"Snow Crash" is a science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 1992. The story is set in a future in which the United States has been divided up into corporate-controlled city-states and a vast virtual reality network called the Metaverse, which is inhabited by people who use digital avatars to interact with each other. The novel follows the adventures of a young hacker named Hiro Protagonist, who becomes embroiled in a plot involving a new drug called Snow Crash, which has the power to infect users with a computer virus and reprogram their brains. Along the way, Hiro teams up with a skateboarding courier named Y.T. and a badass swordsman named Raven to uncover the truth behind Snow Crash and prevent its spread. The book explores themes of language, religion, and the relationship between humans and technology.
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