Writer Neal Stephenson unveils his digital novel The Mongoliad

Re:Writer Neal Stephenson unveils his digital novel The Mong... by masklinn on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @02:58AM (#1652089)

> Uh, shouldn't that be "Cryptonomicon"?

Doubtful. There are no (t much anyway) virtual worlds in Cryptonomicon, though there is a "startup". Snow Crash, on the other hand, has the metaverse. So the qualification seems perfectly correct as far as I'm concerned.

I don't find that interpretation much more encouraging, though, as I'm not sure wtf they're talking about (second life?) and where they're trying to go with that.

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Re:Writer Neal Stephenson unveils his digital novel The Mong... by whimsy on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @04:11AM (#1652187)

Snow Crash also has a startup - Hiro helped write the metaverse... as a startup, if I recall correctly, but I might not.

He is also, as his business card says, "Last of the freelance hackers."

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Re:Writer Neal Stephenson unveils his digital novel The Mong... by jacobolus on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @05:31AM (#1652292)

Raven, the guy who is his own personal sovereign might also be considered a startup of sorts. At least, he created a rather unique business model single handed. :-)

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Re:Writer Neal Stephenson unveils his digital novel The Mong... by zavulon on Wednesday September 01, 2010 @09:08AM (#1652651)

Yeah I guess I missed the "virtual worlds" part and focused on "startups" part

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