Snow Crash (1992)

Hiro’s work as a delivery driver and hacker takes him through a landscape where corporate franchises have absorbed functions once associated with the state. Stephenson’s virtual world sits beside precarious physical jobs, private security and people displaced from power. Choose it for the absurd logistics of that arrangement as much as its famous online space. The satire is broad, the exposition can be lengthy, and violence and sexual material make it an adult read.