Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Oh, irony of ironies: Stephenson admits that he was "clueless" about Snow Crash going viral.
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A lot of Stephenson's ideas for Snow Crash came from awareness of 1960s drug culture and the effects of poverty.
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Both of Stephenson's grandfathers had PhDs in the sciences, so he grew up in a really science-y family (surprise, surprise).
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Stephenson successfully Kickstarted a sword-fighting video game called Clang.
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