I thought it was supposed to be a cash grab because Stephenson was hurting for cash so wrote a book that was real campy and targeted edgy geeky crowd that wanted more fantasy than harder scifi and it ended up being even more of a success than he had anticipated. So to a degree satirical and maybe a bit eye rolling to who the expected readership would be. Not mean but I remember reading the book and thinking these characters are like how someone would poke at super geek scifi fantasies
Wasn’t snowcrash satirical?
I listened to a podcast where the main people argued that it was parody. Mona Lisa Overpod, Ep 20 / MLOP 20: Snow Crash. Spreaker link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mlop-20-snow-crash--65322706 . Or choose your favorite podcast site.
I thought it was supposed to be a cash grab because Stephenson was hurting for cash so wrote a book that was real campy and targeted edgy geeky crowd that wanted more fantasy than harder scifi and it ended up being even more of a success than he had anticipated. So to a degree satirical and maybe a bit eye rolling to who the expected readership would be. Not mean but I remember reading the book and thinking these characters are like how someone would poke at super geek scifi fantasies
Have you read The Big U?
I have not. Maybe I’ll check that one out
I don’t consider it satire, but I believe it was originally going to be a graphic novel which explains some of its silliness/campiness.