Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson - So You Haven't Read
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So you haven't read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson? Then pull up a seat as we jack into the sci-fi Metaverse in this cyberpunk novel that centers around Hero Protagonist. A CosoNostra Pizza delivery ninja that wields a mighty katana and is ready to fight hackers who are dealing digital narcotics. Ones written in an ancient Sumerian code by a virtual villain that could send this dystopian future into the apocalypse.
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@extrahistory Жыл бұрын
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@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын
Meh 😑
@wuyuetianwo1100 Жыл бұрын
@@pyeitme508 unfortunately i cannot buy a membership, but i still greatly respect EH for their work and aspire to be a supporter.
@badomen7199 Жыл бұрын
I aint got the money for that
@josephteller9715 Жыл бұрын
I already have a sub account on Nebula/Curiosity Stream... have had one for several years.
@lolaartemis Жыл бұрын
I bought Nebula, it's awesome, but many videos don't have any closed captions. I need closed captions, even just KZfaq's auotomated 'close enough' captioning. So, an extra history video pops up on Nebula, and I have to go look for it on KZfaq a day or two later, where the captions are.
@pavarottiaardvark3431 Жыл бұрын
Appropriately enough, Snow Crash is ALSO a mythology story, which delves deeply into the myths of Sumer.
@nathanseper8738 Жыл бұрын
Really? How does the book make references to Sumerian myths?
@pavarottiaardvark3431 Жыл бұрын
@@nathanseper8738 The fact that the Sumerian Language can "hack the brain" has to be worked out by Hiro and another character called Juanita. They learn this partly by studying the tales regarding Enki and similar fertility/water myths in other ancient religions.
@nathanseper8738 Жыл бұрын
@@pavarottiaardvark3431 Prescient science fiction and Sumerian gods in one book? Sounds like an excellent read.
@travcollier Жыл бұрын
The meat space virus is neurolinguistic. The mythology is that before the fall of the Tower of Babel, people spoke a language which access deep into the brain... Effectively programming. Pretty much mind control.. Great for maintaining social order. A "god" named Enki did not like this, so devised an incantation which basically hacked the brain and broke the ability to understand that deep language. In Snow Crash, a thinly veiled L Ron Hubbard character is spreading another virus, in various forms (linguistic, digital, physical) to reactivate that deep language and effectively create a mass of more-or-less mindless followers. Interestingly, the digital form (a bitmap) pretty much just fries the brains of hackers because they understand/process it in a way normies don't.
@autarchex Жыл бұрын
@@nathanseper8738malicious use of the namshub of Enki to modify human language centers, Babel-style, is central to the plot. Though I have heard that current text interpretation no longer supports the central idea that holds up the plot, alas. Totally not my field though so treat that as "I heard it on the internet"
@UnreasonableOpinions Жыл бұрын
Snow Crash having a surface of cool over a massive pool of rage is responsible for countless tech-bros utterly convinced that they are secretly Hiro Protagonist despite having the exact worldview and plans of L Bob Rife.
@Shadowreaper5 Жыл бұрын
The university made all of the human factors majors read this book, and through them I found this book. It's crazy how accurately he predicted technology. I also like that Hiro and YT are absolutely not hooked up at the end even though they are set up as the main man and woman in the story.
@wingracer1614 Жыл бұрын
Yep though YT and Raven is a bit problematic considering her age.
@YourFunkiness Жыл бұрын
@@wingracer1614 And, it's not like the pairing was portrayed as a good thing.
@tecpaocelotl Жыл бұрын
They will be in the movie if it happens. Lol.
@YourFunkiness Жыл бұрын
@@tecpaocelotl I hate that you're right about that.
@ghaze6262 Жыл бұрын
@@YourFunkiness The real issue for me is that YT could've been 18 without it actually changing anything in the story. It was 0% necessary to the story for her to be underage
@MarBarz Жыл бұрын
I loved this series and can't wait for it to come back but i also cant wait for extra mythology this is so exciting
@extrahistory Жыл бұрын
We're so happy we got to read so many new books for this series but digging back into mythology is going to be fun! Thanks for watching!
