Hiro Protagonist is a self-described hacker working as a pizza-delivery driver and living in a storage unit at LAX. He lives in a US that has been fully corporatized - from Judge Bob’s Judicial System to Pastor Wayne’s Pearly Gates. To get away, Hiro spends much of his free-time in the Metaverse, where he wrote many of the subroutines that underpin the virtual world. One of his hacker friends, Da5id, is given a new virtual drug called Snow Crash that not only crashes his computer, but also destroys his brain in the real world. Hiro (and a hilarious cadre of friends) are drawn ever deeper into the worldwide conspiracy that is spilling out of the virtual world to threaten the real world.Link to buy the book (and help support the show!)Join the book club on discord!Written (and more shareable) reviewRelated books we recommend:Neuromancer by William GibsonBabel-17 by Samuel DelanyGood Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil GaimanOr you can watch the episode on YouTube if you prefer video.Keep reading y'all!