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Saturday, September 21, 2013
Book Review: Snow Crash
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I read Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash right after Lexicon and there are some remarkable similarities. It, too, has an undercurrent of neurolinguistics, the idea that words can affect the brain. Set in a very different world, Snow Crash takes place in an amazingly constructed dystopic future that was so much fun to read. Like Ready Player One, characters interact in both a real and virtual world. The characters of this plot driven thriller are captivating, from a teenage heroine who skateboards highways by harpooning trucks to a ninja hacker who researches ancient civilizations to a mafia boss who guarantees 30 minute pizza deliveries. It was one great vacation read.
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Hi! I am Craig Chen, a third year resident physician in anesthesiology at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics. I went to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to medical school, I studied philosophy and biology at Stanford University, along with a minor in creative writing.
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