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Snow crash is vastly overrated, yes. jh Send a noteboard - 11/10/2015 12:25:43 PM

View original postSnow Crash was one the dumbest books I ever tried to read. Mothing more than juvenile ramblings of an from a mediocre talent displaying a thoughtless disdain for American culture.

But I cannot agree on your conclusion based on one book. Stephenson usually has very interesting ideas, even though he is sort of bad at finishing his stories...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
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