![]() ![]() Well, that, and as I’ve already mentioned, Stephenson is one of my favorite authors in this or any genre. I recently reviewed the classic cyber punk novel Neuromancer, so I figured I would continue the trend and review another classic in the genre to see if it too still holds up. Stephenson is an author who truly understands the hacker culture, so it’s not surprising Snow Crash wound up on Time magazine’s list of 100 novels everyone should read, among countless other accolades. His description of the “Metaverse” and the “avatars” that live in it, both terms he made famous in this book, are so prescient that anybody playing World of Warcraft or using Second Life today would feel right at home. Neal Stephenson is a cyber geek of the first order, and his personality is all over this story. It has everything that we like: Metaverse hacking, real-world swordplay, awesome weapons, and-to cap it all off-the hacker ends up with the girl. I love a good argument, so feel free to let me know what you think.Įvery cybersecurity geek on the planet should embrace this book. I’ll be presenting on this topic at RSA 2014, and between now and then, I’d like to discuss a few of my early candidates for inclusion. ![]() ![]() For the past decade, I have had this notion that there must be a Cybersecurity Canon: a list of must-read books where the content is timeless, genuinely represents an aspect of the community that is true and precise and that, if not read, leaves a hole in cybersecurity professional’s education. ![]()
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