I read the book in the late 1990s, after having heard about it for years, and was deeply unimpressed. No doubt it was deeply original when it was written, but

I read the book in the late 1990s, after having heard about it for years, and was deeply unimpressed. No doubt it was deeply original when it was written, but a hard to read waste of time now. As for it not being reprinted, from all I have read Nelson is a royal jerk, and one who seems to actually hate the web, because it put the coup de grace to his Xanadu project.