Ep 209 - Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson

Overdue

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Arts, Books, Andrew Cunningham, Literature, Podcasts, Comedy, Craig Getting

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

What does pizza murder have to do with a linguistic virus that dates all the way back to Ancient Sumeria? Find out as we discuss Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash.

Other talking points include Stephenson's "Multiverse," anime, and "pooning." Thanks again to all of our listeners.

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0:00.0	This is a Headgun Podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Well, well, here we are.
0:47.3	Here we are.
0:48.3	We're doing a podcast.
0:50.5	We're doing a podcast.
0:54.2	What else could I say that you would repeat?
0:56.7	I was expecting you to be more on top of giving me a say that I was an idiot or something.
1:04.6	I just don't have that in me though.
1:06.6	I don't have that me bone in my body.
1:10.4	You.
1:11.4	Yeah, welcome to overdue.
1:12.4	This is a podcast about the books that you've been meeting to read.
1:15.0	My name is Craig.
1:16.0	My name is Andrew.
1:17.0	If you know us, you know us.
1:21.2	Come on.
1:22.2	You know us.
1:23.2	Yeah.
1:24.9	If you know us, you know that we are a little saddened.
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