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"Snow Crash”

by Neal Stephenson

Bantam-Spectra, 1992

First Edition, 1st Printing

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Dust Jacket: Very Good

Unclipped ($22.00) jacket shows moderate wear. Mild edge wear, shelf and handling wear - particular wear to spine ends and corners. A small closed tear to top rear panel near spine. Some chipping & gray to corners. Protected in archival mylar.

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Hardcover: Very Good

Bantam-Spectra, 1992. Book is tight, with trace forward lean and firm. Mild shelf wear to edges and corners with rubbing along the panels - particular to spine crown and foot. Page edges smudged and handled. Remainder mark to bottom text block. Interior clean and unmarked.

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Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque.

Stephenson's work explores mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired. He has written novels with his uncle, George Jewsbury ("J. Frederick George"), under the collective pseudonym Stephen Bury.

Stephenson has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (founded by Jeff Bezos) developing a spacecraft and a space launch system,[1] and is also a cofounder of Subutai Corporation, whose first offering is the interactive fiction project The Mongoliad. He was Magic Leap's Chief Futurist from 2014 to 2020.[2]

Novels

The Big U (1984)

Zodiac (1988)

Snow Crash (1992) – British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, 1993; Clarke Award nominee, 1994[39]

Interface (1994) with J. Frederick George, as "Stephen Bury"

The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1995) – Hugo and Locus SF Awards winner, 1996; Nebula, Campbell and Clarke Awards nominee, 1996[39]

The Cobweb (1996) with J. Frederick George, as "Stephen Bury"

Cryptonomicon (1999) – Locus SF Award winner, 2000;[39] Hugo and Clarke Awards nominee, 2000;[39] 2013 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award

Quicksilver (2003), volume I of The Baroque Cycle – Clarke Award winner, 2004;[39] Locus SF Award nominee, 2004[39]

The Confusion (2004), volume II of The Baroque Cycle – Locus SF Award winner, 2005

The System of the World (2004), volume III of The Baroque Cycle – Locus SF Award winner, 2005; Prometheus Award winner, 2005; Clarke Award nominee, 2005[39]

Anathem (2008) – Locus SF Award winner, 2009; British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, 2008; Hugo and Clarke Awards nominee, 2009[39]

The Mongoliad (2010–2012)

Reamde (2011)[40]

Seveneves (2015)[17] Hugo Award for Best Novel nominee

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017) with Nicole Galland[41]

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (2019)[42]

New Found Land: The Long Haul (2021) with Austin Grossman and Sean Stewart. Audible Original audiobook.[43]

Termination Shock (2021)[44]