Quote Originally Posted by Tvtyrant View Post
Snowcrash is pretty old, so some of the stuff has moved from cool to narmy in the time since it came out. The main character may wear a fedora and a trench coat while wielding a katana for instance.
Meh. There's often a charm to that sort of 'period piece', even if there's no way you'd see it done in any sort of non-parodic light today. Certainly happens a lot with computer-based stuff. Hazards of writing for a developing field.