@pyeitme508 Жыл бұрын
@@extrahistory lol 😂
@janina7570 Жыл бұрын
The critical role reference came unexpected. But is very much appreciated :D
@JamesQPurcell Жыл бұрын
The opening sequence of Snowcrash is so wild and crazy, its hard to top. I went in expecting a cyberpunk adventure, and got a completely batshit crazy sci-fi comedy. I love Snowcrash.
@Gregbot9000 Жыл бұрын
Apparently it only takes about two gallons of gas worth of energy to theoretically fire a pound of bacon into the Asteroid Belt
@Warsie Жыл бұрын
You will prolly like some of cory doctorows writing
@JAzzWoods-ik4vv 5 ай бұрын
Agreed! I read the book on a recommendation as a "serious sci fi" and read the first few chapter and thought of abandoning it. Decided to continue (mainly cause of "cosa nostra pizza delivery" hinting it wasnt that serious). And ended up really liking it. Not perfect, but exciting and really funny at parts
@nilus2k Ай бұрын
I fairly certain the author has states that Snow Crash is suppose to be seen as Cyberpunk Parody. It’s still Cyberpunk but it takes the self seriousness of Gibson and applies it to such mundane things that it gets silly.
@EyalBrown Жыл бұрын
Ends of series are always sad, but I know that you'll bring us even more amazing stuff and I just. Can't. Wait!
@ecurewitz Жыл бұрын
Yess!
@ZechsMerquise195 Жыл бұрын
Let's hope it is just a short pause.
@YourFunkiness Жыл бұрын
Read it. Good story. I'm bummed you didn't talk about one of the major themes of this book: self-replicating information, and how a virus, a corporation, and a religion are all basically the same thing: self-replicating information propagating itself through human hosts. But I'm also glad about how much fun stuff you left for the reader to discover for themselves. Especially the knowledge that, when all else fails, people will listen to Reason.
@YourFunkiness Жыл бұрын
Also, Raven is awesome and I want to port him into a Shadowrun game sometime.
@stephanieaensland6520 Жыл бұрын
Everyone listens to Reason.
@cobaltflynt7736 Жыл бұрын
@@stephanieaensland6520 unless it crashes lol
@crimsonpresents Жыл бұрын
Zoey being a ninja hacker is exactly where I thought her antics would land her. Proud of her
@stephanieaensland6520 Жыл бұрын
While the deeper philosophical and political messaging of its pseudo-sequel, "Diamond Age" stuck with me far longer, "Snow Crash" was one of THE foundational books of my early and mid teen years. I will never, as long as I live, forget Raven's pitch perfect introduction, or how ludicrously sensible the world was, or, most importantly, how "everyone listens to Reason."
@DevinParker Жыл бұрын
I was introduced to Snow Crash shortly after it was published when Steve Jackson Games' publication, Pyramid Magazine, printed the entire first chapter in an issue because the entire staff loved the book so much and were certain that reading the first chapter would get people hooked. They were absolutely right: that first chapter hooks you like crazy.
@JaimeNyx15 Жыл бұрын
Both “So You Haven’t Read” and “Extra Mythology” are excellent, and I’m glad to have either one even if we can’t do both at once. Thanks for both of these series!
@Shaftoe28 Жыл бұрын
Its so amazing for you all to be talking about Neal Stephenson. He has been my favorite writer for almost 10 years, I've read all his works and its all amazing. Though I know it would so hard to put into a video, you all should try to do one on the Baroque cycle from him.
@andrebrynkus2055 Жыл бұрын
Oh, I've definitely read Snow Crash. My favourite book and it really opened up the genres of cyberpunk and post-cyberpunk up for me when I first read it in high school.
