Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Snow Crash- Chapters 1-7
After reading the first seven chapters of Snow Crash, I think it is very interesting. In the first chapter I was confused as to what a deliverator was. After realizing it was just a fancy name for pizza delivery boy, I was then amazed at the technolodgy the pizza place had. I think that would be awesome if there really was a pizza place that delivered your pizza within 30 minutes and if they were late, it was free. I do think it is a little crazy how serious it is that none of the deliverers are late though. I understand the pizza place is ran by the mob, but Hiro was actually like cutting through backyards to deliver the pizza on time? I know it is extremly exaggerated because I am sure the owner never would actually land on your lawn in a helicopter to apologize for a late pizza, but I find the book to be a lot more interesting than the Smart Mobs. Another thing that I do not understand is when Hiro is talking about reality and when he is talking about the virtual reality. I can already tell that I am going to get confused throughout the book, but i'm hoping it gets easier to decipher between the two as I continue reading. I am also very interested to see what role Y.T is going to end up playing in this book. I know she helped Hiro out with delivering the pizza but I am excited to see whether the mob is going to repay her, or whether Hiro himself will repay her. I am also excited to see what happens between Hiro and Juanita, will they reunite again or will she help him become rich?? I am excited to keep reading which is a good thing because I am not usually interested in things that deal with technolodgy but Stephenson is making it interesting for me :)
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This sounds like an interesting read. Super high tech pizza delivery run by the mob? That is definately not something you read about often. If only it were like that in real life huh?
Hello. I am actually from the NDSU campus in North Dakota. After reading your blog, I would have to say that this is an extremely chaotic style of book you are reading. I love its premise of mob mentality put towards pizza delivery, talk about overkill. I'm guessing that the mob members are italian, hence the pizza business and not oriental food instead. The idea around this book is really making me hungry for both pizza and information, and I might just have to check it out form the library here in town.
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