Well browsing Gizmodo and found that. There it was the Deliverator v0.3, so we are what 5 years away from pizza delivering ninjas! It is just that right now they are gaining street cred and ninja skills on mopeds in the Philippines.
OK, I finally got around to watching this weeks Fringe. And I can’t help but think of a certain book called Snow Crash. Don’t get me wrong for some reason I am totally sucked into this show and enjoy it greatly. But a computer virus that melts people’s brains. Cool, but I have to question the quality of brain matter that would randomly click on a pop-up window like that…every IT person’s dream come true worst nightmare I mean what would I do if no one clicked on that stuff!
John Scalzi, who should have put one his books on that list I mean come on Old Man’s War would be a movie I’d go see!…anyway, has an article on the SciFi Scanner blog of books that would make good SciFi movies. And his first pick Snow Crash. I have to admit that I’m still surprised that someone has not tried this by now, but maybe this is to Mr. Stephenson’s credit that a horrible movie has not been released and that we can hold out hope that eventually (before all the stuff in the book comes into being hopefully!) a quality motion picture will come out of this.
I was trolling around and found this, the Subterranean Press edition of Snow Crash. I am a bit too late it seems but better late than never! Sounds pretty neat, I naturally went to check out Amazon and found that there are a few of the signed editions available out there. It is just a wee bit out of my price range, but have any of you seen this in person? Is it as cool as it sounds and maybe worth the $200+ for the signed edition? Maybe something to think about for those still making out Christmas lists.
The Topless Robot Blog listed it’s top 8 Sci-Fi Fantasy Books Which Most Desperately Need Movies, and Neal came in at Number two with Snow Crash. The Full List
Lena has a blog entry on seeing Neal and getting her copy of Snow Crash autographed (with a PIC!)
Google seems to have an idea or two that could sound familiar to Snow Crash readers.
Here is a link to a cool cover gallery for Snow Crash, just in case all this Anathem talk might be too much for you (and if it is you might want to skip the next few posts…not that you’d want to do that!)
I was FINALLY getting around to reading Y The Last Man. And right there on page 9 on the bookshelf (under the poo poo flinging monkey) one of the titles listed was Snow Crash! You can check it out for yourself here.
Neal (among others) is mentioned in this article from the The Harvard Independent on Sci-Fi’s influence in the real world.