"I hope you're not going to mess around with Snow Crash," she says.

The highly successful Snow Crash was written between 1988 and 1991, as the author listened to a great deal of loud, relentless, depressing music.

Snow Crash established Stephenson as a major science fiction writer of the 1990s.

I think Diamond Age is better than Snow Crash, but maybe that's just me.

If you want a fairly quick read that has some serious geek cred, go for "Snow Crash."

You buy some Snow Crash and throw it up in the air.

We now have a sample of Snow Crash, something that no one else has been able to get.

"It is possible that you might not have to buy any Snow Crash at all," he mumbles.

But he can threaten us with the blunt instrument of Snow Crash.

And with Snow Crash as a promoter, it's even easier to get converts.