wakamoleguy quoted Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by the American writer Neal Stephenson, published in …
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A long-range retinal scanner. If you turn toward him with your eyes open, the laser shoots out, penetrates your iris, tenderest of sphincters, and scans your retina.
— Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (27%)
Reading 'Snow Crash' is an experience. It's a cross between being stuck listening to a neighbor's half-baked rants, and holding on to a roller coaster by your fingertips.
This was one of the tamer quotes that I pulled trying to find examples of the style. Neal Stephenson isn't gratuitously graphic... just very graphically descriptive.