On a scale of 1-5, Snow Crash is a solid "Hell yeah!", an instant classic, and one of my favorite books. Sure, it's not perfect. The long expository passages on Sumerian mythology drag. YT's character is problematic. And the book doesn't so much end as stop. But that aside, the hyper-kinetic writing is like nothing else. Sentences pop and sparkle like luminescent gems. The ironic tone is spot on, the satire of America as a capitalist, post-rational, franchise purgatory unfailing and all too familiar.

You all better have a really good reason why you haven't read this book.