@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing Жыл бұрын
As much as I love Neal, and he is my fave author since the early 90's, he still hasn't quite lost the habit of crafting really, REALLY abrupt endings because you can tell he got sick of writing a piece any longer. With the possible exception of In The Beginning Was The Command Line, he does it. Every. Time.
@armphidiic2609 Жыл бұрын
Snow Crash is amazing and doesn't get the praise it deserves. A great book to finish this series on.
@adamblakeslee5301 Жыл бұрын
Gonna be honest, Snow Crash is my favorite cyberpunk novel. It's also totally why we keep seeing Katanas popping up in cyberpunk settings. Ever hear of a Street Samurai?
@KelsaRavenlock 3 ай бұрын
Both of those come from William Gibson and "the Sprawl series" from the 80's as well as the many games based on it. The version of cyberpunk your thinking of was kick started in "Necromancer".
@ItsJustMe0585 Жыл бұрын
I literally just read this for the first time last month. So good! Except the end. Not spoiling anything it just... ends without wrapping anything up. But if the journey and depth of the world matters to you, then it's def a must-read.
@carrierogers874 Жыл бұрын
I've read a lot of Neal Stevenson, and yeah, endings are his weak spot. All his books kind of just reach a stopping point.
@CADJewellerySkills Жыл бұрын
Yes. One of the best cyberpunk books ever written.
@TheBobbytables Жыл бұрын
Snowcrash and the sprawl trilogy are my fave cyberpunk stories hands down. Must re-read them annually.
@KelsaRavenlock 3 ай бұрын
Nice to see someone mention the Sprawl series in the threads as everyone else is crediting Gibson stuff as being from Stephenson here and acting as if Gibson doesn't exist.
@robinhahnsopran Жыл бұрын
Yay! While it's sad to see So You Haven't Read go for a while, I'm so excited for new Extra Mythology as well! (also y'all literally made me reserve a copy of Snow Crash at the library 👏)
@graham1034 Жыл бұрын
Neal Stephenson is my favourite author and Snow Crash is one of his best. Cryptonomicon, Seveneves, Anathem, Diamond Age are all really great too. His writing certainly isn't for everyone but if you like his style his stories are just so good. If you can get through those and enjoy them, then the Baroque Cycle is his historical epic series and worth a read.
@heoioh Жыл бұрын
Up to this point, this series has been hit after hit. I hope it comes back into a scheduled series every year. That would be pretty out of the box for KZfaq.
@bethpotterveld1172 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much R Kevin! This has been such a fun series and it’s made my TBR even longer!
@castironchaos Жыл бұрын
Actually, Y.T. is the real protagonist in Snow Crash. She's the character who represents the reader -- she's you. Yours truly. 😁
@tabbybatgaming Жыл бұрын
One of Neal books showing up on Extra Credits is just wild to me because he’s literally my uncle-in-law.
@moocow1452 Жыл бұрын
Sincere appreciation for "So You Haven't Read" and the work that went into it while on the set of "Extra Mythology" with it's theme is playing in the background is kind of funny, like being played off an awards show. Loved this series though , and all the best to Read and Mythology and the people who work on them.
@Imperiused Жыл бұрын
I've really enjoyed your So You Haven't Read series! Hope to see it return in the future!
@senorkenyon3306 Жыл бұрын
Great critical role reference @ 1:06
@damianarvizu1095 Жыл бұрын
Great job on this series! Your channel talked about 2 of my favorites of the cyber-punk genre! Thank you!!!
@wingracer1614 Жыл бұрын
No mention at all of one of the best villains ever. He's not only a badass but his own sovereign government AND a nuclear power.
@andrebrynkus2055 Жыл бұрын
And practically a non character in the book. As far as I recall he's in one scene, a video that Hiro watches, and is mentioned a handful of times. Almost like it's telling that you should watch the people with money that are buying up things.
