Connections To Stephenson's Later Work
- Julian Jaynes' theory of the bicameral mind used by Stephenson in this novel to explain the behaviour of some of the cult-like student groups is an important part of the plot of Snow Crash.
- The idea of institutions of learning also serving as repositories of nuclear waste reappears in Anathem.
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