> but it was composed on a typewriter and Gibson had relatively little experience with programming or computers. I have a hard time seeing this as a negative.

> but it was composed on a typewriter and Gibson had relatively little experience with programming or computers. I have a hard time seeing this as a negative. If he drew from knowledge about real-life computers, we'd all be snickering at the dated references. I enjoy Snow Crash (more as brain candy), but the reasons for doing so have absolutely nothing to do with how accurate the descriptions of technology are.