@wingracer1614 Жыл бұрын
@@andrebrynkus2055 I was talking about Raven, not Rife
@YourFunkiness Жыл бұрын
I love the scene where Hiro realizes he no longer needs to try to become the most badass person in the world because Raven has already claimed the position. (And he's 100% right)
@wingracer1614 Жыл бұрын
@@YourFunkiness Yep, that's probably my favorite scene after the first chapter.
@michaelkidd8746 Жыл бұрын
Wow, it kind of makes me sad ive only started watching this series now. Thank you R Kevin, i hope your series is able to continue
@weaselwolf Жыл бұрын
Snow crash is a great, short, fast paced story... And Neal Stephenson would never again write a story in less than 1000 pages lol And yet I've read and enjoyed every one of his massive doorstoppers
@BastionMarshall Жыл бұрын
Snow Crash is still one of my favourites books! I'm glad you're sharing the love.
@jakefrechette3224 Жыл бұрын
Loved this series! Definitely a reason for the added books to the bookshelf! Thank you for demonstrating the wonder of stories!
@bbarrett726 Жыл бұрын
This series has gotten me to read classics that I missed out on
@GeroldGarthcia Жыл бұрын
Whether I've read the subject matter I always enjoy these videos! 😀 I love extra mythology, history and all your other videos too. I subscribed in hopes it helps bring So You Haven't Read back for another run, and just as a general thanks for your awesome content.
@extrahistory Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words and thank so much for subscribing! It helps us out a ton!
@imogeng6701 Жыл бұрын
I love both of these series so excited for extra mythology to come back and for the next "season" of so you havent read! Love you guys (and the art style!).
@jgoshert Жыл бұрын
Love all your series, so excited to hear mythology is coming but will miss so you haven’t read! Keep it up!
@cookicha Жыл бұрын
Outro: so wholesome 🤗 Also, it took me a while to hop on the So You Haven't Read train, but no regrets. You guys did amazing. I really want to read these books now. Thank you for all your work and passion ❤️
@Duber121 Жыл бұрын
Finishing up this book now and i love it, knowing the history and how Neal predicted things is wildly interesting. Gets a little slow midway but its really worth continuing!
@sfdv1147 Жыл бұрын
I love So You Haven't Read ever since this series introduced me to The Remains of the Day, but I think you're going to bring us more amazing stuffs anyway. Thanks for opening my eyes guys!
@brettbaker6413 Жыл бұрын
Let’s go extra mythology is coming back! I loved EM and I’m very happy to hear this. EH is really a great channel. I’ve learned so many things from these guys and I love the work you’ll do. Keep up the good work
@johnrumley4914 Жыл бұрын
I have read this book probably more than any other in my lifetime and it only gets BETTER
@CactusJackIV Жыл бұрын
I love the channel! Can't wait for more E.M! Keep up the amazing work! Thank you!
@LukeT1 10 ай бұрын
My favorite novel of all time and all genres. And I am not a big sci-fi or cyberpunk reader.
@jeremy1860 Жыл бұрын
When I read that description about what the story was about, I just knew this was gonna be a good one 😊
@aaronsirkman8375 Жыл бұрын
Love the video, and glad to see the series take a pause on one of the favorite books of my youth (now if you can just cover The Hounds of The Morrigan when you get back to this, that'd be swell).
@tonysladky8925 Жыл бұрын
You thought you could just sneak the phrase "Hiro's journey" in there, didn't you? Well, it didn't go unnoticed.
@elianadragons7526 Жыл бұрын
I'm so torn, I'm beyond excited that Extra Mythology is coming back but am so sad that So You Haven't Read won't be around at the same time, I love them both so much
@twenty-fifth420 Жыл бұрын
I once took an ‘Introduction to Literary Philosophy” at university, and most of my favorite stories come from that program. I took it when I was writing my book and only now, after a failed book launch because of both hubris and hurry to market, I have been rereading some of them. I instantly reached for Snow Crash. And believe me, I had good options I could have also picked up. We also read Watchmen, Oryx and Crake, Cat’s Cradle (okay that one was tempting since it is shorter then Snow Crash) and Dawn (Xenogenesis Trilogy). All of these stories were really, really good and existential which I loved. Snow Crash however feels like it saw into the future.
