5/28/2023 0 Comments Snow crash![]() ![]() ![]() These modifications may be in the physical plane (cyborgs) or in a psychological plane, with the constitution of a reality based on simulation (cyberspace). Stephenson’s novel is set in an alternative contemporaneity in an attempt to enhance the critical function of the text in relation to the transformation of existence due to technological entities that aim to overcome human limitations. ![]() Even though in his novel he explores traditional cyberpunk themes such as the oversaturation of technology, cyberspace, and the hybridisation of antinomies such as, male/female, machine/human, past/future, reality/artificiality, he does so from a satirical perspective that sets him apart from predecessors such as William Gibson, and establishes him as a paradigmatic example of this second wave. One of his most important novels is Snow Crash, originally published in 1991. Neal Stephenson is considered one of the most important writers of the second Cyberpunk wave. ![]()
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