciti. Molto belli #Cryptonomicon e il #Ciclobarocco ; simpatico #SnowCrash (IMHO sopravvalutato dalla critica) e #Zodiac, tra l'altro come l'ultimo è un eco-thriller, ma si vede che è un'opera giovanile.
Il suo migliore IMHO è #Anathem 👍

Vediamo come andrà. Tengo le aspettative basse, così magari ci rimango meno male

#LiebesTagebuch Verdammt, hab meinen E-Reader in Wien vergessen! Wollte gerade #SnowCrash von #NeilStephenson herunterladen. Was soll ich bloss mit meinem Leben in den nächsten Wochen anfangen?

Neal Stephenson Says AI-Generated ChatGPT Is ‘Simply Not Interesting’ - Author of science-fiction novel “Snow Crash” says the algorithm-based tool falls short of... - https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/03/03/neal-stephenson-says-ai-generated-chatgpt-is-simply-not-interesting/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #nealstephenson #technology #coindesktv #snowcrash #sotheby’s #chatgpt #news #ai

"My book will outlast Zuckerberg's metaverse, people can go read the novel anytime they want,"

https://metanews.com/metaverse-creator-stephenson-opens-up-on-it-30-years-later/

#meta #metaverse #oculus #lalmina1 #nealstephenson #snowcrash #WEF #xeroxparc

Trying, but failing, to knock myself out by reading Neal Stephenson's #Anathem
While it's got some good ideas (Time Monks! Meme Hygiene!), it's awfully kludgy and slow. Especially compared to #SnowCrash or #Seveneves which are both dense, but move along at pace.

#bookstodon

Got some new #books this weekend!
#IronWidow #ABriefHistoryOfBlackHoles #Neuromancer #SnowCrash

'Father' of the Metaverse Neal Stephenson launching Metaverse blockchain

https://cointelegraph.com/news/father-of-the-metaverse-neal-stephenson-launching-metaverse-blockchain

#Metaverseblockchain #NealStephenson #Metaverse #SnowCrash #LAMINA1