Title	Snow Crash
Author	Neal Stephenson
ISBN	0553380958
Notes	How to describe this book? It's like watching a slow-motion action movie authored by computer programmers who all have PhDs in Archaeology, Theology, and Computational Linguistics. Basically, it's riveting AND educational! Stephenson, in this prophetic novel, explores networked virtual reality as vector for mind virii, corporations as nation-states, gated communities as political entities, 3D information retrieval, speaking in tongues as linguistic hacking, and Aleut vigilante justice using glass knives. Whew!