Snow Crash

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Themes

  • big corporations - especially in terms of individuals fighting against corporate control, corporate dominance in a post-government landscape; statism vs individualism
  • virtual reality
  • viruses and viral behavior (not necessarily just computer viruses)
  • drugs and cybernetics for mind and body modification
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Discussion Questions

Here is an excellent list of Snow Crash Discussion Questions. Students seemed to have a lot of questions about plot points, especially near the end of the book.

Here are some musings on why the author writes the way he does, more here.

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Terms to Know

Here are some terms you should know from Snow Crash. What do these mean in the context of the story?

  • Cosa Nostra
  • RadiKS
  • burbclave
  • harpoon
  • franchise
  • stringer
  • Central Intelligence Corporation
  • U-Stor-It
  • The Library
  • Metaverse
  • The Street
  • Smartwheels
  • bimbo box
  • avatar
  • port (local port, express port)
  • Brandy & Clint
  • The Black Sun
  • hypercard
  • glossolalia
  • daemon
  • Nippon
  • Rat Thing
  • Hiro Protagonist
  • Y.T.
  • Uncle Enzo
  • Raven
  • Juanita Marquez
  • Vasily Chernobyl
  • Da5id
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External Links

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