Book: Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash"

I decided to start reading some sci-fi 'classics' so for my sixth book of the year I read Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash".  The book was published in the summer of 1992.  It's a very computer/internet heavy science fiction story set in a satirical alternate future.  I had difficulty reconciling the WWII and Vietnam war references with the advanced level of technology used in the book but it still works when you accept that the book is less a narrative and more a commentary of where the real world was heading.

The book started out slow with a lot of exposition of how computers and the internet work which is understandable.  In 1992, few people understood the internet, and many weren't using computers for anything besides work.

Some of the action takes place in the Metaverse, a term first coined by Stephenson.  Despite Meta (formerly Facebook)'s trying to create the Metaverse, this part of the book has not come into existence yet.

Once all the exposition was out of the way, the book read a lot smoother.  Once I accepted this was some satirical timeline where computer tech was more advanced than ours, I started to enjoy the book a lot more.  The novel's world-building was a bit weird and took some getting used to but added a bit of humor and a lot more strangeness to the read.

I gave this book four stars out of five in Goodreads.  I have avoided classics because I often couldn't get past the outdatedness of the material but, if I get over my hangup, I will find many enjoyable books to add to my collection.