@scottymcm Жыл бұрын
I love this series! I am excited to see Mythology again too! I hope your team is able to traverse the complicated production cycle.
@watermelonspice513 Жыл бұрын
The visual of putting “so you haven’t read” back on the shelf and taking down the book of “extra mythology” makes me know I’m in the right place
@LARKXHIN Жыл бұрын
I've never even heard of this book! This is right up my alley.
@ICountFrom0 Жыл бұрын
Have read it, and it's one of my favorites. Thank you.
@redacted_lol Жыл бұрын
extraordinary effects and an alluring book. good job guys
@UnsolicitedContext Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite books! Seriously love that I had this assigned in college
@ConceptualQuanta Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to more Extra Mythology. The "So you haven't read"/Extra Literature series has been a blast. Always looking forward to what you all come up with.
@caitlin5168 Жыл бұрын
Sorry to lose So You Haven't Read for a time, but excited to watch Extra Mythology again! Can't wait to see what the future brings!
@Kaluranda Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for this series to come back and introduce me to even more classics I can read!
@LargeMcBottoms Жыл бұрын
That "Into The Nordverse" deep cut, dang.
@enriquej.beltran171 Жыл бұрын
Holy sheets. I had vague memories of reading this book more than a decade ago. Most of it went over my head back then, but I loved the beginning of the book. Now that I know the name of this story, I'll have to go and revisit it.
@DarthBorehd Жыл бұрын
Oooh! I loved this book. I liked how his gun was named "Reason".
@safaiaryu12 Жыл бұрын
This sounds great! I'll have to check it out!
@GraniteGhost778 Жыл бұрын
My dad introduced me to this book in middle school and it was so whacky. I've read it several times over the years, and lord it is such a ride.
@EnsignGeneric Жыл бұрын
The true moral of Snow Crash is, "Be nice to dogs."
@Spiqaro 9 ай бұрын
You should episodes on this for: 1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 2. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 3. Watchers by Dean Koontz 4. Neuromancer by William Gibson 5. The Stand by Stephen King 6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski 7. Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg 8. The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison 9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 10. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
@MovieFan1912 Жыл бұрын
I had no idea that So You Haven’t Read will be on hiatus, but on the plus side, Extra Mythology will be coming back, so it’s not a total loss.
@EthiotendoEdits Жыл бұрын
In glad your still here Really liked your ethiopia series
@lizzychrome7630 10 ай бұрын
This is the first ever onscreen depiction of the "Snow Crash" characters I've ever seen! And the *only* visual depiction of Da5id I've seen at all. I'm surprised you didn't mention Raven, but oh well. Seeing Hiro and Y.T. animated was an incredible treat. (And Uncle Enzo is....Picard of Nine? As a "Voyager" fan, that's a bonus!)
@TheHorzabora Жыл бұрын
I find the fact that the ‘Jack you into the story’ line is immediately followed (for me) by an advert. This is *so* Snowcrash it’s unreal, I’ve no idea if you can script ad breaks with timing, but if you did - amazing :-)
@TheSubtleCow Жыл бұрын
Extra Mythology is just a different flavour of So You Haven't Read, they are all about the tales we tell each other to provide entertainment, comfort, and joy to each other. :)
@kozhev Жыл бұрын
Cool video about my favorite writer. Thanks!
@Technodreamer Жыл бұрын
I love this series so much!
@wingracer1614 Жыл бұрын
My favorite opening chapter ever.
@MWhaleK Жыл бұрын
Read it and loved it! Hiro is THE BEST Swordsman in the world, as long as he is in Virtual Reality... because he wrote the code for it.
