Snow Crash
Today a dramatic, streamed audio reading of the first three chapters of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash kept me spellbound for over an hour.
Aside from the fact that I am reading this book in RL, so the event had exquisite timeliness, the reading was great and the parallels between Snow Crash and Second Life, which many sources say was originally based on the book, are quite astounding.
CrowCatcher Valen read the chapters while we all sat in Jai Nomad's stunning, ultra-modern auditorium, an unusually silent, riveted crowd. On the huge display at the front were a quad of ever-changing slides created by Jai, very techno Metaverse-y, the perfect visual accompaniment.
Philip Linden even put in an appearance. I felt like a celebrity gawker, eyeing him. But he appeared normal and down-to-earth, listened to the end, chatted for a minute, then took off to solve some in-world problems.
Crow will be repeating this one and continuing further readings of the book for the next few weeks. He'll have to hurry - I'm already up to Chapter 37, reading the old-fashioned way...
Aside from the fact that I am reading this book in RL, so the event had exquisite timeliness, the reading was great and the parallels between Snow Crash and Second Life, which many sources say was originally based on the book, are quite astounding.
CrowCatcher Valen read the chapters while we all sat in Jai Nomad's stunning, ultra-modern auditorium, an unusually silent, riveted crowd. On the huge display at the front were a quad of ever-changing slides created by Jai, very techno Metaverse-y, the perfect visual accompaniment.
Philip Linden even put in an appearance. I felt like a celebrity gawker, eyeing him. But he appeared normal and down-to-earth, listened to the end, chatted for a minute, then took off to solve some in-world problems.
Crow will be repeating this one and continuing further readings of the book for the next few weeks. He'll have to hurry - I'm already up to Chapter 37, reading the old-fashioned way...
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