And he's definitely not Fry from Futurama. Hiro Protagonist is the protagonist hero of the cyberpunk novel Snow Crash.
When Hiro's routine delivery goes off the rails, he decides to change his career, and begins a partnership with a savvy skateboarding teenage delivery girl named Y.T/when Hiro's hacker friend Da5id falls victim to the Snow Crash drug, our Protagonist starts hackin' for clues/and inadvertently gets taken into game of high stakes cyber espionage – it's a hacker kind of day.
Neal Stephenson's narrative moves at the speed of light, and is as dynamic as its fictional world, fully realized with/Information banks/data mining and spy agencies/cybernetic upgrades/a virtual candy-land/corporate dominance/desertion from the natural commons/systematic buyouts/violent takeovers/and turf wars on a global scale: These are the features of the new world [diss]order found in Snow Crash.
Strain vs Resistance
The novel is notorious for its visceral portrayal of a carved up/fractured 21st century America: where most of its territory is owned/occupied by private organizations, security firms, and autonomous freelancers with a knack for crime/hacking/extreme thrills. In this place the government maintains a fraction of its power – able to keep tabs on a small portion of society. Intertwined into the story is a full dose of Sumerian mythology/linguistics/anthropology/computer science/and good ol' religion.
There can be some roadblocks, such as the tidbits about Sumerian society, and its imprint on development of mankind. The meticulous detail slowed the pacing of the book, as Stephenson dug deep into the historical records to deliver a comprehensive account. Stilll the semi-intrusive history lesson works as a unique lore vehicle tying all the dangling bits together into one underlining story beat. Example: one of the fictional characters [a subroutine avatar called The Librarian], quotes Sumerian history, while comparing the ancient methods of saving and storing information as an early BIOS system.
Digimortal
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Not quite the Matrix; but more advanced than Habitat. To some, Metaverse is the Kubla Khan's pleasure dome. A digital dwelling occupied by freelance hackers, corporate data-miners, and the rich/famous – digitized to avatar form. To others, Mataverse is a cesspool of information, or a place to kick around for a bit. Worth noting, even in this made up reality, peoples' social standing tends to influence the detail of their avatar and rendering power of their cyber property.
And just like in some of today's video games, the level of meta-importance/skills tends to unlock more features. Example: Hiro's intimate knowledge of Metaverse root structure, endowed him with unmatched sword-wielding skills, which carry over into the real world. Practice makes perfect, and I doubt the mind's eye minds if its being flexed in virtual space or reality. Meta.
Byte Block
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Timeless sci-fi works present solid futurist concepts, and offer insight of the future by studying history to captivate present-day readers. Snow Crash contains many futurist predictions that materialized in our reality (meaning the book aged well). Once Snow Crash enters your neurological pathways its viral strain will take hold, upgrading your imagination hundredfold: Start trippin'.
The good: Cerebral fiction to the core
The bad: Franchises took over [Demolition Man got it right!]
The ugly: The Raft [basically Kowloon City on water]
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