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> Snow Crash’s prose is richer.

Do you have any relatives in Afghanistan?

Just a caress, but it might as well be a two-handed blow from Satan's electric ax handle.




I am (geniunely) struggling to parse/interpret the comment, and I've tried for a while... any elaboration/explanation would be appreciated :-/


Both are direct quotes from Snow Crash, illustrating the prose comment.


Ahh, thx; I recognized the 2nd but not the first and assumed they were a related message as opposed to a quote.




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