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Snow Crash comes to Second Life: where’d I put my wakizashi?

Posted on September 5, 2006 by

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This weekend I finished re-reading Snow Crash, the seminal 1992 cyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson that was a central inspiration for the virtual world Second Life.  Snow Crash is in my top five sci-fi novels and I have re-read it several times over the years.  But its been at least five years since I have lost myself in the strange adventures of Hiro Protagonist and Y.T. in a dystopian Southern California landscape.

Coincidentally, 3pointD broke the news that SL marketing company Rivers Run Red is working on a virtual version of the novel to be distributed in-world.  Why anyone would want to read a virtual book in this fashion is beyond me.  It’s just a completely backwards implementation of a immersive 3D environment trying to be exactly like the real world.

Now, if they go ahead and re-create the "Black Sun" hackers club or a Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong franchise or the Raft, then we’re talking fun.  I’ll be the first to strap on my katana, power up Reason and rezz in.

1 thought on “Snow Crash comes to Second Life: where’d I put my wakizashi?”

  1. Torley Linden says:
    September 5, 2006 at 2:09 pm

    Ah, Black Sun club–ask Oz Spade about that, he once made one! And Mr. Lee’s? Hehe talk to Chrischun Fassbinder, he’s got a cheeky twist on the whole thang. =)

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