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Lori

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reviewed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)

Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (Paperback, 2008, Bantam Spectra) 4 stars

In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the …

Imagine a world in which the CEO of Comcast has the worldview of the CEO of Hobby Lobby

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This is the world of Snow Crash. The Feds won't help you. They're a much weaker clave. If you're in Bob Rife's employ, he claims ownership of your brain.

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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: The Harmless People (1989) 5 stars

In the 1950s Elizabeth Marshall Thomas became one of the first Westerners to live with …

Beautiful, haunting, and heartbreaking

5 stars

This is the kind of book that makes me think humans, as a whole, are a failed species. The strongest and most ruthless among us will always dominate and eventually overpower less aggressive groups of people. Now, in the Industrial Age, we are doing the same thing to the global environment. It's our legacy.