Names
You may have noticed by now—unless you've got your head stuck in the sand—that there are a lot of funny names. Hiro Protagonist…you've said it out loud to yourself, right? It sounds just like...
Trees
Has the world of the future cut down all the rainforests yet? We're not totally sure. Trees make a few appearances, visually and in speech. When Hiro's getting a tour of the Babel/Infocalypse stack...
Snakes
It turns out that serpents make an appearance in Snow Crash—not in action much, thank goodness, that'd be pretty over the top for our heroes to deal with—but more as symbols. Both Asherah and E...
Viruses
Hoo boy, this is a big one. One of the main points of the book, after all, is that viruses are everywhere. We're talking in human bodies and online, so when we say everywhere, well, we mean it. Vir...