Cyber drugs in the form of baseball cards?

I never realized I was such a fan of this cyberpunk stuff until I actually had a name for it. It’s funny we sometimes don’t group things together until we have a name for it. I had never read anything from the cyberpunk genre until “Snow Crash”. I loved its blatant sillyness which ranged from the main character being named Hiro Protaganist,(hero main character) to talking penis avatars.

The main character in the book is the definition of a cyberpunk main character. He is the anti-hero; a man who seems contempt living in his U-Store-It, plugging into the metaverse, and delivering pizza than actually getting a real job. But who could blame him when the real world is so crappy anyways.

I found it very interesting that the author created a world operated by corporations. Things like “Admiral Bobs National Security”, the corporate controlled roads, privatized police force that requires payment, and privatized jails all show a complete lack of a higher authority. Everything is studied carefully to maximize efficiency. In this world you have to go to school for four years to become a pizza delivery man in a highly competitive field. Software engineering has become like factory work and quality is no longer an issue with most products. I would have to dissagree with an earlier post saying that this world is monopolized, there is still competition in some areas. Like for highway usage and police forces.

And by the way, Second Life would have been a perfect example to unveil during our discussion tommorow but SOMEBODY (Michael) used it last week. Not to point any fingers (Michael), but I would have liked to use it this week.