• 51 • “LAST OF THE FREELANCE HACKERS, GREATEST SWORD FIGHTER IN THE WORLD”: FIRST EDITION OF NEAL STEPHENSON’S SNOW CRASH 51 STEPHENSON, Neal. Snow Crash. New York, 1992. Octavo, original half navy cloth, dust jacket. $5500 First edition of Stephenson’s high-concept, high-energy novel of the Metaverse—”a permanent virtual reality… that has taken on a life (and death) of its own” (New York Times). Set in “an onrushing tomorrow that is as farcical as it is horrific” (New York Times), Stephenson’s acclaimed third novel—it earned a spot on Time’s list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923—established him as a major voice in modern science fiction. It also popularized the use of the word “avatar” in computer gaming and online interactions. “A complex stew of cyberspace high jinks, religion, off-thewall humor and action-adventure sequences… Snow Crash is a genuinely dazzling novel” (Anatomy of Wonder II-1077). Issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback; the hardcover issue is far scarcer. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with one closed tear to front flap, otherwise fine.
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