![]() ![]() Hiro is a pizza Deliverator, dual-katana-wielding ninja and hacker. But then she very kindly went to do a final check herself and, lo and behold, came back brandishing the very last one in the entire shop, storeroom included. The girl at the counter ran a quick search but, much to my dismay, came up with nothing, informing me that they would probably restock at some point near the end of April (April!). Surprised that one of the author’s most well-known and popular works was not on the shelf in a shop with such a extensive collection that there’s a section dedicated solely to Sci-Fi Masterworks series, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to ask if they had a copy in the back. ![]() ![]() Once I’d done so I realised that this was a book I simply had to get my hands on, so on the way to Pret I took a detour to a certain cult entertainment megastore in an attempt to nab a copy. I’d read the first two chapters of Snow Crash online (as I mentioned in my last ‘In the Works’ post) before my lunch break at work. ‘ A bullet will bo unce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren hitting a patio door, but excess perspiration wafts through it like a breeze through a freshly-napalmed forest.’ ![]()
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