I think the issue is that most people, especially people reading it today, read it out of context. Most people approach it as a work on its own, and so it can a

I think the issue is that most people, especially people reading it today, read it out of context. Most people approach it as a work on its own, and so it can appear odd. What you need to keep in mind is that it's a parody of cyberpunk tropes, as the genre had congealed and become stale by the early 90s and Snow Crash pokes fun at what it became.