Books like Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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Story type
What it is about
- Science fiction, American
- American fiction
- Cyberpunk
- Anarcho-capitalism
- Neurolinguistics
- Metaverse
Where it happens
- Los Angeles
- Alaska
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Science fiction, American, American fiction. It is set in Los Angeles and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata · Open Library subject
Books like this one
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Snow Crash: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Jurassic Park: "science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Snow Crash: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
The Martian: "Science-Fiction" (OL subject); "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject)
- science fiction
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Why: Both are science fiction books.
What both books share
- science fiction
Snow Crash: "Science fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction" (OL subject); "science fiction" (WD genre)
Red Rising: "science fiction" (WD genre); "Science fiction" (LoC 655)
- science fiction
Snow Crash: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in June 1992. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 470-page paperback from Bantam Books. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780553380958 ... pbk. ... 470 p. ... Bantam Books
- Awards and honors
- It received the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel in 1997. Source: Wikidata, citing gpi.noosfere.org, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Ignotus Award for Best Foreign Novel (2001) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
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