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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 54 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

[off topic]

There's a character in the novel 'Snow Crash' who rides a motorcycle with an atomic bomb in the sidecar.

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You forgot to mention the part where the nuke is also tied to his heartbeat, so when he dies, everyone dies

[–] Ansis100@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course, him dying is an unlikely occurrence given the fact that motherfucker is somehow a biker and a ninja

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don’t give Elon any more ideas.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, Elon has already read the Ai synopsis of the book.

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Elon might have actually read the book, since it’s basically about memetic ideas being a mind virus

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My favorite quote from the book:

Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martialarts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.

Hiro used to feel that way, too, but then he ran into Raven. In a way, this is liberating. He no longer has to worry about trying to be the baddest motherfucker in the world. The position is taken.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I won't quote the whole passage, because it's far too long.

In 'Cryptonomicon' the protagonist has a metaphor for how his lady love broke through all his barriers.

It involves him needing his wisdom teeth removed, but no dentist will take the job because the teeth are so badly situated. It takes him years to find a Brave Young Dentist who will accept the challenge.

BTW, avoid Stephenson's latest book, 'Polostan' it's unreadable