@270jonp Жыл бұрын
Sad to see this go (though what a book to end on) but happy to see mythology coming back. All the best.
@tobipolley3322 Жыл бұрын
what timing, I literally finished this book just a few hours ago!
@Kaiju-Driver Жыл бұрын
This looks so good, on the read list now!
@Googledeservestodie Жыл бұрын
Tell R Kevin they did an excellent job and I can't wait for more literature. You better do John Steinbeck next season though!
@markfurlong9542 Жыл бұрын
these have been great, but I am TOTALLY pumped for some more Extra Mythology!!!
@Mythos998 Жыл бұрын
I recommend doing an episode on the Ililad! It’s a great story filled with murder and drama.
@keithwinget6521 Жыл бұрын
Oh, you're covering my favorite book of all time? Okay. :P I have a tradition that I buy a new copy and give it to someone once a year.
@tompatierno5606 Ай бұрын
Clicked on it, even though I've read everything by Stevenson. Even the baroque cycle which took me months because I kept falling asleep.
@1979benmitchell Жыл бұрын
I love this book! Read it as a kid.. Gonna be honest -the audible version is REALLY good.
@iamthirdyt Жыл бұрын
You truly don't need to know any coding or be nerdy to enjoy the story. My 8 yo loved the story when I played it in the car on Audible ("P.S. the car crashed" after we finished the story - the 8yo wants me to add) . I couldn't believe she actually understood and followed the story!! I knew "Metaverse" was coined in the story, but didn't know about "avatar" ("I did!" says my 8yo). Thanks for sharing.
@TheShrike616 Жыл бұрын
Still one of my fave books. Re-read it every few years.
@cataquackwarlord5389 Жыл бұрын
Really excited to hear that the Extra Mythology is coming back! Can't wait to see what's in store!
@Ookami313 Жыл бұрын
Great book to the end the season finale with. One of my favorites. Can't wait for more in the future, but also stoked that Mythology is coming back. Keep up the great work.
@LordMithril Жыл бұрын
Stumbled upon this book in a random download. Awesome book, love it. This seems as good a reason as any to read it again :D
@Hans140 Жыл бұрын
Please do a So you’ve never read on Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith. It’s a great book and deserves to be introduced to more people. It’s shifts perspectives a bunch from character to character, advancing the character’s storyline while also showing the reader what is happening at different places simultaneously. It’s a great read and I *highly* recommend it
@gregoryvn3 Жыл бұрын
Well, must be time to reread Snow Crash! It is so good.
@Ellespacejourney Жыл бұрын
This is an incredible video! I'm aiming to make similar videos to yours, truly an inspiration!
@Kiteazuresea Жыл бұрын
Ooooh, thats an amazing segue.
@TheKanjified Жыл бұрын
I hope that extra sci-fi can come back for a deep dive on Cyberpunk. And that Halloween episode about William Hope Hodgson.
@cassie668 Жыл бұрын
I hope it comes back soon. :( so many books I never would have read, I’m reading cuz of this series. Never even heard of Snow Crash, but now I’m borrowing it on Libby.
@SharowbladyeGaymerPorate Жыл бұрын
I love I love that Extra Mythology is coming back!
@KensaiProductions Жыл бұрын
I have in fact read Snow Crash and definitely recommend it! Hiro is pretty awesome but YT is my favorite character.
@YourFunkiness Жыл бұрын
Reason is my favorite character. I love how, when everything else is going wrong, the heroes are able to use Reason to work through their disputes and resolve their problems.
@Ginormous76 Жыл бұрын
“It Book now” is a great joke/image.
@yn4Lif3 Жыл бұрын
So you haven't read has been awesome, but I do love the Mythology a bit more. I am willing to wait for every single content you make. If you want a book to check out, highly recommend Jasper Jones and a Myth I like the most is the story of Tam Lin. Hope this helps
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