Snow Crash
15 hrs. 12 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Neal Stephenson
Author
Neal Stephenson
Narrator
Sergey Orobchuk
Narrator
Sergey Orobchuk
Description
“Avalanche” is a science-fiction novel by Neal Stephenson. Like many of Stephenson’s books, it sits at the intersection of many genres and fields of knowledge, including history, linguistics, and computer science; it has been called both an example of cyberpunk and a deconstruction of that genre. The novel’s adventurous plot, set in an anti-utopian near future—the 21st century—tells of the adventures of a group of heroes caught up in a large-scale conspiracy to control the minds of masses of people using the “Avalanche” virus, simultaneously computer and biological. It also touches on questions of the origins of language and consciousness, in an unusual way interpreting the Sumerian-Akkadian mythology and likening the human brain to a computer.
In the history of science fiction and futurology, the “metaverse” depicted in the novel left a special mark: a worldwide virtual space where people interact with each other through digital avatars. The novel was nominated for the British Science Fiction Association award in 1993 and for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994.
In the history of science fiction and futurology, the “metaverse” depicted in the novel left a special mark: a worldwide virtual space where people interact with each other through digital avatars. The novel was nominated for the British Science Fiction Association award in 1993 and for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1994.
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