The original manuscript of Neil Stephenson’s Snow Crash, the book that coined the term “metaverse,” will be auctioned by Sotheby’s, according to a page on its official website. The auction is part of a Feb. 23 series called “Infocalypse” that includes six physical and six digital items related to the famous book.
The original manuscript is in Lot 2 of the series. It is “wrapped in original Xerox (NASDAQ:XRX) 4200 Paper,” secured with masking tape, and contains “corrections and notations throughout in Neal Stephenson’s hand in blue ink.” It also has the title of the book written on the spine with a sharpie by the author.