{"id":26464,"date":"2023-01-09T07:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=26464"},"modified":"2023-01-09T07:37:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T15:37:16","slug":"%f0%9f%93%9a-snow-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2023\/01\/09\/%f0%9f%93%9a-snow-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"&#x1f4da; Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1328,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/books\\\/123f8aac-2e48-48c7-8da6-3237bf83f66a&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>1\/2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\/books\/123f8aac-2e48-48c7-8da6-3237bf83f66a\">&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;&#x2b50;&#xfe0f;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fun to re-read this for the first time in at least two decades, especially so soon after reading Gibson\u2019s <em>Neuromancer<\/em>. It had been long enough that all I really remembered clearly was the Metaverse and the opening pizza delivery sequence; other pieces I halfway recalled as I read, but much was brand-new all over again. Just as with <em>Neuromancer<\/em>, it\u2019s fascinating to see how these books have influenced modern technology and tech culture. And I always love diving into one of Stephenson\u2019s books. His tendency to cram everything including the proverbial kitchen sink into his books in overly intricate detail mixed with a healthy dose of snark doesn\u2019t work for everyone, but it sure does for me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ns_sc.png\" alt=\"Michael holding Snow Crash\" title=\"ns_sc.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fun to re-read this for the first time in at least two decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036,2049],"tags":[4095],"class_list":["post-26464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-photos","tag-neal-stephenson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}