Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Reading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson has been good so far. I thought the beginning of the book was a little hard to get into and keep reading. After I passed page thirty or so the story became more interesting and Stephenson introduced his main character, Hiro Protagonist. Hiro is a hacker but, also a pizza delivery boy for the Mafia in Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles in the book looks nothing like it does now. Everything is dirty, technology based, and more packed. He is supposed to deliver the pizza within thirty minutes or the customer can take his car, kill him, make fun of him, and so on. During his last pizza delivery, he gets stuck in traffic and takes a shortcut. When he takes the shortcut he gets into a car accident and he doesn't have much time to deliver the pizza. This is where Y.T. (Yours Truly) comes in to save his butt. She knows that he is tied to the Mafia, so she decides to help by finishing delivering the pizza. It ends up to where she does deliver the pizza with an ending time of 29 minutes and 54 seconds time, six seconds left. She ends up getting arrested for helping Hiro out. The accident is where Hiro and Y.T. first meet each other. Even though Y.T. has a boyfriend at the time, later I think they will end up getting together. Hiro discovers a new drug called Snow Crash that is a virus. It affects both the avatar in the virtual world as well as the human body in reality. I assume the Y.T. And Hiro will figure out who is making and producing the drug and stop them. I have not finished the book yet, but so far I really like it. The avatars that walk around town while the people in reality are probably just rotting away sitting at home reminds me of the game, The Sims. The fact that we are able to create an avatar on the computer and do whatever we want with our creation's life is a little scary to think about. The events only occur in the computer and not in a 3D virtual reality. Eventually I think we will get to that point in time, especially with the advanced booming technological field that we have today. It's weird to think about. I don't really like technology, it makes things easier and faster, but I think that people take things for granted more often than they should. They don't appreciate the little things in life that make us happy. They are forgotten by the bright sheen from the computer screen. :(